Exum Elliott, farmer, section 20, was born on the farm where he now resides, Nov. 5, 1823, a son of Jacob and Mary (Pellee) Elliott. He attended the Bethel School, conducted by the Society of Friends, during the winter terms, and helped on the farm the remainder of the year. He has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and is still engaged in farming and stock-raising.
He was married in 1851 to Mary, daughter of Gideon and Catherine Myers, early settlers of Wayne County. Gideon Myers came to Indiana when about twenty-one years old, and started a tannery near Milton, Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have reared one child---Carrie Chappelle, wife of William L. Kimpner, of Dublin. They have an adopted daughter---Lizzie M., born Sept. 12, 1867, and taken from the Children's Home in Cincinnati, Ohio, when about two years old. She is at present attending school at Dublin. Mr. Elliott and wife are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.
Our subject's father was born in August, 1793, and was married in 1811. He emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, and in 1822 removed with his family to the tract of land now owned by our subject, where his wife died in 1853. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom survive---Absalom, Rhoda, Solomon, Catherine, Exum, Rachel and Mary. Jacob Elliott was again married in 1854 to Isabella Hawkins, widow of William Hawkins. Mr. Elliott died near Cambridge City, Ind., in 1869.
