HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY                                  37

life for himself as a teacher, and taught one year,in 1897 and 1898. He
then attended the State University at Bloomington, Indiana for a year,
after which he was graduated from the Indiana Medical College at Indi-
anapolis, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1904. Having obtained prac-
tical experience in his professional work at Saint Anthony Hospital,
Terre Haute, where he was for three months and at the City Hospital
in Indianapolis, with which he was connected as interne nineteen months,
Dr. Elliott located in Poland, and having succeeded to his father’s prac-
tice has here built up an extensive and lucrative patronage.
    On April 7, 1908. Dr. Elliott married Maud Mendenhall, a graduate
nurse of the City Hospital at Indianapolis. She was born in West New-
ton, Indiana, a daughter of Edward and Ella (Weatherly) Mendenhall,
natives of Marion connty, Indiana. Politically the Doctor is a Democrat.
Fraternally he belongs to Poland Lodge No. 364, K. of P., and to Clay
Lodge No. 85, A. F. & A. M., of Bowling Green. He is a member of
the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as elder since 1907.

    BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GOSHORN, V. D. M.—Noteworthy among the
prominent and influential business men of Clay City is Benjaniin F.
Goshorn, who for many years has been intimately associated with the
best interests of this part of Clay county, being a farmer and the pub-
lisher of the Clay City Democrat, one of the leading newspapers of
this section of the state. A native of Indiana, he was born in Marion
township, Owen county, September 13, 1857, a son of Robert R. Goshorn.
    The name of Goshorn was first known in America in 1655. when two
brothers of the name emigrated from Holland to this country, settling
here permanently. No definite knowledge of the family is subsequently
obtainable until 1770, when four brothers of that name—John, Leonard,
Jacob and Nicholas — were living in Pennsylvania. John and Leonard
moved to Ohio, one locating in Cincinnati and the other near Wheeling.
Jacob settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and Nicholas took up
his residence in Juniata county, five miles away. Nicholas had two sons
—Robert, who located in Hoilidaysburg Pennsylvania, and James, who
settled at Hamilton Butler county, Ohio and five daughters who mar—
ried respectively Smith, Goshorn, Clemens, Orr and Funk. Jacob, who
settled in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, had seven sons and five
(daughters, as follows George, who had six sons and four daughters
Jacob, who had four daughters John, who had five sons and four daugh-
ters Andrew, who had four sons and four daughters Nicholas. who had
seven sons and seven daughters Samuel who had four sons and three
daughters; and William who had three sons and three daughters. The
names of the daughters were: Mary married to James Jones: Susan,
married to Hugh Dorn: Nancy, married to John McClure: Elizabeth,
married to a Mr. Renner: and Margaret  married to David Heckadorn.
The six sons and four daughters of George are,Jacob, John, Nicholas,
George, Robert and Samuel and Jane (married to Alexander McNeal).
Susan (unmarried), Mary (unmarried) and Margaret (married to
Aaron M. Shoop)
    Through the third son (Nicliolas) comes the line of Benjamin F., of
this article. Nicholas was born and reared in Pennsylvania, where in
his boyhood days he served a two years’ apprenticeship as a tanner, during
which time he missed but one days service to his employer. In middle
age he removed with his family to Holmes county Ohio where he pur—