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Born 1831
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
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.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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