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From History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people (1914)
JOHN ELLIOTT.
John Elliott, one of the most prominent and influential business men of Lamont, has served as president of the Lamont Savings Bank since the ist of January, 1910, and in the conduct of its business has displayed the same aggressiveness and capable management that have ever characterized his own private affairs. Besides his banking interests he is also engaged in the produce business and is an extensive land owner.
Mr. Elliott was born in Fremont township, this county, June 4, 1862, a son of George and Jeannette (Sharp) Elliott. His father was born in Yorkshire, England, on the 30th of July, 1830, and when a youth of twelve years accompanied his parents to the United States, the family settling in Winnebago county, Illinois, where his parents spent the remainder of their lives. George Elliott was reared to manhood in that county but in 1856, when a young man of twenty-six years, he came to Iowa and bought land in Jefferson township, this county. Four years later he purchased the farm where he still resides and where his son, John, was born. He has been very successful as a farmer but has also found time for other interests, as he was for twenty years president of the Winthrop State Bank and is still a stockholder in that institution. He is a republican in his political belief. His wife was born near Albany, New York, in 1843, of Scotch descent, as her parents were born near Glasgow. The family emigrated westward from the Empire state and settled in Buffalo Grove, this county, where they were pioneers. The father, John Sharp, was a carpenter and cabinet-maker by trade. Both lie and his wife passed away about 1879.
To Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott were born eight children, of whom John is the eldest. The record of the others is as follows: W. G. is cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank at Aurora. Leigh is operating the home farm. Alice IS the wife of Albert Reed, a retired farmer of Winthrop. Florence married
As printed in History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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