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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Wayne Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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SAMUEL E. ELLIOTT, of the firm Elliott & Coleman, stove and tin store, Waynesville; born in Waynesville Dec. 15, 1845; is a son of Samuel W. and Rebecca (Evans) Elliott, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of this county. Samuel W. was a son of James and Hannah Elliott, who had seven children— John, now President of First National Bank of Shelbyville, Ind.; Samuel W., |
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deceased; Evans, deceased; William and Marshall, now in the milling business at Shelbyville, Ind. ; Jesse, employed in a bank at Danville, Ill.; and Mary E., now Mrs. Powell, of Shelbyville. James Elliott and family became residents of Warren County at quite an early day; removed to Shelbyville, Ind., about 1841, and engaged in the milling and mercantile business, and there continued till his death. Samuel W., the second son, was raised in Warren County, and married Rebecca Evans, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of Joel Evans; she was born Aug. 15, 1823; was married April 25, 1843. Mr. Elliott located and entered upon business with his father in Shelbyville, Ind.; on Dec. 25, 1845, he was called to mourn the death of his wife, enjoying less than three years of companionship: she bore him two children—William, deceased, and Samuel E.; in August, 1848, he was united with Miss Mary J. Powell. of Shelby County, Ind.; then he located at Marietta and entered vigorously upon the milling business; in 1855, he erected a large flouring mill at that place, and about the same time opened a dry goods store and carried on an extensive business; in I860, he returned to Shelbyville and opened a boot and shoe store, to which, soon after, he added a stock of dry goods, and for four years, during the war, did a large and successful business; in 1865, he formed a partnership with John Blessing and Morrison Gadd in the dry goods business in Indianapolis; not being successful there, in 1867 he moved to Independence, Mo.; thence to Ft. Scott, Kan., where he was engaged in the queensware trade, in which he continued till his death, Aug. 4,1879; by his last marriage he had three children, one now surviving, William P., now in the grocery and queensware trade in Shelbyville, Ind. Mr. Elliott was recognized as a man of superior ability and business tact; was first and foremost in all public enterprises; was one of the incorporators of the First National Bank of Shelbyville, and also gave aid and influence to build many of the turnpikes and other public improvements of the county; and for his many good works will ever be kindly remembered as one of God's noblemen. Our subject, who, when but 10 days old; was left motherless, was raised and grew to manhood under the watchful care of his Grandmother Evans; in 1866, Mr. Elliott located in Danville, Ill., in the dry goods trade; and continued there two years; then located in Edwardsville, Kan., in same business; in the fall of 1869, returned to Waynesville, and, in spring of 1872, formed a partnership with John Coleman in the stove and tinware trade, which business they have successfully followed to the present time. Mr. Elliott was united in marriage. March 27, 1873, with Miss Mary E., daughter of Empson A. and Martha Rogers; Mary E. was born Aug. 31, 1851; they have one child, Rachel Abbie, born April 20, 1874. |
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