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Source:
History of Western Ohio & Auglaize County
with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of
Pioneer and Prominent Public Men
by C. W. Williamson
Columbus, Ohio
Press of W. M. Linn & Sons
1905
BIOGRAPHIES
ALANSON
EARL was born in Canada in 1813, and was brought to the
United States the same year. Two years later the family
moved to Logan county, and in 1817, they again moved to Clark
county where they resided until 1832. In that year they
came to Allen now Auglaize county. At the age of
twenty-years, Mr. Earl had accumulated fifty dollars with
which he entered forty acres of land in section eight, Goshen
township. He immediately erected a log cabin on his land,
and in the fall of 1833, he married Miss Rachel Day; of
this union eight children were born, of whom six are still
living. The entire country was a wilderness at that time.
When Mr. Earl went to Wapakoneta to enter his land, he
started from where Mr. Elsworth lived on the section line
where the Waynesfield and Wapakoneta pike is now located.
Then followed the section line by a blaze on the trees to where
he struck the Lima and Wapakoneta road, there not being a house
in the neighborhood. Mr. Earl resided on the land
that he entered in 1833, until his death, which occurred in
1867.
Source: History of Western Ohio & Auglaize County -
by C. W. Williamson - Columbus, Ohio - Press of W. M. Linn &
Sons - 1905 |
Duchouquet Twp. -
CAPTAIN JOHN ELLIOTT, of whom
frequent mention is made in this work, served in the war of
1812. He had command of a company under General
Winchester and participated in the bloody defeat at the
battle of the river Raisin. At the conclusion of the
capitulation he, with other prisoners, was marched through a
deep snow and intensely cold weather to Malden. On the 23d
of January, the five hundred and forty prisoners were hurried to
Amherstburg, where they were crowded into a muddy wood-yard and
exposed all night to a heavy cold rain, without tents or
blankets. Three days afterward they were marched up the
Detroit and Thames rivers through the interior of Upper Canada
to Fort George on Niagara strait. On the journey they
suffered great hardships from the severity of the weather, the
want of provisions, and the inhumanity of the guards. At
Fort George they were paroled and returned home by way of Erie
and Pittsburg, and thence down the Ohio river. After
returning to his home in Highland county, Captain Elliott
engaged in blacksmithing for three years, when he moved to Miami
county, Ohio. After doing a successful business for three
years in that county, he was appointed government blacksmith at
the Wapakoneta Quaker mission. After eleven years of
service among the Shawnee Indians, he was removed by James B.
Gardner, or more properly speaking, the term of his
appointment expired as soon as the government purchased the
reservation. "Gardner refused to settle with him,
and ordered him off the reservation, and confiscated his
property."
In 1832 Captain Elliott moved to St. Marys,
where he purchased property on which he resided the remainder of
his life. After residing at St. Marys for a short time, he
presented claims to the general government for losses sustained
at Wapakoneta. General Cass, then Secretary of War,
refused to acceded to the demand, "saying that there was no
precedent for it."
"Captain Elliott then concluded to go and see
President Jackson. He went, found no difficulty in
getting an interview with the President and told him who he was,
that he was the second man who set foot on the British shore at
Malden, Canada, in the war of 1812, and President Jackson
became interested in him, and inquired what brought him to
Washington. Captain Elliott told him of the
treatment he had experienced from Gardner. General
Jackson lent a willing ear. He rose, took his hat and
cane, and, merely saying, 'Go with me, Captain Elliott,'
walked down to the war office. 'General Cass, this
is Captain Elliott, of Ohio,' and General Jackson,
'audit his claim and pay it. Good morning, sir.'
Nothing more was said. 'Sit down, Captain,' said the
Secretary. In about twenty minutes the account was hunted
out, Captain Elliott had a warrant upon the treasury for
his money and was soon on his way home rejoicing."
Captain Elliott was twice married. His
first wife died in Miami county in 1817. Four years later
he married Miss Jane Elliott of central Pennsylvania.
Of these unions ten children were born: Robert, James,
William, Alexander, Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, Margaret,
Melissa, Elizabeth, Grizella and Nancy.
Captain Elliott died at St. Marys, May 3d, 1859.
Source: History of Western Ohio & Auglaize County - by
C. W. Williamson - Columbus, Ohio - Press of W. M. Linn & Sons -
1905 - Page 629 |
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