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, James Baxter (1837-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pages 380-381 Rev. James Baxter Elliott, born at Meadowville, August 25, 1837, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scranage) Elliott, was married October 30, 1871, to Anna Rebecca, third daughter of John G. and Catherine (Parsons) Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of Captain Job Parsons of Tucker County. In 1882 Mrs. Elliott died, and six years later Mr. Elliott married Mrs. Myra Wilson, who was a daughter of Joseph Reed, of Marion County. Mr. Elliott's children were, Prank Marion, (deceased), Ottice, Charles Murrill, Marcine Johnson, John Samuel, Ann Rebecca, (deceased) Lena, Rayburn, Ethel and Reed. He is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Democrat and a farmer, merchant and stockdealer, residing at Meadowville. He was educated at Alleghany College, Meadsville, Pennsylvania. He owns 450 acres in Glade District, 350 improved; 1300 in Tucker County, 300 improved; 115 in Randolph, 50 improved. He owns a valuable ledge of limestone on Laurel Hill, and extensive deposits of iron ore. The celebrated "cold spring" on the head of Johnson's Mill Run, belongs to him. He is an active member of his church and contributes to its support and has been a local preacher for several years. Since the dissolution of the firm of D. T. Elliott & Brothers, he has had control of the general mercantile business at Meadowville, known by the name of J. B. Elliott. The Elliotts were early settlers in Barbour County, and have always been men of character, enterprise and ability. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH REGISTER, Barbour County WV Page 59, Line 16 James B. Elliott dies Nov. 25, 1915 in Meadowville, W.Va. at age 78y-3m-18d Occupation: Farmer Marital-status: Married Cause: Old-age DEATH CERTIFICATE: Marion County WV #16262 Full-name: Myra Reed Elliott Birth: -- in Boothsville, W.Va. (died at age 79y-6m-23d) Death: Nov 23, 1937 in Boothsville, Marion, WV Marital-status: Widow of James B. Elliott Father: Joseph Reed, born in Pa. Mother: Minerva Lowe, born in W.Va. Informant: Miss Lena Elliott ob Boothsville, W.Va. Cause-of-death: Apoplexy and Parkinson's disease Burial: Clairmont ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------