Brief Life History of Luther
When Luther Elliott was born about 1818, in Morris Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Atkinson Elliott Jr, was 26 and his mother, Jemima Winget, was 24. He had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Mary Etta Clutter. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and East Finley, East Finley Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died in 1893, in Richhill Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Luther Elliot, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elliott/Clutten, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Luther Elliott in entry for Elizabeth E. Hells, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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World Events (7)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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