Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Elliott, Richard 1839 - 
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    RICHARD ELLIOTT, an active citizen of Dassel, and the proprietor of the G. A. R.
House, is one of the veterans of the late civil war—

                “ Whose faith and truth 
      On war’s red touchstone rang true metal."

He is a native of Bakersville, Vt., born in 1839, and is the son of William E. and
Miranda (Harvey) Elliott.

   When Richard was only a year old, his parents moved to St. Lawrence county, N.
Y., and, amid the wild scenery of that section, our subject was reared until he was,
sixteen years old. About that time the family, tired of the stony soil of the East,
came with the “star of empire” and settled in the town of Ossian, Winneshiek county,
Iowa, among the earliest settlers of that county. On the 13th of December, 1861,
Richard Elliott enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth United States Infantry, and served
until December 12, 1864, when he received his discharge at Nashville, Tenn. He
participated in some nine pitched battles, prominent among which were the siege of
Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Mission Ridge. He was fortunate enough to escape without
a wound or scratch, or ever having been in hospital after leaving their barracks. On
his discharge, he returned to his home in Iowa, but shortly after removed to
Fillmore county, this State, whither his father had preceded him. In 1869 he moved
to Stevens county, and took up a homestead, where he remained until 1876, suffering
two years from grasshoppers, which devoured his crops, and two years from drouth,
which burned them up. These circumstances embarrassed him financially, and he traded
the farm off for an interest in the steam saw-mill at Dassel, to which place he
removed with his family. Two years later he sold his mill interests and erected the
hotel, which, for a time, he leased. In 1881 he took charge of it himself, and has
run it ever since. In connection, he is considerably engaged in buying and shipping
hoop-poles and cord wood.

  Mr. Elliott was united in marriage with Miss Sallie L. Huntley, October 8, 1868,
in Fillmore county, Minn. The lady is a native of Beaver Dam, Wis., and is the
mother of four children— Mertie, now Mrs. L. Whittaker, of Cokato; James D., Jasper,
and Thoren. Mr. Elliott is quite prominent in G. A. R. circles; was a charter member
and is the present officer of the guard of Colfax Post, Mo. 133, of the village of
Dassel.


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Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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