Jesse Shields Elliott, twelfth child of James and Nancy Elliott, was born June 10, 1840 in Cass County, Indiana. He went with his parents to southern Minnesota in 1858, coming to Kansas in 1860. A year later he married Ann Lorena Morgan in Washington Co., Kans. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1862 in Co. H, 13th Kansas Regular Volunteers under Col., Thomas M. Bowen serving without furlough until the war closed. He was lost in the Boston Mountains of the Ozarks four days, unable to find his way because of rain and dense clouds. In his wandering he came upon a horse with saddle and bridle on, tangled in the brush; with this means he was able, by letting the horse follow his own will, to come safely to a house and from there he later joined his regiment. This was just after the battle of Pea Ridge. He served under Gen. Blunt.
He reached home in June 1865 and took a claim along the Little Blue; Jesse homesteaded the quarter adjoining his brother Isaac’s claim and moved his family there in the spring of 1866. Five years later the Union Pacific R. R. was built and the town of Hollenberg was laid out. Jesse built the first hotel in the town.
He was decidedly a Shields in looks and temperament, was a member of the Masonic Lodge and after locating in Lewis Co., Washington, he served for several years as Marshall or doorkeeper in the Legislature at Olympics
He was a believer in Divine Providence and like all the Elliott’s he was a lover of children and always had a fund of songs and stories from them. As a child, I remember how happy we always were to see “Uncle Jess.” The happiest hours of his declining years were those spent with his own grand children.
Of their four children, only one lived to adult age, namely Lelia Agnes, born Aug. 20, 1862. She married William Lyona in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Lafayette Morgan Elliott, their only son was born at Hollenbeg about 1868 or 1869 and died near Bloomfield, Ark., in 1879 or 1880.
After living in Lewis Co., Washington near Winlock for 25 years or more, Jesse and wife moved to Sunnyside in the Yakima Valley where Jesse passed away Sept. 1909 followed a few years later by his wife; both are buried at Sunnyside, Washington and their children live near there.
Marriage Notes for Jesse Shields Elliott and Ann Lorena MORGAN-89488
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Of their four children, only one lived to adult age, namely Lelia Agnes, born Aug. 20, 1862. She married William Lyona in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Lafayette Morgan Elliott, their only son was born at Hollenbeg about 1868 or 1869 and died near Bloomfield, Ark., in 1879 or 1880.
After living in Lewis Co., Washington near Winlock for 25 years or more, Jesse and wife moved to Sunnyside in the Yakima Valley where Jesse passed away Sept. 1909 followed a few years later by his wife; both are buried at Sunnyside, Washington and their children live near there.
Marriage Notes for Jesse Johnson and Nancy DAVIS-89405
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Charlotte and James were second cousins.
Marriage Notes for James Davis and Charlotte KENDALL-89800
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