J. A. ELLIOTT

ELLIOTT

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 5/31/2009 at 20:23:18

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. A. ELLIOTT, attorney; born in Coshocton Co., Ohio, in 1845; located in this county in 1867; he resides with his mother, being her only child; he studied law with Gen. M. F. Drake in 1872. Was Deputy Treasurer of the county from 1868 to 1872. He is a solicitor of pensions and gives special attention to adjusting the claims of soldiers, orphans, and widows of soldiers with the Government; also collection business in general.