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ELLIOTT, S. M.-Clerk in
State Insurance company's office, was born July 20, 1830, in Columbiana County,
Pennsylvania, where he resided until he was
eighteen years of age, when he removed to
Wisconsin, where he resided
some five years. In 1858 he returned East and entered the employ of the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad company as an engineer, remaining in that
position until 1860, when he came to Iowa on a visit. He remained until
the following year when he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-seventh Iowa
infantry, as second lieutenant. He remained in the service some
eighteen months. Upon account of disabilities he was compelled to
resign. He then returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1867,
when he again came West locating in Mitchell county, this State; he
lived here until 1870 when he came to Des Moines and engaged in the drug
business on the East Side; in which business he remained until July
1877; from that date he has been mostly in the employ of the State
Insurance Company. He was married in 1862 to Miss Adalade M. Jones of
Mitchell county, this State.
"The History
of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company,
Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880.
Submitted by
Marion John Rice
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