T. S. Elliott    

T. S. ELLIOTT, miller, post-office Leesburgh, was born September 21, 1849, and is a brother of J. G. Elliott, of Mercer, whose sketch appears elsewhere. He was educated in the common schools, Beaver Female Seminary and a select school at Grove City. He began the milling business several years ago, buying the property of John Campbell. He subsequently built a new mill at a cost of $8,000, which burned two years later, but he got only $4,000 insurance. In 1886 he rebuilt a three-story mill, 30x36, and put in five sets of rollers, one purifier of the Wolfe & Hamaker make, of Chambersburg, Penn., four centrifugals, two cleaning machines, all costing about $6,000. The mill is run by water power, the water being conducted to the wheel by means of a tube, which is 300 feet long, and has its source from never failing springs. Indeed it is one of the most complete small mills to be found anywhere. He was married in 1875 to Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of William Stuart, of Lawrence County, and has by her five children: Hallie, Jessie, Kate, Clara and an infant. He is an elder of the Leesburgh Presbyterian Church and superintendent of the Sunday-schools. His wife is a member of the same church. He is a Republican, and the owner of 102 acres of land. Since the above was written Mr. Elliott took pneumonia, and on May 31, 1888, he resigned his spirit to the God who gave it, and his widow and little ones are left to mourn his loss as a severed tie that no lapse of time can restore, but they were left in good financial circumstances.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.