U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Elliott, Guy Clayborne (b. 1870) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 381 Guy Clayborne Elliott, born 1870, son of Truman T. and Mary Columbia (Lynch) Elliott. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and a Democrat. He was educated in the Belington public schools, Fairmont Normal School and Sadler, Bryant and Stratton's Business College, Baltimore. He was a deputy sheriff of Barbour under his father. He is a partner in the mercantile business at Meadowville, in the firm of Parsons & Elliott, Arthur Parsons being his partner. Mr. Elliott is general manager and has full charge, Mr. Parsons being on the road for Ruhl, Koblegard & Co., Clarksburg, West Virginia. Mr. Elliott is a member of the following secret orders: Bigelow Lodge, No. 52; A. F. and A. M., Philippi; Copestone Chapter, No. 12, and De Molay Commandry, No. 11, Grafton; Osiris Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Wheeling, and of Belington Lodge, No. 104. K. of P. He is of Scotch and Irish descent. Guy Elliott's father: Truman Theodore Elliott, son of William and Rebecca (Parsons) Elliott, born 1844. His children were, Alice, Guy C, Emma, Minnie, Nettie, Carl, Stella, William, Mary P. and two who died in infancy. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a Mason, a Democrat and a farmer, living at Belington, which town was laid out on his farm in 1886. In 1892 he was elected Sheriff. He was a cavalryman in the Confederate army. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------