Person:Benjamin Elliott (7)

1920 West Liberty, Logan, Ohio Census Name: Benjamin F Elliott Age: 44 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 BirthPlace: Ohio Relation to Head of House: Head Spouses's Name: Bessie M Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Marital status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 343

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BENJAMIN ELLIOTT, hardware; West Liberty; was born Feb. 4, 1825, in Chester Co., Penn. His father, John, was born Nov. 2, 1795, and died Sept. 8, 1828, in the same county, as was also his mother, Mary Brogan Elliott, her birthday being Feb. 28, 1796; she died March 22, 1831. The father died when Benjamin was three years old, and in two years the mother, too, "followed that beckoning hand to the shore" of that cold, dark river, leaving five children to fight life's battle alone-Mifflin, born Feb. 6, 18I5; Wilson, April 14, 1817 ; Hannah, Sept. 7,1819; Eliza, June 17, 1822; Benjamin and Sarah died April 26,1828. Benjamin lived with his uncle, Daniel Elliott, for two years, and then made a home with George Hoopes until 16 years old; during this time he took advantage of the cabin schools; he began then to learn the carpenters' trade with Charles Sloane, with whom he continued for three years, getting board and clothing for his labor, and two weeks during harvest, transferring thence to the employ of James B. Gibson for one year, at the expiration of which he worked at the same for John Davis, a brother-in-law; at the age, of 21 he went to work at his trade at Mingo with his uncle, William Elliott, for eighteen months; he then, in company with Job Salkeld, took a steamer at Cincinnati, O., after having worked at that place a short time. They landed first at Vicksburg, and worked a short time at carpentering, and thence to Natchez, Miss., and there witnessed the reception of Gens. Taylor and Quitman, who were just returning from the Mexican war; they then went to New Orleans, and in a short time took ship for Galveston, Texas, where they stopped but a short time, and, finding business dull, they soon sailed for Port Lavaco, which then contained about thirty log house, but they did not unload their baggage, but returned to New Orleans, and thence to Natchez, where they resumed their trade, afterward engaging at Vicksburg; from there they transferred to Greenville, Miss., where they worked until the spring of 1849; they then took steamer for St. Louis, Mo., there engaging a short time, and then returned to Ohio, finally stopping at Urbana, where our subject continued his trade, making his home with William Thomas, in Logan Co. He soon after sought a companion in the person of Rebecca Wierman, the marriage taking place May 27, 1852. Her parent, John and Jane Moorehead Wierman, were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Champaign n Co., O., in 1835. They had nine children, of whom six survive. Mr. Elliott farmed for sometime in Champaign Co. after his marriage, and then went to Kansas, but in six months returned to West Liberty, and engaged at carpentering, which he continued until 1868, when he abandoned it, and has since devoted his attention to his partnership business with Enos Baldwin, His marriage blessed him with six children-Addle, Willis, Eva, Nellie, Maud and Benjamin. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of West Liberty, When Mr. Elliott was 21 years old he started to Ohio, taking the cars at Penningtonville, Penn., and at Holliday's Ferry took a stage, and about midnight they run into a big snow-drift, and the passengers were compelled to wade the deep snow to a tavern a mile off. In the morning the stage came up and they started on for Pittsburg. There he took a steamboat for Cincinnati, O., and from there took a stage for Dayton. The next morning after arriving, he started on foot for Mingo Valley, a distance of fifty miles. At the end of the second day he landed at his Uncle William Elliott's, with a $5 gold piece. It is the privilege of but few to witness the varied scenes that have made up the life of Benjamin Elliott. The disadvantages of his youth made him energetic and a close thinker, of vigorous frame and an active, investigating turn of mind. His varied experiences have been treasured up for future profit. He has always keen active, and is honored for his unwavering adhesion to principle, and for his zeal and liberality in the promotion, of all worthy objects, Benjamin's father was one of seven children-Mary, born May 13, 1795; Martha, June 16, 1797; Daniel, Jan. 15, 1795; Benjamin, May 16, 1802; Ann, Dec. 13, 1804, and Robert, Feb. 1, 1807.

1. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
2. ↑ 1920 OH Census.