Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 03.djvu/448

 El.LIOTT

ELLIOTT

praoH5?erl law in Charleston; studied for the min- istry HI llie P.E. cimrclj, was ordained deact)ii and priest at Beaufort. S.C. . and M-as rector of Holy Trinity, (irahaniville. S.C, Redeeni«^r, Greens LH)ro, Cia., and St. Paul's, Brookline. Mass. He wjuseilitor of the Chri.-^lian Witmss, IJoston, Mass., l:S(]7-71, and rector of St. Philip's church, Charles- ton, S.C, 1871-70. lie was a Ciindidate for bishop of South Carolina a.s successor to Bishop Dnvis in 1871 and received a larj^e vote. He received the lu)norary degree of S.T.D. from Columbia in 1871. lie died in Clwulestoti. S.C, Jime 11. 1877.

ELLIOTT, Jared Leigh, cliaplain, was born in Wasliin^'ton. DC, June 24, 1807; son of Ricliard and Anne Agnes (Gregory) Elliott. He was gradu- ated from the College of New Jersey in 1831, and took the junior and middle years' course at the Auburn theological seminary, 1831-33, and the senior year coui-se at the Princeton theological seminary. 1833-34. He was ordained pastor of the Mariners' cimrch, Philadelphia, by the pre.s- bytery of Philadelphia in September, 1835; was .stated supply at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1834-35, and at Washington, D.C, and Frederick, Md., 1836- 37. chaplain m the U.S. navy, 1888-42; agent of the American seamen's friend society, 1843; chap- lain in the U.S. army, 1844-49; acting master in the U.S. navy, 1861, and again chaplain in the army. 1863-81. He made long sea voyages as chaplain in the navy and was attached to the South Arctic exploring expedition in 1840. He died at Washington, D.C, April 16, 1881.

ELLIOTT, Jesse Duncan, naval officer, was liorn in Maryland, July 14, 1785; son of Robert Elliott of Franklin county, Pa., a Revolutionary patriot, who was killed by the Indians in 1794 while conducting .supplies to the army under Gen- eral WajTie. Jesse .studied at Carlisle, Pa., and pursued a coui\se of law. He was given a warrant as midshipman on the frigate Essex in 1804 and saw his first service under Preble with the Medi- terranean .squadron. On his return to the United States in 1807 he was assigned to tiie frigate Chesa- peake and was acting lieutenant on the schooner Entfrjirise in 1809, engaged in enforcing the em- bargo laws. In 1810 he was promoted to a lieu- tenancy and was the bearer of important messages to William Pinknej', U.S. minister at the court of St. James. On his return from England he was ordered to the frigate John Adams, and was subsequently transferred to the Arrjus. While on leave of aijsence to be mamed to a daughter of William Vaughn of Norfolk, Va., war was de- clared with Great Britain and the Aryjis was or- dered to sea. He hastened to New Yorlc but ar- rived after his ve.ssel had sailed, and thereupon he joined Commodore Chauncey at Sacket Harbor. He was ordered to the Uj)iter lakes to suiKjrintend the construction of a fleet to meet the necessities

of defence. On his arrival oflf Fort Erie he found tiie British ships Detroit and Caledonia anchored under the guns of tiie fort and with a small body of .sailors in two open boats he captured the vessels. Fiiulijig it impossible to navigate the Detroit he removed the armament and jirovisions, held her crew as prisoners and burned the vessel. He .secured the Caledonia with a cargo valued at §200,000, safely bringing her to the American shore. For this action he was voted a sword and the thanks of the nation by congress. He was then ordered to join Commodore Chauncey's fleet, commanded the Madison at the capture of York, April 27, 1813, was promoted in July to the rank of master, and commanded the Niayara in the battle of Lake Erie, being second in command of the naval forces engaged. The official report of Captain Perry gave him eulogistic praise for his action in this engagement, and congress voted him a gold medal. He afterward heard of insinu- ations reflecting on his action in this engagement and asked for a court-martial to investigate the matter. The court pronoimced him " a brave and skilful officer." In October, 1813, he succeeded Perry in the command of the fleet and flnding no active enemy to oppose he asked to be transferred to the squadron of Decatur operating against Algiers, where in 1815 he commanded the sloop- of-war Ontario. Upon his return he was promoted captain in 1818 and engaged in the coast service till 1825, when he commanded the Cyane in the South Atlantic squadron. In 1829-32 he com- manded the West Indian squadron and in 1833 was commandant at the Charlestown navy yard, Boston harbor. Subsequently on board the Con- stitution as flag-ship he commanded the Mediter- ranean squadron and visited in that historic ship the most important ports of the old world. Re- turning in 1840 lie was court-martialed and sus- pended from active service for four years. In September, 1843, President Tyler remitted part of the sentence, and he had cliarge of the Philadel- phia navy yard, where he died Dec. 18, 1846.

ELLIOTT, John, senator, was born in Georgia alx)ut 1774. He was graduated from Yale A.B., 1794, A.M., 1797; and was admitted to the bar in 1797. He practised law in Sunbury, Liberty county, Ga., and held several local oflices. He was elected to the United States senate and served in the 16th, 17tli an<l istli congresses, 1819-25. He died at Sunbury, (la., Aug. 9, 1827.

ELLIOTT, Maud Howe, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 9, 1855: daughter of Dr. Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe. Her education was .acquired by private instruction and by foreign travel and study. She was married in 1887 to John Elliott, an English artist, and they made their home for .some time in Chicago, 111., and subsequently with Mrs. Elliott's mother.