. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . sly. COLUMBUS ELLIOT. One of the more progressive agriculturists ofAudubon township is Columbus Id Hot who isnumbered among the native sons of this localityhis birth having occurred in North Litchfii hi,December 20, 1855. Ili> parents were RobertM. and Elizabeth (Meyers) Elliot, who re-moved from Kentucky to Illinois. The Eatherpurchased the home farm from the original set-tler and owned one hundred and twenty acresof cultivable land and twenty acres of timberland. He always carried on agricultural pur-suits, following that calling until h
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . sly. COLUMBUS ELLIOT. One of the more progressive agriculturists ofAudubon township is Columbus Id Hot who isnumbered among the native sons of this localityhis birth having occurred in North Litchfii hi,December 20, 1855. Ili> parents were RobertM. and Elizabeth (Meyers) Elliot, who re-moved from Kentucky to Illinois. The Eatherpurchased the home farm from the original set-tler and owned one hundred and twenty acresof cultivable land and twenty acres of timberland. He always carried on agricultural pur-suits, following that calling until his death in1864, when he was fifty-four years of age. Hiswile, surviving him for several years, departedthis life in 1871 and was laid to rest by hisside in the Lutheran cemetery of NorthLitchfield. The family, however, were identi-fied with the Methodist church at the time ofthe fathers death. He and another man wereassociated in the ownership of the Methodistchurch property at Litchfield. His politicalallegiance was uiven to the Democracy and be. COLUMBUS ELLIOT AND FAMILY Of TOEUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 147 voted for Stephen A. Douglas for the family were six children, three sons andthree daughters: Pamelia married M. who resides in Oklahoma she and her husband were sehool teach-ers and taught in Butler Grove township,Montgomery county. They afterward re-moved to Haddam, Washington , where Mr. Blackwelder continuedteaching, and subsequently they took uptheir abode in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma,where he is now engaged in the real es-tate business. They had two sons and twodaughters, but lost their eldest child at theage nf eighteen years. Matilda Helen, (liesecond member of the Elliot family, became thewife of Thomas Henley and died in 1879, leav-ing a son, who died at the age of fifteen Heffley has also departed this life. Katemarried John M. Blackwelder and is livingnear Witt, in W
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