Tipton County IN Archives Biographies.....Elliott, E. C. 1839 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   E. C. ELLIOTT, merchant, grain dealer, farmer, etc., is a native of Kentucky,
where he was born October 31, 1839, in Bracken County. In his native county he
grew to manhood, and worked at the carpenter's trade, which he learned under his
father. On the breaking-out of the late rebellion, he enlisted, September 23,
1863, in Company G, Seventh Kentucky Cavalry. He saw service at Green River,
Eiizabethtown, Monticello and various other places. But his most important
military experience was when he accompanied Gen. John Morgan on his famous raid
through Indiana and Ohio, in which he was captured at Corydon, Ind.; he was sent
first to the United States Prison at Lousiville, Ky., then to "Camp Chase,"
Columbus, Ohio, and finally to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he remained until
the close of the war. He was discharged from prison in June of 1865, and shortly
after went to Indiana, and located at Jackson Station, Tipton County. At that
time our subject was the possessor of $65 in money. For about two years he
worked in a saw mill and then embarked in the mercantile business at Jackson
Station with a capital of $1,000, all he had in the world. He is now the owner
of a fine brick business room, which was erected in 1874, a large grain
elevator, erected in 1881, and a farm of 175 acres located in Section 26, Cicero
Township, and Section 16, Liberty Township, all under cultivation excepting five
acres, all of which property approximates in value $15,000. He carries a $5,000
stock of goods and does a business of $12,000 per annum, while his grain
business amounts to $20,000 annually. Mr. Elliott was married, April 22, 1861,
in Bracken County, Ky., to Miss Mary E. Smitson, by which marriage he has two
children, Ida and Lucy. Politically, Mr. Elliott is a Democrat. He is also a
member of the Masonic fraternity.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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