Andrew Elliott, born in West Virginia in 1798, married Margaret McLewee in 1825 and raised eleven children in Perry Township before his death in 1858; his son George sailed from New York for the California gold regions in 1853. John H. Elliott came from Ireland about 1823, settled in Keene Township and moved to White Eyes Township in 1832, where his son William B. Elliott farmed, taught school and held township offices. Colonel John S. Elliott, born in Keene Township in 1817, served nine years as a justice of the peace, came to Coshocton in 1862, served two terms as mayor and ran the farm implement firm of Elliott & Marx. Simon Elliott, born at Millersburg in Holmes County in 1832, farmed in Kansas for fourteen years before opening a small foundry at Warsaw. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Coshocton County history.
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Farmer, Perry Township
ELLIOTT ANDREW. Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; born in West Virginia, in 1798; son of John and Charity Elliott; married in 1825, to Miss Margaret McLewee, daughter of George and Katherine McLewee. Mr. Elliott died in 1858. They had eleven children, viz: Charlotte, deceased; Simon; Katherine, deceased; George; Isabelle; John; James, deceased; Jane, deceased; Andrew; M. E. and Francis A., deceased. Mrs. Elliott still lives upon the old homestead.
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Farmer, Perry Township; gold miner in California
ELLIOTT GEORGE, Perry township; postoffice. New Guilford; born in this county, in 1831; son of Andrew and Margaret (McLewee) Elliott, and grandson of John and Charity Elliott, and of George and Katherine McLewee. He was married in 1861, to Miss Margaret Dengan, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Dengan. Mr. Elliott spent some six years of his life in the gold regions 01 California. He sailed from New York on the ship northern light, in October, 1853, and returned in 1869. Mr. Elliott at one time came near being buried alive, while engaged in mining operations in California.
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Farmer, carpenter and teacher, White Eyes Township
ELLIOTT WILLIAM B., White Eyes township; farmer; was born in the State of New York, in 1825, and came to this county, with his parents, in 1828. His father, John H. Elliott, emigrated to this country from Ireland, about 1823, and located in Keene township. He removed to White Eyes in 1832. William B. began working at the carpenter trade in 1847, and followed his trade for about thirty years. He taught school during the winters for fifteen or sixteen terms; In 1851, Mr Elliott married Miss Mary Boyd, daughter of William M. Boyd, who was born in 1831, in Keene township. They have two children: Milton, born in 1852, and Almarinda, born in 1855, both of whom are unmarried and live at home. Mr. Elliott bought and located on the farm where he now resides, in the spring of 1852. Mr. Elliott has served in the office of township assessor two terms, land appraiser, one term, and one term each of clerk and treasurer of township. His father is deceased, and his mother, who is a very old lady, lives in the township.
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Justice of the peace, mayor and implement dealer
ELLIOTT COLONEL JOHN S., Coshocton, of the firm of Elliott & Marx, 114 and 116 Main street, is a native of Keene township); born May 11, 1817; son of Findley and Catharine (Strong) Elhott, of Irish ancestry. He was raised on the farm. At the age of twenty-three he was elected justice of the peace of his native township and served nine consecutive years. Esquire Elliott was appointed by Governor Corwin lieutenant colonel of the State troops, and served until the forces were disbanded by act of the Legislature. He came to this city in 1862, and has served two terms as mayor; also, president of the National Temperance Christian Union of this city three years, and president of the Coshocton Agricultural Society for a number of years. He was married first to Miss Margaret, daughter of George McCaskey, of White Eyes township, and by this union had one son — Alonzo Milton. His second wife was Miss Margaret Morrison, who died some thirteen years since. The above firm is doing a very extensive business in farming implements and heavy machinery. In 1880 'they sold three thousand two hundred pounds of wire to bind grain cut by machines sold by them.
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Moulder and foundryman, Jefferson Township
ELLIOTT R. M., Lafayette township; tinner; postoffice, West Lafayette; learned his trade in Coshocton, and has worked at the business about seven years, and at the present time is working for F. M. Familton; was married, in 1877, to Miss Miller, of this township. They have had two children: William, two years of age, and Agnes,, an infant. Mr. Elliott has lived in this township about two years, and is steady and industrious.
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