This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elliott, Jehu, Branson, Connor, Rogers, Richman, Barnard, Smith, Blair, Marshall Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4h.2ADI/1691 Message Board Post: 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: Other surnames mentioned in the biography of WILLIAM H. ELLIOTT are, Elliott, Jehu, Branson, Connor, Rogers, Richman, Barnard, Smith, Blair, Marshall WILLIAM H. ELLIOTT was one of several men of the Elliott family whose careers have brought special distinction to the name in Indiana and particularly in their home City of Newcastle. William H. Elliott was a soldier, naval officer, lawyer and publisher, and after the Spanish-American war accomplished a notable work in organizing the civil administration of the Island of Porto Rico. The first lawyer to locate at Newcastle was Abraham Elliott, who was born in Gilbert County, North Carolina. During the eighteenth century the Elliotts were among the numerous representatives of the Quaker or Friends Church who lived in Western North Carolina. He joined the exodus of Quakers that set in about the close of the century and which brought to Eastern Indiana one of the finest elements of citizenship in the state. He lived in Wayne County and in 1809 was appointed justice of the peace, before Wayne County was organized. In 1822 he was ad! mitted to the bar of Henry County, and in the following year established what has always been known as the Elliott farm, near Newcastle. He practiced law, served as justice of the peace and associate judge. His son, Judge Jehu T. Elliott, was born near Richmond in Wayne County, February 7, 1813, and after the family moved to Henry County he shared in the labors of developing a pioneer farm. His educational opportunities were limited, and largely through his own efforts and determination he achieved a brilliant place at the Indiana bar and bench and was recognized as one of the ablest intellects of the state. He taught school, at the age of twenty began the study of law, and after being admitted to the bar quickly won eminence as an attorney. He served as assistant secretary and secretary of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature, in 1838 was elected prosecuting attorney, in 1889 was sent to the State Senate and in 1844, when only thirty-one years of age, was ! elected circuit judge of a circuit embracing eight counties. Following the practice of the times, he rode horseback in company with members of the bar from county seat to county seat over his large district. In 1851 he was reelected, but in 1852 resigned and for two years devoted his time to his duties as president of a company engaged in building a railroad from Richmond to Chicago. In 1855 he was again elected circuit judge and in 1864 was called to the supreme bench of Indiana as one of the justices. After six years he resumed his private law practice, which he continued until his death on February 12, 1876. William H. Elliott was a son of Judge Jehu T, and Hannah (Branson) Elliott and was born at Newcastle July 4, 1844. He ran away from home to become a soldier at the time of the Civil war, and later was sent to the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1865. He was commissioned ensign in November, 1866, a master in 1868 and lieutenant in October, 1869. Because of ill health he resigned April 20, 1870. He had som! e interesting experiences while in the navy. He was on Admiral Perry’s flagship of the United States fleet, which opened up the Island Empire of Japan to the commerce of the world. After leaving the navy he studied law, joined his father in practice at Newcastle, but the work to which he devoted meet of his active years while at Newcastle was in publishing the Newcastle Courier. He bought this paper in 1877 and was personally identified with its management until 1899. In 1898 he volunteered, when the United States declared war on Spain, and although at that time in his forty-fourth year he was commissioned a lieutenant in the navy, became executive officer of the Leonidas and in January, 1899, President McKinley appointed him director-general of posts of Porto Rico. In this capacity he reorganized the postal system of the island and had it in efficient operation before he resigned, June 6, 1900. He was then appointed by President McKi! nley as commissioner of interior for the Island of Porte Rico, and con tinued his valuable services in the reconstruction of the island until December 1, 1904, when he resigned. He then resumed his work as publisher at Newcastle, and lived in that city until his death, December 10, 1914. William H. Elliott married, October 20, 1876, Miss Emma Connor, who was born in Henry County, Indiana, July 6, 1855. She continues to make her home at Newcastle, residing with her daughter, Miss Ruth, at 1002 Indiana Avenue. Mrs. Elliott is a daughter of Levi and Lucinda (Rogers) Connor, her father a native of Nova Scotia and her mother of Henry County, Indiana. Mrs. Elliott for many years has been active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, having been a member of the choir for several years, belongs to the Missionary Society, is a member of the Woman’s Club, the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, belongs to the Eastern Star and is a member of the board now building a new hospital for Newcastle. Mrs. Elliott had four children: G! eorge A., deceased; Hannah F., wife of John F. Richman, of Muncie, Indiana; Jean, Mrs. Ralph W. Barnard, of Kansas City, Missouri; and Miss Ruth Elizabeth. The son, George Armentrout Elliott, was born at Newcastle March 25, 1878, and died March 2, 1925. The best years of his life were devoted to the Newcastle Courier, a paper that was founded nearly ninety years ago and for more than half a century has been owned by the Elliott family. George A. Elliott was educated in Newcastle, graduated from high school in 1897, and subsequently attended Indiana University for a few months. He went to Porte Rico as private secretary to his lather and was in the island until August, 1902, assisting his father in the establishment of the postal and telegraph system. On returning to Newcastle he acquired an interest in the Newcastle Courier and since his death this old newspaper has continued under the ownership of Mrs. George Elliott, who! is assisted in its management by her son in-law, Mr. Marshall. George A. Elliott in 1917 was elected mayor of Newcastle. He was chairman of the Henry County Liberty Loan Committee and treasurer of the Henry County War Chest Fund during the World war. He was a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and a member of several other fraternities, was president of the Boy Scout Council and in all respects he measured up to the reputation of the Elliott family for high-minded devotion to the public welfare. George A. Elliott married in 1900 Miss Lillian Smith, who was born in Minnesota, daughter of J. E. and Antis (Blair) Smith; her father a native of Elmira, New York, and her mother of Ripley County, Indiana. Her father was a dry goods merchant in Minnesota, in South Dakota, in Cleveland, Tennessee, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and in 1898 established himself in business at Newcastle. He died in 1927 and his widow resides in Newcastle. Mrs. George A. Elliott was educated in a private school and in Potter College at Bowling Green, Ken! tucky. She is an active member of several literary and social clubs, and has been chairman of the art committee of the Newcastle Historical Society. She has three children, who represent the fifth generation of the Elliott family in Henry County. Her daughter Frances Blair is the wife of Mr. Alfred Marshall, Jr., of Newcastle and the two younger children are Miss Martha Lee and John Smith. The son is a student in Culver Military Academy.