Northumberland-Union County PA Archives Biographies.....Elliott, John A. 1842 - living in 1899

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DR. JOHN A. ELLIOTT, the oldest leading physician and surgeon of Northumberland,

Northumberland County, Pa., was born in Union County, Pa., in 1842, and is a son

of William and Christiana (Knox) Elliott.



  The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was of Scotch-Irish extraction,

located in Northumberland County when a young man, and worked at the carpenter

trade. He was said to be a very large man, over six feet in height and of

powerful strength, but with a quiet disposition. He married between the ages of

forty and forty-five; his wife died at the birth of their only son, Alexander.

After this our subject's great-grandfather formed a second marriage with a lady

near Pottsville and resided there until his death.



  Alexander Elliott, the paternal grandfather, was born May 29, 1777, and at the

age of fourteen years he was apprenticed to a hatter in Reading, Pa., where he

remained until he was twenty-one. He then went into business for himself, and

manufactured soft hats for several years. He died February 5, 1835. He married

Mary Morrow and subsequently her sister, Florinda Morrow. By the first marriage

were born eight children, as follows: Benjamin J.; Mary; Thomas; Margaret;

Sarah; William; Ann; and Samuel. By the second marriage were born three

children: Simon, James, and Isabelle.



  Our subject's father, William Elliott, was born in Northumberland County,

November 5, 1814, and was educated in the public schools. He worked for his

father and learned the hatter's trade, but, being dissatisfied and not wishing

to follow in his father's footsteps, at the age of fifteen he started out for

himself. He began at ditch digging, worked on the canal and also at farming.

During the winters he worked for his board and attended school, paying for his

own tuition. In this way, getting a fair start, he carried on farming, and also

owned and conducted a canal grocery. In company with Henry Wenck he bought a

half interest in a grocery business and carried on a successful trade on the

canal. This he continued until the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad was opened, when

he became the first agent, and afterwards did railroad contracting, building the

Bennet's Branch, Oil Creek, Pa., and Erie, at Williamsport. Mr. Elliott was then

appointed state canal commissioner and superintendent of the canal from Juniata

River to Northumberland, and later to Milton. In 1880 he was elected to the

State Legislature. This ambitious gentleman owned many farms and several hundred

acres of land which he kept in the best possible condition. Among the farms were

those of C. Kohl; J. Heckard: Kaler; Oscar Leighon; W. H. Deihl; C. M. Stern;

and also many others. He bought the Rev. Smith property, on the corner of Water

and King streets, which was formerly owned by J. Jenkins. This property Mr.

Elliott entirely remodeled into a large and modern four-story brick building,

the largest in the county at that time. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and a

stanch Democrat, holding many borough offices and serving as school director for

twenty-five years. Mr. Elliott was a man of noble character and lofty ambitions,

and became one of the most prominent and respected men in his section of the

state, and when his death occurred in 1896 he was greatly mourned by all. He

married Christiana Knox in 1837, and her death occurred at the age of sixty-one,

in 1875. The children resulting from this union were: Emily, who married Charles

Davis; Anna; May J., who married A. Hartley; and John A., our subject.



  John A. Elliott, the subject of this biography, was educated in the public

schools and at Freebury College. He read medicine with Dr. Beard and Dr. Kunca

of New York, and was graduated from Bellevue College, New York, in 1874,

practicing there for five years. At the end of that time he moved to

Northumberland, Northumberland County, his present location, where, with his

thorough knowledge of his profession, he has built up one of the largest

practices in the county. If it were not for his strong constitution and perfect

health he would be unable to answer the numerous calls for his assistance. Dr.

Elliott is a fine-looking man, with the quiet manners and tastes of a gentleman,

and for his kindly, pleasant ways he is greatly loved and respected. He married

Jennie Jackson, daughter of Mordecai Jackson of Berwick, and she departed this

life at the age of twenty. Dr. Elliott resides on his father's homestead, where

he also has his office. For twenty years he has been a Mason, being a member in

all the degrees to the K. T. He is also a charter member of the Scottish Rite of

Bloomsburg.





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