This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Elliott, Soper, Duncan, Bailey, Pote, Kelley, Bailey, Wilson, Stallings, Hickham, ELMER E. ELLIOTT is a native son of Posey County, as was also his father, and the family name has been worthily and prominently lined with the history of the famed New Harmony district of the county since the pioneer days. Thus there is satisfaction in designating Mr. Elliott as one of the distinctly prominent and progressive exponents of agricultural and live stock industry in the county, where his have been extensive operations in the buying and selling of farm properties as well as in the practical service of advancing agricultural and live stock enterprise, his home being maintained in the fine little City of New Harmony, the communal history of which has been unique in the annals of the nation. On the home farm near New Harmony the birth of Elmer E. Elliott occurred August 27, 1865, his father, John B. Elliott, having been born in the same locality, having been a skilled and successful civil engineer in the earlier years of his active career and having long continued one of the progressive exponents of agricultural and horticultural industry in his native county, his death having occurred at New Harmony in the year 1904, and his wife having survived him several years. Mrs. Elliott, whose maiden name was Helen Soper, likewise was born in the New Harmony community, whither her parents came from Connecticut and gained their share of pioneer precedence. James Elliott, great grandfather of the subject of this review, was born and reared in Chichester, England, and was one of the original colonists who came with William Owen and established the Owen Community in Posey County, Indiana, he having been secretary of the communal organization and a prominent figure in the early development of this historic colony. John B. and Helen (Soper) Elliott became the parents of seven children: William B. died at the age of sixteen years. Lina, who celebrated in 1929 her sixty-third birthday anniversary, became the wife of H. P. Duncan, a hardware merchant at New Harmony, and after his death married William Bailey, who is a retired farmer residing at New Harmony, no children having been born of either marriage. Elmer E., of this sketch, was next in order of birth. Miss May, who became a successful teacher in the public schools, died at the age of twenty-five years. John S., now fifty-seven years of age, is a civil engineer and resides in the City of Chicago. He married Grace Pote, of New Harmony, and they have three children, Nancy, Lena and John B. Anna, now fifty-five years of age, is the wife of Joseph E. Kelley, who is engaged in the banking business at Mount Vernon, Posey County, and they have two children. Morton T., now fifty years of age, is one of the successful farmers of Posey County, where he operates the old home farm of his parents, the maiden name of his wife having been Louanna Bailey. Elmer E. Elliott supplemented the discipline of the New Harmony public schools by a course in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He has never found it expedient to sever his allegiance to the basic industries of agriculture and stock growing and has been a representative thereof in his native county since his youth. His independent operations have involved his buying and selling of various farm properties, and his landed estate in his native county now comprises a large acreage, as is evident when it is stated that he has specially fenced 800 acres for the care of his hogs. He raises cattle also and carries forward a progressive system of well-diversified agriculture. Mr. Elliott is a stalwart in the ranks of the Republican Party but has had no desire for political preferment. He is a trustee of the lodge of the Knights of Pythias at New Harmony and is affiliated also with the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In addition to his farm estate he is the owner of valuable realty in New Harmony, including his beautiful home place. October 19, 1892 marked the marriage of Mr. Elliott to Miss May Wilson, who likewise was born and reared in Posey County and who is a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Stallings) Wilson, both deceased, her father having been one of the substantial farmers of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have two daughters: Margaret Helen, born December 3, 1893, was graduated in Oxford College for Women, at Oxford, Ohio, and received there from the degree of Bachelor of Arts, she being now a successful and popular teacher in the Technical High School in the City of Indianapolis and having gained high rank in her chosen profession. Mary Ruth, who was born September 18, 1896, and who received from the University of Indiana the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is the wife of Willis Hickham, who is engaged in the practice of law at Spencer, Owen County, and they have two children, Elliott, born August 21, 1919, and Jane Gay, born October 1, 1924.