BIO: Simon B. Elliott, Jefferson County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. 
Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers, 1898, page 1084.
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S. B. ELLIOTT, of Winslow township, Jefferson county, the subject of 
this sketch, was born in Rome township, Bradford county, Penn., October 
1, 1830.  His father was Larman H. Elliott, and his parental 
grandfather was William Elliott, Revolutionary soldier.  His mother's 
maiden name was Polly Wright.  The family moved to Tioga county, Penn., 
in 1841.  Mr. Elliott attended such common schools as the newly settled 
country afforded until he was fourteen years old, when he went into a 
newspaper office to learn the printing trade.  After serving an 
apprenticeship for three years, and not being able to enjoy good health 
in the office, he left it and attended three terms of school in the 
Wellsborough (Tioga county) Academy.  That ended his education so far 
as schools went.  Engaging in manual labor summers, and teaching school 
winters for a time, he studied architecture and building, and from the 
practice of these drifted into engineering, and became a civil and 
mining engineer.  For over a quarter of a century he followed that 
occupation, being successively engineer and general manager of the 
Blossburg Coal Co. and the Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Co.  The 
latter position he held for over thirteen years, and until the company 
sold out, which event occurred nearly two years ago.  Since that time 
he had not been engaged in active business pursuits.
  He represented Tioga county in the lower branch of the State 
Legislature for two years, 1861-2; and in January, 1861, offered, in 
that body, the resolution upon which the State was finally, in April of 
that year, put on a war footing to protect and defend the Union.
  In 1853 he married Harriet Clark.  Two children, Mrs. Ada M. Brown, 
and Ward C. Elliott, were the fruits of that marriage.  Mrs. Elliott 
died in July, 1887, and since that time he has made his home with his 
daughter, Mrs. Brown, in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania.
  For fourteen years Mr. Elliott was president of the board of trustees 
of the State Normal School at Mansfield, Penn.  He was largely 
instrumental in building and establishing that institution, and looks 
upon the results of that effort of his life with, perhaps, the greatest 
pride and satisfaction.
  He has one brother, Hon. C. V. Elliott, of Mansfield, Tioga Co., 
Penn.,  and no sisters.

1900 Reynoldsville, Jefferson County census -
Freemont Brown, 46  
Ava Brown, 45  
Inis Brown, 21  
Raymon Brown, 18  
Christine Brown, 15  
Simon B. Elliott, 70