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Elliott, Gilbert Molleson – Elliott, Stephen

Elliott, Gilbert Molleson

soldier, was born Oct. 7, 1840, in Thompson, Conn. In April, 1861, when Fort Sumter was fired upon, he unfurled the stars and stripes from the college building, and in his address declared he would defend his country's honor with his life's blood. He died Nov. 24, 1863, in Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

Elliott, Henry Wood

artist, author, was born Nov. 13, 1841, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an artist in the employ of the Smithsonian institution, and the author of Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska; and Our Arctic Provinces.

Elliott, James

congressman, was born Aug. 9, 1770, in Guilford, Vt. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1803 to 1809. He died Nov. 10, 1830, in Newfane, Vt.

Elliott, John G

legislator, was born Oct. 7, 1850, in Alleghany county, N.

Y. He received his education in the schools of northern Indiana and at the normal college of Valparaiso. For four years he was county recorder of Merced county, Cal., and also its county clerk for four years. He is now a member of the California state assembly, and takes an active part in public affairs.

Elliott, John M

lawyer, congressman, was born May 16, 1820, in Scott county, Va. He was elected to the state legislature in 1847; and in 1853 was elected a representative in congress.

Elliott, Mortimer F

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 24, 1842, in Cherry Flats, Pa. He commenced the practice of law at Wellsboro, Pa., and in 1870 was an unsuccessful candidate for president judge. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1873; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.

Elliott, James M

railroad presi-ber of that year became pastor of St. dent, was born Nov. 12, 1854, in Rome, Ga.

In 1889 he became president of the Gadsden and Attalla Union railroad.

Elliott, James T

lawyer, jurist, journalist, congressman, was born April 22, 1823, in Monroe county, Ga. He was chosen president of a railroad company in 1858; and was elected a circuit judge in Arkansas in 1866. He established a newspaper at Camden, in that state, in 1867, called the South Arkansas Journal; and was elected a representative from Arkansas to the fortieth congress to fill a vacancy.

Elliott, Jesse Duncan

naval officer, was born July 14, 1782, in Maryland.

In 1804 he entered the navy as a midshipman; was in the war with Great Britain; and captured two armed British brigs. In 1813 he succeeded Perry in command of Lake Erie. He died Dec. 18, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Elliott, Sarah Barnwell

author, was born in 18-. She was the author of Jerry; John Paget, a novel of New York and Newport; and The Felmeres.

Elliott, Stephen

naturalist, author, was born Nov. 11, 1771, in Beaufort, S. C. He was a naturalist of South Carolina, and a professor in the state medical college. He was the author of The Botany of South Carolina and Georgia. He died March 28, 1830, in Charleston, S. C.

Elliott, Stephen

lawyer, bishop, was born Aug. 31, 1806, in Beaufort, S. C.

He practiced law in Charleston and Beaufort until 1833. In 1841 he was consecrated protestant episcopal bishop of Georgia. He died Dec. 21, 1866, in Savannah, Ga.