Bio of ELLIOTT, John (b.1861), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JOHN ELLIOTT - Vol. III, page 570
John Elliott, contractor and builder, who has been a resident of Minneapolis
since 1884, was born in Peel county, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1861, and is
a son of Andrew and Rachael (Thompson) Elliott. The father was a native of the
north of Ireland, while his wife's people were Scotch. He was born in 1812 and
in 1827 became a resident of the state of New York, but afterward went to
Canada.
It was in the public schools of his native place that John Elliott obtained his
education and subsequently learned the carpenter's trade, partially in Canada
and also in the United States. His residence in Minneapolis dates from 1884 and
for two years after his arrival he worked at his trade in the employ of others,
but in 1886, in association with his brother, W. A. Elliott, established a
contracting and building firm. In 1906 they incorporated their interests under
the name of the J. &. W. A. Elliott Company, of which John Elliott has been
president since the incorporation. This company has played a very important part
in the building of Minneapolis during the past thirty-seven years. The large
amount of construction work done by them includes the Plymouth church edifice,
the Museum of Fine Arts, Folwell Hall at the University of Minnesota, Shevlin
Hall, Sanford Hall, the Elliott Memorial Hospital, the Physicians and Surgeons
building, the International Harvester Company building, the Chemistry building
at the Slate University and the Northern Pacific Hospital, the last named being
a million-dollar structure. With every phase of building operations Mr. Elliott
is thoroughly familiar and his comprehensive understanding has enabled him
wisely to direct the efforts of those who have been employed by him. He is also
the vice president of the Bankers National Bank and is interested in other
important business projects.
On the 26th of November, 1901, Mr. Elliott was married to Miss Bertha A. Raines,
belonging to a branch of the celebrated Raines family of Rochester, New York, of
which John Raines, father of the famous Raines law, was a member. Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott have one son, John Raines. Mr. Elliott is a Mason, having membership in
Ark Lodge, A. F. & A. M., while in Minneapolis Consistory he has attained the
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He has also crossed the sands of the
desert with the Nobles of Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He aided in
organizing the Minne­apolis Golf Club and is a member of the Minneapolis
Athletic Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. Mr.
Elliott is recognized as a thoroughgoing business man who has been very
successful, and an analyzation of his career shows that persistency of purpose,
inflexible integrity and unabating energy have been the strong concomitants in
his prosperity.