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died Jan. 10, 1878, in Cleveland,

Elliott, George, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1851, in Licking county, Ohio. He was a pastor at Baltimore in 1884; at

Washington in 1887; at Philadelphia in 1894; and in 1900-07 preached in Detroit, Mich. He is the author of The Abiding Sabbath; and The Beauty of Jesus. Elliott, George Frank, soldier, was born Nov. 30, 1846, in Alabama. In 1870 he entered the United States marine corps; and was regularly promoted until 1903 when he became commandant United States marine corps, with the rank of brigadier-general.

George Frederick, lawyer, governwas born Sept. 17, 1850, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1895-96 he was counsel to the government of Kings county; and during his administration was instrumental in bringing about the transfer of land to the state for the care and maintenance of Elliott,

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MoUeson, soldier, was born Thompson, Conn. He gave law to join the civil war. He was first lieutenant in the one hundred and second regiment New York volunteers. Elliott, Gilbert Oct. 7, 1840, in up the study of

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brevetted colonel anl lieutenantdied Nov. 24, 1863, on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Elliott, Henry Wood, artist, landscape gardener, author, was born Nov. 13, 1846, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an artist and was in the employ of the Smithsonian institute in 1864-88; and in 1872-74 and 1890 was United States treasury agent. Seal Islands of Alaska. He is the author of Monograph of the Seal Islands of Alaska; Our Arctic Provinces; and other works. colonel.

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Elliott, Howard, railroad president, was born Deo. 6, 1860, in New York City. In 1880 he entered the railway service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. Since 1903 he has been president of the Northern pacific railroad company. Elliott, Isaac Hughes, soldier, was born in Illinois. In 1861 he became captain in the thirty -third regiment Illinois infantry; and in 1865 he attained the rank of brigadier-

general of volunteers.

James, soldier, lawyer, was born 1770, in Guilford, Vt. He was a sergeant in the_ war of 1793. In 1803-09 he was a representative from Vermont to the eighth, ninth and tenth congresses. He died Nov. 10, 1830, in Newfane, Vt. Elliott, James T., lawyer, jurist, journalist, congressman, was born April 22, 1883, in Monroe county, Ga. He was elected a circuit judge in Arkansas in 1866. He established the South Arkansas Journal in 1867; and in 1867-69 was a representative from Arkansas to the fortieth congress to Elliott,

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Camden, N.J. 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 Brie. He

died Deo. 18, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. Elliott, Jonathan, soldier, journalist, author, was born in 1784 in England. For thir-

years he edited and published the Washington Gazette. He was the author of American Diplomatic Code; Debate on Adoption of the Constitution; Funding System of

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the United States; Statistics of the United States; The Comparative Tariffs; and also Sketches of the District of Columbia. He died in 1802 in Washington, D.C.

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Elliott, John, clergyman, author, was 24, 1768, in Clinton, Conn. In 1791-

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1824 he was a congregational minister at Madison, Conn. He was co-author with S. Johnson of the first American dictionary of the English language. He died Dec. 17, 1824, in Madison, Conn. Elliott, John, painter, artist, was born April 22, 1858, in England. His subjects are chiefly

portraits

and

mural

decorations. in America are of Time; Diana a portrait of Mrs. Julia

Some of the more notable The Vintage; The Tribute of the Tides;

and

Ward Howe. Elliott, John Henry, clergyman, author, was bom May 4, 1853, in Canada. In 1894 he was ordained to the ministry; and has preached in Rochester and New York City. In 1904-07 he was engaged in evangelistic work. He is the author of Notes and Sug-

gestions for Bible Readings; Outline Bible Studies and Bible Readings; Workers Weapon; and Brook in the Pasture. EUiott, John Miltjon, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 16, 1820, in Scott county, Va. He was elected to the state legislature in 1847; and in 1853-59 was a representative to the thirty-third, thirtyfourth and thirty-fifth congresses, serving three successive terms. He represented the ninth Kentucky district in the confederate congress. In 1868-74 he was a circuit judge; and in 1876 was elected a judge of the state supreme court. He was assassinated March 26, 1879, in Frankfort, Ky., for faithfully performing his duty as a judge of the state supreme court; in 1884 a monument was erected to his memory in Frankfort, Ky. Elliott,

Joseph,

civil

engineer,

surveyor,

was bom in Bucks county, Pa. In 1797 he was employed by the Holland land company; and three years later was appointed general agent, with a grant of six thousand acres of land, and five per cent commissions on the sale of land. In 1803 he

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located the land office in Batavia, N.Y.; and the surveys of the Holland land company