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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
of
COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO 1764-1876
by William E. Hunt. -
Publ. Cincinnati - Robert Clarke & Co., Printers
1876
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JOHN
ELLIOTT, for many years commonly designated as "Deacon
Elliott," belonged to a family of mark, all winning
considerable fame, despite what would he accounted an
unfavorable condition at the start. The family came
from Ireland. The mother's piety seems to have been as
strong a determining force in the children as the hard sense
of the father. One of the sons, Samuel
Elliott, was associate judge of the county; another,
Charles, became a very prominent minister in the M. E.
Church. The deacon was thrown, in early life, into
Presbyterian surroundings, and, though not favorably
affected at first, after thorough study, adopted that form
of Christian faith, and held to it through all his life with
notable pertinacity. He united with the church under
Rev. Elisha McCurdy, of Western Pennsylvania.
After learning thoroughly the carpenter's trade, he spent
some time in erecting mission buildings—church,
school-house, and dwellings—for the use of the Presbyterian
missionaries among the Sandusky Indians. He was a
citizen of Coshocton county about forty years. The first
Presbyterian Church of Coshocton and the Methodist Episcopal
Church of same place, and some others in the country, were
built by him. About 1855 he went to Iowa, with the
purpose of making that his home, but in a few years returned
to Coshocton, and, after working a few years, ended his days
in August, 1860. Strong sense and stead fast
piety were characteristics of the man. Indifferent as
to personal appearance, and exceedingly blunt in expression,
he compelled the respect and regard of all who became to any
extent acquainted with him. He was one of the two
first chosen elders of the Presbyterian Church of Coshocton,
and an almost never-failing attendant upon the church
prayer-meetings, which he always found time to attend.
He married Miss Blythe, of Fayette
county, Pa. She lived only a few years, and left one
son (John B. Elliott), at whose home the old deacon
died, Sept. 2, 1868, being sixty-eight years old.
Source: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS of COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO
1764-1876 by William E. Hunt. - Publ. Cincinnati - Robert
Clarke & Co., Printers 1876 - Page 245 |
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