Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Elliott, Thomas
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THOMAS ELLIOTT, a well-known and well-to-do farmer of 
Cumberland Valley, Bedford County, Pa., was born in this 
township, November 5, 1832, a son of Samuel and Margaret 
(Rose) Elliott.  He is of English ancestry, and comes of 
pioneer stock, his paternal grandfather, also named Thomas 
Elliott, having settled in Cumberland Valley township when 
this section of the State was but a part of the frontier 
wilderness, abounding in game.
  Samuel Elliott spent his entire life of seventy-six years 
in Cumberland Valley township, where he cleared and improved 
a good homestead from the forest-covered land.  He was 
industrious and self-reliant, and as a public-spirited 
citizen was always ready to aid movements to increase the 
growth and prosperity of the town and county.  In politics 
he affiliated with the Democrats.  Of the children born of 
his marriage with Margaret Rose the following are now 
living: Thomas, the direct subject of this brief sketch; 
Francis S.; Harriet, wife of Lewis Hite; Nathaniel P.; 
Amanda, wife of Joseph Bruner; Henry, of Bedford, Pa.; and 
Hannah, who married John Price, of Frostburg, Pa.  The first 
five of these still continue their residence in the township 
in which they were born and reared.  The deceased children 
are: three that died in infancy; John, who was accidentally 
killed while serving in the Civil War; Margaret, who married 
Buchanan Cessna, of Centreville, Pa.; and Rachel, who 
married Benjamin Valentine.
  Thomas Elliott was brought up on the home farm, where he 
early obtained a practical knowledge of the various branches 
of agriculture.  Although he had but meager opportunities 
for his schooling in his boyhood, he has a retentive memory, 
and by judicious reading has always kept himself well 
informed on current topics.  He has carried on general 
farming after the most approved methods of his time; and his 
farm, which covers more than two hundred acres, is one of 
the best in its appointments and improvements in the 
neighborhood.  He is a self-made man, the fine property 
which he has accumulated being the fruit of his many years 
of diligent labor.  A Democrat in his political views, he 
takes a deep interest in local matters, and has served as 
Road Supervisor and as Inspector of Elections.
  On November 23, 1865, Mr. Elliott married Miss Elmira 
Boor, daughter of the late Nicholas Boor, of Cumberland 
Valley, Pa.  Of the five children born into their household, 
one died in infancy and four are living, namely: Cora M.,; 
Margaret A., wife of Thomas Hardinger; Henry R.,; and Myrtle 
A.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa