Huston Elliott (1836 - 1919)

Born 3 Feb 1836 in Kenton, Kentucky

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Died 25 Mar 1919 at age 83 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky

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Biography

Houston was born in 1836. Houston was the child of William Elliott and Polly Major. Houston passed away in 1919. ^[1]

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ELLIOTT, HUSTON (Houston)

Enlisted: 24 Oct. 1861 at Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky Rank: Wagon Master Police Guard Kentucky Central Railroad & Company D, 18th Kentucky Volunteers Discharged: 04 April 1865 at Goldbourough, North Carolina Battles: Thru Tennessee; Missing in action Sept. & Oct. 1863; Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; Thru Georgia. Died: 25 March 1919 at Dry Ridge, Grant County, Kentucky Last Address: Knoxville, Pendleton County, Kentucky

Huston Elliott Pension Papers - also spelled Houston Received from the National Archives - August 6, 1992 187 Total Pages

Huston Elliott enlisted on October 24, 1861 at Falmouth, Kentucky, in Company D, 18th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, for three years of service.

Marjorie Notes: Huston's military papers and his military tombstone spells his name as "Houston". His personal tombstone, undoubtedly picked out by relatives, says "Huston". An affidavit in his papers states that the correct spelling is "Huston".

Rolls from August 31, 1862 to Discharge: On roll to August 31, 1862 - Present Return for May, 1862 - Not on File Roll for September & October, 1862 - Absent w/o Mark Return for September 1863 - Not on File October 1862 - Absent In Commissary Department Subsequent Rolls to August, 1863 - Present September & October 1863 - Absent Temporarily With Train November & December 1863 - Absent, Detailed as Wagon Master since December 25, 1863. On Roll Company D, 10th Kentucky Volunteers, January & February 1864 (to which he had transferred). March & April, 1864 - Absent on Detached Duty at Division 16th Headquarters. Same Report on Rolls until February 28, 1865.

Discharged: April 4, 1865, at Goldsboro, North Carolina

Battles: Not listed

Description: Height - 5'9"; Complexion - Light; Hair - Black; Eyes - Blue

Birth Date: 05 February 1836

Died: 25 March 1919; buried at Broad Ridge Cemetery, on Hwy., 467, out of Dry Ridge (Knoxville Rd., Grant County, Kentucky, about one mile from the Pendleton County line).

Marjorie Stith Jones Notes: Elliott Huston was born 05 February 1836. He married twice, first to Mary Middleton who died in 1886 and second to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Clark on 26 January 1892. Elliott was disabled due to being kicked by a mule and being stabbed in the eye. Elliott was the brother of Hanson & Mary Elizabeth Elliott, brother-in-law of Alfred Mileham. "Wife's affidavit states: "Surname is spelled with two "t's". [1]

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1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Kelly Dz, Friday, January 9, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

Residence of Wm and Mary Elliot

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D18W-64?cc=1401638&wc=95RQ-K6D%3A1031325101%2C1032547801%2C1032547802 : 9 April 2016), Kentucky > Pendleton > Pendleton county, part of > image 51 of 152; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Marriage to Mary Middleton, 22 April 1866

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-91GV-9Q28?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-W8C%3A1589734441 : 17 May 2018), 005289519 > image 1009 of 1018; citing district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties.

Household of Houston Elliott

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT89-WLH?cc=1438024&wc=92K5-7MF%3A518657901%2C519067801%2C518726201 : 22 May 2014), Kentucky > Pendleton > Precinct 6 > image 15 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Residence of Houston Elliott

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYV-9PXJ?cc=1417683&wc=QZ2Q-RJH%3A1589403276%2C1589396376%2C1589395631%2C1589396810 : 24 December 2015), Kentucky > Grant > Precinct 1 > ED 82 > image 34 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Residence of Houston Elliott

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHPW-7ZQ?cc=1325221&wc=9BQF-J41%3A1030552701%2C1030921602%2C1032802701 : 5 August 2014), Kentucky > Grant > ED 55 Magisterial District 1, West Dry Ridge, East Dry Ridge Precincts > image 3 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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