BIO: ABRAM ELLIOTT, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joe Patterson OCRed by Judy Banja Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/ _____________________________________________________________ >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 507-509 _____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/zeamer/ ABRAM ELLIOTT. The first of the Elliott family to settle in Pennsylvania was Robert Elliott, who came from Ireland in 1737 with his wife Mary, and children: Edward, Thomas, William, Robert, Grisel (who became the wife of Joseph McMin), Mary (who married John Irwin), Margaret (married William Clark), Ann, David and James. They made their home in what is now Middlesex township, Cumberland county. James Elliott was four years old when brought to this country, the youngest of his family. He married Margaret Sanderson, and settled on what is still the family homestead, where they lived in what was really a block house, a necessary protection in those days against the Indians. Here all their children were born except the youngest son, John, father of our subject, who was born in the log house built about 1781, and which is yet standing. James Elliott died Nov. 8, 1822, and his wife died Jan. 23, 1823, at the age of seventy-eight years. Their children were as follows: (1) George was a farmer of Middlesex township, then North Middleton township, and later removed to Venango county, Pa., where he died at the age of eighty years; he was born in 1772. He married Nancy Kinslo. (2) Martha, born in 1776, died March 13, 1824. She married James Giffin, who died in 1833, at the age of sixty-two years. (3) Margaret, born in 1779, married Robert G. Young, and died Jan. 6, 1847, at the age of sixty-seven years, eleven months, twelve days. (4) Elizabeth, born in 1780, died in 1860, at the age of seventy-nine years, seven months and twenty-two days. (5) Mary became the wife of John Goudy, and moved to Butler county, Ohio, where she died in 1827 at the age of fifty-seven years. (6) John, the youngest, was the father of our subject. John Elliott, father of Abram, was born Oct. 14, 1782, not long after his father had built and moved into a new and more homelike structure. He was brought up on the farm, and early inured to farm labor, but nevertheless was given a good education for that early day. On the death of his father the estate was divided and he received his due share, to which he added, by purchase, 508 CUMBERLAND COUNTY. some mountain land. He married Miss Mary Lamberton, and after a long and prosperous life passed away June 25, 1856. His wife died seven years later, Sept. 29, 1863, at the age of seventy-nine years, six months and nineteen days. Mrs. Mary L. Elliott was born March 10, 1784, in Middlesex township on what is known as the John Reed farm, where the Lamberton school stands. Her father, James Lamberton, and a brother, Simon, came from the North of Ireland, and the brother lived on the farm now owned by H. C. Babble. James Lamberton was a soldier in the Revolution. He had considerable talent and for many years was known as Squire Lamberton. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Carlisle. His death occurred in Middlesex township a few years prior to 1827, while his wife, Mrs. Ursula (Wood) Lamberton, survived him until 1840, also dying at an advanced age. Ross Lamberton, a brother of Mrs. Elliott, moved with his wife and family to Oberlin, Ohio,. to educate his children there. John and Mary (Lamberton) Elliott had children as follows: (1) Margaret, born Sept. 14, 1816, became the wife of John Holmes, and died Feb. 11, 1881, at the home of our subject. (2) James L., born May 2, 1818, died March 18, 1884. He married Catherine Ann Williams, and was a farmer in West Pennsboro township. (3) Mary, born Dec. 1 1, 1821, became the wife of Richard C. Woods; she died Aug. 9, 1888. (4) John, born Oct. 14, 1823, died in January, 1900; he was a farmer and merchant, and died at Columbus, Neb., where he was living retired. He married Mary J. Smiley. (5) Abram is our subject. Abram Elliott was born on his father's farm in Middlesex township June 13, 1827, and was educated in the country schools. From boyhood he worked on the farm, following the methods of those early days, when wheat was threshed out on the barn floor with a flail. His wife was Miss Margaret Ann Davidson, who was born in Newville, Cumberland county, but grew up in Eden, Delaware county, Ohio, where her parents had gone during her childhood. Her father, John Davidson, died there, and her mother, Mrs. Eliza (Wilson) Davidson, returned with her daughter to Pennsylvania. A son Wilson went to the war, and afterward made his home at Findlay, Ohio, where he died. Mrs. Margaret A. Elliott was called from this world in 1875, leaving her husband with six children, as follows: (1) Mary Elizabeth was born Feb. 2, 1867. (2) Anna Bell, born Oct. 17, 1868, is the wife of Dr. Joseph Laverty, of Williamsport, Pa. (3) John Wilson, born Sept. 15, 1870, married Minnie Winters, of East Pittsburg, where he is engaged in an electrical business. He is a graduate of the Valparaiso Normal School, and an exteacher. (4) Edgar Hudson, born Jan. 29, 1872, is a stenographer in Philadelphia, Pa. (5) Margaret Gertrude, born Oct. 4, 1873, is the wife of R. C. Kane, a farmer of Cumberland county. (6) Charles Herbert, born May 4, 1875, died Aug. 3, 1875. For his second wife Mr. Elliott married Miss Amanda Rogers, who was horn in Middlesex township, daughter of Matthew Brady Rogers and Amanda Dugal, his wife, the latter of French extraction. Mr. Elliott's children by his second marriage were as follows: Abraham Lester, born July 15, 1882, died Sept. 22, 1882; Tillie Stuart, born July 10, 1883, is at home, a graduate of the Shippensburg Normal School, class of 1902; she has taught school two winters since. Mr. Elliott united with the Second Presbyterian Church in his early manhood and has been one of its workers and supporters CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 509 ever since. His wife is also a member of that church, although she was brought up in the United Brethren teachings. In public affairs Mr. Elliott manifests the interest of a true citizen, and has been more or less prominent in township matters. A lifelong Democrat, he has served as township auditor and has been for many years a school director, a position he still fills. He has been a successful farmer, a capable official and a man known for his upright conduct, and enjoys a high standing in his community.