BIO; ELLIOTT, George L.  1884 GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO
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A   Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware 
and Randloph Counties, Ind.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894

	GEORGE L. ELLIOTT, deceased, for many years 
a leading jeweler of Muncie, 
was born January 28, 1831, at the town of Chardon, 
Geauga county, Ohio. His 
parents, Edmund G. and Nancy (Taylor) Elliott, 
were natives of New England, 
born, reared and married in the state of 
Massachusetts. Shortly after their 
marriage they removed to Ohio, and for a 
number of years Edmund Elliott 
carried on the jewelry business at Chardon 
and Springfield, that state. 
Subsequently, he removed to Anderson, Ind., 
where his death occurred after 
a long, active and successful business 
career; his wife following him to 
the grave a short time after. Edmund and 
Nancy Elliott reared a family of 
five children, all sons, namely: Jerome, 
Alfred, George L., Ozias and 
Dallas K., of whom Jerome, Alfred 
and George L. are deceased.
	George L. Elliott began learning 
the jeweler's trade at the age of 
thirteen with his father, and after 
acquiring great skill and proficiency 
in his chosen calling worked at the 
same with his father until about 1854, 
at which time he went to Cincinnati, 
where he remained for a limited 
period, returning home the following year. 
In May, 1855, he was united in 
marriage to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of 
John and Ruth (Marshall) Smith of 
Greene County, Ohio, removing in August of 
the same year to Muncie, Ind., 
where he rented a window and engaged in 
repairing watches, jewelry, etc., 
on a very moderate scale. Later he 
entered the employ of Armstead Klein, 
with whom he remained a short time, 
and then opened an establishment of his 
own on the corner of Main and Walnut 
streets, where he continued the trade 
for a period of nearly forty years, 
during which time he became one of the 
best known and most popular business 
men of Muncie. In all his relations 
with his fellow-men Mr. Elliott was 
the soul of honor, and his kindness of 
heart and uniform courtesy were the 
subjects of remark by all, and became 
proverbial throughout Muncie and Delaware 
county. "Uncle George", as he was 
familiarly called, always had a cheerful 
word and pleasant greeting for 
everyone,  and he was one of those noble 
characters whose very presence 
exerted a genial influence throughout the 
community -one of nature's 
noblemen, whose honest impulses were 
manifested in every act of his life. 
In the home circle he was a model of 
gentleness, and his daughter, with 
whom he was ever on terms of the closest 
intimacy, cannot recall the memory 
of an unkind word or act. In his religious 
belief Mr. Elliott was a 
Universalist, but he encouraged all churches, 
irrespective of doctrine or 
creed, and was ever in hearty sympathy with 
all movements of a benevolent 
or philanthropic nature. Politically he 
was an active supporter of the 
democratic party, and fraternally was 
identified with Delaware lodge, No. 
46, A.F. & A.M., and DeEmber tribe, No. 
30, Improved Order of Red Men. He 
was noted as a friend of the poor and 
needy, was kindly disposed to all, 
and died, as he had lived, possessing 
the profound respect and esteem of 
his fellow-citizens. His death occurred 
on the 1st day of April, 1892, and 
his remains were followed to their final 
place of repose by one of the 
largest funeral corteges ever seen on the 
streets of Muncie. Mr. Elliott 
was the father of one child, a daughter, 
Ida M., wife of John H. Ritter, an 
able optician, who resides in the city at 
the present time.




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