Joshua ELLIOTT

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Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois; Roll: M432_104; Page: 366; Image: 402.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Pampas, Dekalb, Illinois; Roll: M653_173; Page: 155; Image: 156.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Milton, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T9_1078; Family History Film: 1255078; Page: 132.2000; Enumeration District: 0; Image: 0494.

1880 United States Federal Census about Joshua Elliott Name: Joshua Elliott Home in 1880: Milton, Wood, Ohio Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Elisabeth Father's birthplace: Maryland Mother's birthplace: Virginia Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male

Joshua Elliott 56 Elisabeth Elliott 44 Frank Elliott 4 Willis Wicoff 19

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Milton, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T623_1334 Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 148.

Obit from Linda Hoffman Richwood (OH) Gazette 28 April 1904 p. 1 JOSHUA ELLIOTT DEAD. Aged Gentleman Who Purchased the P. G. Baker Farm north of Iowa Called Home. Joshua Elliott an aged gentleman who came to Richwood from Wood county a few years ago and purchased the P. G. Baker farm three miles north of Richwood, died April 25, 1904, after being ill for some time. He was born April 4, 1824, in Belmont county, Ohio, and was 80 years and 21 days of age when he passed to his eternal reward. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Wyckoff and the fruit of said marriage was four children, one daughter and three sons, two of which are still living. He united with the Baptist church in Illinois and had up to the time of his death, remained a faithful member. The funeral was held at the late home Tuesday morning, Rev. E. J. Webster offici- ating, when the remains were shipped to Wood county for interment.


from. Linda Hoffman Here is a transcription of the letter that led me to searching in Delaware County. It is transcribed 'as is'. I am not good at keeping my records all together, so more information on Sarah and Louisa will follow. My information is quite scattered. Copy of the letter will follow is a day or so. Linda Hoffman

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January 20th, 1856 Cortland, Dekalb

Dear brother

It has been a long time since we heard from you untill we received you'ns of the 3 of December you sated you had not reseived answers to your letters. It has ben the same with us. I wrote to you about the 25 June last and received nothing until last Fryday. Mark I have a great deal to tell you more than I can on the paper.

We have been to Ohio on a visit since we wrote to you. We got to father's the next day after we started and while we was thare, father reseived a letter from you and we all wished you thare. We found father's folks all sick with the chills and ague. Father has a very pretty place but I don't think it healthy. We went to Mary Jane's and we saw her Boston. He is a good sized man with hair as black as midnight eyes the same. It was as muddy as you ever saw it in California. It rained about one half of the time we was thare and it was mud nee deep. Eden is a forsakin' place as to go a head and enterprise. Uncle George is there yet and has sold his place to S. Slauson for 17,000 and has built in Eden and is going to live on the interest of his money and you have my word for it, a poor live it will be. Seamore Scoot is there yet on the corner and has lost some of his finger in pinching three cent pieces or some other way. Kilbourn is still living in the same place and has not land enough to build the second house on so he is going to build a new one on the top of his old one. Joshua Berry is living on his old place yet and looks the same and acts the same as ever he talks of going to Ioway next summer. I want you to write and let me know how well I could do there with about 2000 dollars for I think it would take one thousand to get me there. I have rented my farm for one year. Am trying to improve my place. I am going to fence and build a grainery next spring.

Cattle and horses are high in Ohio. Cows re from15-30 dollars. Horses from 45-150. I drove some young cattle out from Ohio to the country. I thought some time I could tell how it would go on the plains. I was 20 days on the road. Mark we have had some of the coldest weather here that has been known for several years. The thermometer stood 34 below zero and you know is cold. I want you to write how far you have to go to mill and how far you go after nails and wood. We rather suspected you ad to so some ways when you wrote about being 16 miles from home after nails.

Now Mark I want you to write on the receipt of this and let know how good a place I could get there with two thousand dollars and what the improvements would be and what kind of a title I could have for it. Now please don't forget to answer these questions. I could not get ready to go next spring. It is so late now but I will tell you I would like to move there if I only knew it was for the best, but you know I have a wife and two little children looking up to me for support and if I should fool away what I have got it would be hard to make a noise again.

I would like to be with you so will it is not necessary to try to describe it but you may judge by your own feelings.

James Asbury is about six feet high. You may not credit this until you see him.

Father is so he can't do much. Perhaps you would like to know something about your step Mammy. Well, she looks old and worn out but I think improved in keeping house very much.

We had good crops here this season or last year I should say now and good prices to wheat 100 dollars to 146. Corn 50 to 70. Oats 25 to 35. Beef 500 dollars to 600. Dead weight pork 5 to 6.

I shall have to stop some time so here it is.

Joshua Elliott

I will add to this long letter a little I supposed by what you said in your last that we received that you was married. I hope however that you and Miss Russell have had no lovers quarrel. You spoke of my sister Louisa. She is living with us at present. She is not married nor no prospect of being that I know of. Uncle William Leonard lives in Gibsonville, California. He advises those in the states to stay there and that California is no place for a family. I saw Plotner while I was in Ohio. Pecks folks are all well at present and his old business getting ready to move. I can think of no more of importance so Good evening. Minerva

Joshua married Minerva LEONARD, daughter of Isaac LEONARD and Jane FINLEY, on 27 Apr 1848 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Minerva LEONARD was born in 1831 in Ohio and died about 1862 in Dekalb Co, ILL.)

Joshua next married Lydia P. FERRIS on 1 Oct 1863 in Kendall, Illinois.

Joshua next married Elizabeth WYCKOFF about 1873 in Illinois. (Elizabeth WYCKOFF was born in Apr 1836 in Ohio.)