Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - John Elliott
JOHN ELLIOTT
John Elliott, a retired farmer near
Pharisburg, son of Alexander and Jane (Chatterfield) Elliott, natives
of Pennsylvania, of English descent, was born at Brookfield, Ohio,
September 17, 1800, and educated in the common schools of Clark County.
He adopted the occupation of a farmer and followed that honorable
avocation with a good deal of success, until he retired from active
business life. He owns 120 acres of land, one mile from Pharisburg, of
which twenty-five acres are timber lands. On January 22, 1832, he
married Louisa Wood, daughter of John and Phebe (Bradford) Wood. She
was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 22, 1815. They are the parents
often children, seven living, viz.: William, married; John, married;
Elizabeth wife of Marshall Morris and mother of eight children; Sabina,
Mary, Amanda and Minerva; one son and three daughters are deceased. Mr.
Elliott has forty-eight grandchildren. He is a member of the
Universalist Church, and a Republican in politics; he has served his
township as Treasurer, Trustee and School Director.