John H. Elliott
Leonard Elliott, the father of the above, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1786. He lived here until alter the war of 1812 (having served as a soldier in that war), when he moved to Butler County, Ohio. Here his wife died, and he afterwards married Melinda Holden, and came to Shelby County in 1830, and located on section 5, Perry Township, and died in 1864. His wife died in 1850.
John H., the subject of this sketch, was born in Butler County in 1822; came with his father to Perry when he was eight years of age. Here he grew up to manhood in the wilds of Perry, and was educated in her cabin school-houses, and has never had a home elsewhere than on the old homestead. In 1843 he married Jane Burditt, with whom he lived till 1856, when she died, leaving two children, viz., Elizabeth M. and Sarah M. In 1857 he married Sarah Burditt, a sister of his first wife. By this union they have two children, William T. and John B. When Mr. Elliott commenced for himself his father gave him one hundred acres of land in the woods, on condition that he pay to the balance of the heirs $650. This is all the aid he has ever had. He was one of fifteen children, only two of whom are now left in the county.
Booth Burditt, the father of Mrs. Elliott, settled in where Mrs. Elliott was born in 1825. He was one of the pioneer local preachers of the county, and was a member of the first class organized in Perry Township. It was at his house that the first meetings were held. He died in July, 1843. Mr. Elliott also has been identified with the M. E. Church since he was fifteen years of age.
History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883