The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-15
GOLD TIMERS"
Two Well Known Gentleman
WhOs Figure i'm this
Capacity.

An cold timer" who has heretofore
not been mentioned in this paper, is
MIR. A. j. Elliott, a prominent and
well known farmer of this county.
The following is his genealogy as near
as he can trace 1t up. His great great
and grandfather were natives of Scot
land. His father John Elliott, was a
native of South Carolina, and was
born in 1854. When seventeen years
old, he removed to Virginia and from
Virginia to Kentucky. After remain
ing there until he was thirtv.four
years old, he went to Illinois and 10.
Gated in what was termed the "Amer-
lean Bottoms" now known as East st.
Louis. He left there in 1910 and
came to Boon's Lick, now
Howard county, where he raised
crop of corn that year and also went
to Kentucky and married, Jan. 9Th,
1911, Miss Mary Glasgow, who was a
native Of Madison county, that state.
With his bride, Mr.. Elliott set out for
his Missouri home and rode on horse
back the entire trip, leading horses on
which his goods. chattels and seeds
were packed. The streams on the
route were crossed by fording, swim
ming and RATS, crossing the Missis-
sippl river at Kaskaskia. They ar
rived safely in Boen's Lick, now
Howard county and there located.
The Indians in the years of 1S10.11-
II were friendly, but after that time
they became hostile, and in the years
of 1813-14-15-16, Mr.. Elliott and his
family dwelt for the greater portion
of their time in Fort Hampstead, in
Howard county. Three boys
and three girls were born to
Mr.. Elliott as follows Newton
Gleason Elliott, March 8, 1912. Har-
rison Snoddy Elliott, Feb. 5, 1914,
Andrew jackson Elliott, the subject
of this sketch, July 20, 1919. Of
the three girls born TIVE are now dead.
Both Mr.. E lott and bis wife are now
dead, the former dying in 1882, the
latter in 1927. Both died in Howard
county. Of the children born of
their union, Newton Glasgow Elliott,
now deceased, married and became
the father of four sons, all still living
in Cooper and Howard counties as
follows: John S. Elliott, Hugh
Elliott, Charles Lee Elliott. Their
mother also still lives in Howard
county.
Harrison s. Elliott; deceased, mar
ried and became the father of two
sons and one daughter. Charles
Elliott and George Elliott, the sons,
reside at or near Ellensburg, Wash,
the daughter is married and also re-
sides in Washington.
Andrew jackson Elliott, married
Miss Patsie Briscoe, born in Cooper
county June 81, 1925, and who wa
the youngest daughter of Col. Andrew
and Anna Ksvanaugh Briscoe, wht
had removed from Kentucky to Mis-
souri,, September 10, 1910, the cere
mony being performed by Esquir'
William Beard, then a well know
democrat of Cooper county. Of thi
union eight children were born, tire
boys and five girls as follows: Johl
Bruce Elliott, born June II, 1871
and who married Mrs. Anna Trigg
daughter of General William Trigg
, of Virginia /; Anna Elliott, born il
, Cooper county, August 10, 1913, ant
: and who married James Turk No
t Culloch. a native of Missouri, bu
who with his wife now lives in Ore
gan Ellen Elliott, born in Coope
e county. February IA, 1S46, and wh
! married in 1856, F. B. Brereton,
, nafivo of Canada Cora Elliott hor