ST FRANCIS CO, AR - WILLIAM ELLIOTT  - Bio

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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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William Elliott. Prominently identified with the prosperous and
influential citizens of St. Francis County is William Elliott, who is
a native of Alabama, his birth occurring in Huntsville, in 1826. He 
was the son of Allen and Jane Elliott, originally from the same State. 
When William was one year of age his parents moved to Arkansas, 
settling in St. Francis County, where his early boyhood days were 
passed in assisting his father on the farm. 

At the age of twenty-one years he homesteaded the place on which he 
now resides. This farm consists of 200 acres, with 125 acres under 
cultivation. Mr. Elliott is, aside from his many farming interests, 
quite extensively engaged in stock raising, and also has an interest 
in a good steam-gin, with a capacity of ten bales per day. 

He was united in marriage in 1851 to Miss Sarah Styres, and by
her became the father of three children: John A., Sarah and Jane (all
deceased). Mrs. Elliott died in 1854, and for his second wife Mr.
Elliott chose Miss Adeline E. Adams, who bore him three children: 
James H. and Benjamin F. (both deceased) and William H. 

In 1861 Mr. Elliott enlisted in the Fifth Arkansas Regiment, Company 
A, and participated in several of the most important battles of the 
war, among them being Paducah, Tupelo, Prairie Grove and Union City. 

In 1863 he was married to Melissa J. Adams, and their union has been 
blessed by five children: Robert L., Elisha T. (deceased), Mary E. 
(deceased), Martha and Mary. Mr. Elliott is a Democrat, and with his 
wife is a member of the Baptist Church. 

He has held the office of magistrate, coroner and deputy sheriff in 
his township, serving acceptably in these various positions. He is one 
of the public-spirited citizens of the community.