STEPHEN N. ELLIOTT
Stephen N. Elliott was born in Elgin county, Canada West, March 12, 1827. His father was John Elliott, a native of Connecticut, who went to Canada when a young man, and was there married to Ann Anderson, who was born in the State of New York. Mr. Elliott's paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of the revolution. Stephen N. Elliott lived in Canada until the age of twenty-six years, and there learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. He was married to Esther Buchanan, a native of Toronto, Canada, and a daughter of James and Ann Buchanan, who were of Irish descent. Mr. Elliott emigrated about 1853, to Portage City, Columbia county, Wisconsin, moving his family there in 1855. In 1862, they moved to Dodge county, Minnesota, and remained there until 1868, when he sold his property and came to Cass county. He purchased at that time, the southeast quarter of section 23, Brighton township. He now owns two hundred acres, all of which is under cultivation. He has a desirable location and a beautiful home. He is at present renting his land. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have one son...Werden B. The family are members of the Baptist church.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 596.
