Ellithorpe, L. J.

ELLITHORPE

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Date: 9/26/2008 at 13:50:34

L. J. Ellithorpe

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.177, Minden Twp.)
L. J. Ellithorpe, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born in Canada February 13, 1842. He is the son of O. H. and Adeline E. Ellithorpe. His parents had four children - two sons and two daughters. Our subject received his education in Elgin, Kale Co., Ill. He began life as a carpenter, at which occupation he worked till 1860, after which he was engaged in farming. He was a Government Recruiting Officer during the late civil war. He came to Iowa in 1875, and, after looking at lands in the northern part of this State, settled in this county. He purchased eighty acres of railroad land at $10 per acre, and sold out in 1880 at twice that figure. He also bought 120 acres of wild land at $12.50 per acre, which is now all under cultivation. He has secured all that he has by his hard labor for many years. He is at present engaged in general farming. He was Road Supervisor and School Director in Illinois for several years. He was married, in Franklin Grove, Lee Co., Ill., on May 11, 1871, to Carrie Gallaher, born in Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Fullerton) Gallaher, both natives of the latter State, he born in 1809, and she in 1808. Both are living in Minden Township. They had eleven children - seven sons and four daughters. Mrs. Ellithorpe is a sister to D. W. Gallaher of Minden Township. Our subject has four children - Oliver Wilmot, Newton G., Myrtle and Alonzo Garfield. In politics, Mr. Ellithorpe is a Republican.