Husband Joseph S. Elliott 1 2
AKA: James S. Elliott 3
Born: 18 Apr or 27 Apr 1827 - Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 2
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Father: James Elliott (1785- ) 1 2
Mother: Mary Cunningham ( - ) 1 4
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Wife Nancy J. Forsyth(e) 1 3 5
Born: 3 Nov 1834 5
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Died: Aft 1893
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Father: William Forsyth (1799-1878) 1
Mother: Jane P. Steele (Abt 1807-1882) 1 3
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1 M William F. Elliott 1 5
Born: 9 Jul 1853 5
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Spouse: Susan L. Wells ( - ) 5
2 F Violette H. Elliott 1 5
Born: 6 Feb 1855 5
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Spouse: Joseph A. Cook (1846- ) 5 6 7
Marr: 20 Sep 1876 8
3 M Oliphant P. Elliott 1
AKA: O. F. Elliott 5
Born: 23 Dec 1857 5
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Spouse: Dora Grayson ( - ) 5
4 F Ida J. Elliott 1 5
Born: 16 Aug 1861 5
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Spouse: William H. Graser ( - ) 5
5 F Eva May Elliott 1 5
Born: 24 Mar 1869 5
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Died: 4 Mar 1891
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6 F Grace F. Elliott 1
Born: 14 Jan 1877 5
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Spouse: William L. Wood ( - ) 5
Marr: 15 Jun 1898 5
General Notes: Husband - Joseph S. Elliott
He was born on the old Elliott homestead, Jefferson township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His school education was limited. His business education was gathered from observation and contact with business men.
He spent his early life on his father's farm. In 1850 he began work for himself on his own farm, and engaged in farming and stock-dealing. He was a shrewd, energetic, successful business man. He made money and enjoyed it, and had one of the most comfortable homes in the county. He had no church record, but was a liberal supporter of all causes which he deemed worthy. He held the usual township offices intrusted to business men in a business township. His possessions were chiefly stock and lands. He owned a thousand acres of good land, all underlaid with bituminous coal except one hundred and thirty-two acres. He made his own fortune, with the assistance of his wife. Mrs. Elliott is a lady of rare general intelligence, and has a wider knowledge of the requirements of business life than most ladies of the time, and always eagerly united with her husband in his various enterprises, while at the same time paying special attention to domestic affairs.
He was a self-made man. He labored for his elder brothers, after his father's death, for three years at four dollars per month, and at the division of the estate, only received one thousand seven hundred dollars as his share. He then commenced farming on the shares and raising stock, and at intervals of several years bought successively the John S. Tarr, the F. C. Herron, S. N. Steele and the J. M. Lynn farms. He subsequently added to his landed possessions the Geo. E. Hogg and Forsythe estate farms. He resided on the latter farm which was the old Elliott homestead.
With increase of means Mr. Elliott widened his field of operations. He, with J. W. Ailes, Joseph Underwood and Ellis Miller, formed the Alps Coal Co. and helped to develop the great Monongahela river coal field. Later he became identified with the California and the Crescent Coal companies and other coal industries; but later disposed of all his mine and company interests to the Monongahela Coal and Coke Co. He continued, however, to own over one thousand acres of choice farming lands, and during his later years dealt largely in wool. He took considerable interest in financial affairs, was one of the founders and was for some years president of the National Deposit Bank of Brownsville.
He was a Republican and a Presbyterian, and held at various times most of the important of his township's offices, but was never an aspirant for political preferment.