Page 391 Hon. William Elliott served from January 1839 till January, 1848. He was esteemed as a worthy man, a warm friend and a good lawyer. He served in the Black Hawk War, and was wounded in a hand-to-hand conflict with a single Indian, whom he killed. He was a quartermaster in the 4th Regiment during the Mexican war, and served through. He returned to Lewistown and continued his practice until about 1856, when he moved upon a farm in Peoria county, near Farmington, where he died in February 1871. Page 469 - Pearl Township - Churches Trinity M.E. Church is located at Pearl Landing on the Illinois river. It was organized in 1856 by Rev. E. Elliott. Page 539 Moses Elliott was born in Wheeling, VA, March 18m 1819 and is the son of John and Esther elliott, deceased; was raised on a farm in Ross county, Ohio; received a common-school education, and was the eldest of 10 childre. He was married Oct 2, 1853 to Jane Perry, daughter of Joseph Perry, deceased, and now resides on sec 35, Griggsville township, engated in farming and stock-raising. Mrs. Elliott was born in Ireland Aug. 24, 1815 and came with her parents to Canada in 1834 and to to Pike county in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have two sons, Geo. P and Richard W. Page 680 Charles A. Elliott, of the firm of Gano, shriver & Elliott, drygoods dealers, Pittsfield, is a son of abner and Ruth (Wells) Elliott, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. Charles A. is a native of the Buckeye State, where he was born in 1854, he came to this county in 1872 and embarked in the mercantile business in Pittsfield in 1879. Pge 681 Gano, Shriver & Elliott, dealers in dry-goods and clothing. This is the largest house of the kind in Pittsfield, and is a consolidationf of the firms of Gano and Shriver Brothers. The firs has had an experience of 26 years in New York city, and Felicity, Ohio, and at present carried a stock of $40,000 with an average sale of $85,000 per year. The store is 100 feet in length and 25 in width, and two storie high, all occupied. A custom tailoring department is connected with it on the upper floor, well stocked with goods. This firs has been identified with the mercantile interests of the city for many years and possesses the energy, enterprise and reliability of business men. Page 718 Jasper Brokaw, agriculturist, sec 17, P.O. Martinsburg, was born in Somerset county, NJ August 12, 1828, and is a son of abraham and Sarah Brokaw, deceased; he worked with his father in the wood-yard until 18 years of age; came to Eastern Illinois with his parents in 1844, and in 1851 located in Pike county, and this year also he married Miss Martha Maroon, daughter of Wm. Maroon, deceased, and they had 6 children, namely, william, George, John, Sarah, Martha and Charley. Mrs. B died in March 1863, and Mr. B the next year married Mrs. Amelia Toothaker, and they have had 6 children; Liona, Priscilla, Albert, Elmer, Cora A and Eva V. Mr. B is a farmer making wheat-raising a specialty. His brother Uriah, served over a year in the late war, where he lost his life. Hope something here is a connection. Dorothy Sharon Haennelt wrote: > Please look for the following in Pike Co. history by Charles Chapman > > Elliott, Abner 680 > ~Charles A. {680} > ~Ch.(8-John) 539 > ~E. (Rev.) 469 > ~Gano, Shriver & Elliot 680, 681 > ~Ruth (Wells) 680 > ~William (Hon.) {391} > > Brokaw, Abraham 718 > ~Albert 718 > ~Amelia (-, .Toothaker) 718 > ~Charlesy 718 > ~Cora A. 718 > ~Elmer 718 > ~Eva V. 718 > ~George 718 > ~Jasper {718} > ~John 718 > ~Liona 718 > ~Martha 718 > ~Martha (Maroon) 718 > ~Priscilla 718 > ~Sarah 718 > ~Sarah (-) 718 > ~William 718 > > Thank you for your help on this lookup. I am searching for any > Brokaw/Elliott and or > Elliottt/Elledge connection in or around Pleasant Hill. My ancestors where > Charles Elliott who married Nancy Elledge, ELLIOTT, CHARLES > ELLEDGE, NANCY F. PIKE 04/17/1890 > > Thank you for your help on this lookup, Sharon K > > shaen@jps.net