ELLIOT, (Judge) Clay, St. Tammany then Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Elliott, Judge Clay, attorney-at-law, Amite City, La., was born in St.
Tammany parish, La., Oct. 13, 1862; son of Charles and Sarah Ann (Bankston)
Elliott, the former of whom was a native of Charleston, S. C., and the
latter of St. Tammany parish.  Charles Elliott, in 1866, moved to that part
of the western portion of Washington parish which was soon afterwards
incorporated into what is now the parish of Tangipahoa.  Clay Elliott, the
son, received his early education in the public schools of the parish of
Tangipahoa, the Gullett institute at Amite City, and Mississippi college,
at Clinton, Miss.  He graduated from the law department of the Tulane
university in 1888, and the same year began the practice of law at
Covington, La., where he remained actively engaged in professional duties
until 1898, when he moved to Amite City, at which place he has continued
the practice of law.  Judge Elliott is affiliated with the democratic
party.  By close application to the study of his profession, and being ever
on the alert to stand in the front rank of those who follow his calling,
Judge Elliott has come to be recognized as one of the ablest lawyers in
Louisiana.  His neighbors, recognizing this, have advanced him to important
positions of honor and trust.  He has held official positions, such as
notary public in the parish of St. Tammany and mayor of Covington; member
of the Louisiana state senate, representing the 17th senatorial district,
and district judge of the 25th judicial district.  He is a member of the
Presbyterian church, and affiliated with the Masonic fraternity.  In 1892
Judge Elliott was married to Miss Flora Spiller, daughter of Elisha and
Mary J. (Singeltary) Spiller, the former of whom was born in the parish of
St. Helena, and the latter in the parish of Livingston, La.  Four children
have been born to Judge and Mrs. Elliott, namely:  Charles, now 20 years of
age;  Mary Pauline, 17;  Robert Clay, deceased, and  Charlotte Hortense,
aged 12 years.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3, p. 721.  Edited by Alc e
Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.