Maj. William W. Elliott
Major William W. Elliott was born in MD, Jul 24, 1800, being the son of William Elliott and Rachel Bosley, of English descent. He received an ordinary education and with his parents came to Ohio in 1810, locating in the vicinity of Princeton. He was brought up as a farmer and continued that occupation until his parents died. During the War of 1812 he saw the troops from KY march up to the north on the road from Cincinnati to Dayton, which had then been newly laid out. At the age of 15 he went to live with a brother-in-law, and drove team for him for 7 years. The county was still very new, and Huge forests encumbered almost the whole of the land.
The major bought his present place in 1824, having been married in 1823 to Sarah Mutchner, a native of MD. To that marriage were born 2 children, one of whom is now living, the wife of George Jackson, a resident of Lebanon. Major Elliott settled upon his present place in 1824. It was then entirely wild. He put up a log cabin, cleared up the place and rapidly improved it. He bought the land from General William Henry Harrison, afterward President. He put up a hewed log house, and remained there until building a brick one about 1840. The major was long active in military affairs, having command of the regiment in Butler County in 1837. On the making of the turnpike from Cincinnati to Dayton, he was elected director, and has been annually elected ever since. He has been township trustee for many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been for many years, and is one of the leading laymen of the denomination. He is frequently called upon to make addresses before Sunday schools and temperance societies. He has been president of the Pioneer association of Warren and Butler Counties and is an active and esteemed member of that body. Although 82 years of age, his bodily strength is still considerable and his mental faculties unweakened. For many of the recollections embodied in these pages we are indebted to him.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.