Hugh E. Elliott
The life of the farmer today is the most independent existence which a man can lead. The farmer is getting better prices for everything than he ever did before and the chances are that the market price of all grains and live stock will never be any lower than they are today. The man with a farm of at least fifty acres can make a very comfortable living and many are doing it on a less acreage. One of the successful farmers of Fayette county is Hugh E. Elliott, of Wayne township, who rents his father's farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres on the Rock Mill road, one mile from Good Hope.
Hugh E. Elliott, the son of Milton S. and Ursula (Grubbs) Elliott, was born March 12, 1874, in Jackson county, Missouri, near Warrensburg. Hugh E. Elliott came with his parents to Fayette county when he was three years of age. He first attended the Rogers school in Paint township and later the Jefferson and Shady Side schools. He remained at home until he was twenty-one when he began farming for himself and is still renting land in Wayne township. As a farmer he keeps fully abreast of the times and is classed among the progressive farmers of his township. He divides his attention between the raising of grains and live stock and has met with success commensurate with his efforts.
Mr. Elliott was married February 24, 1898, to Mary Moore, the daughter of George T. and Lydia (Bradshaw) Moore. George T. Moore was born in Pike county. Ohio, the son of James and Christina (Penisten) Moore and has reared a family of four children: Curtis (deceased), Mary, Clarence (of Boston), and Orville (of Cleveland). Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have two children, Laverne and Ursula Anne.
In politics. Mr. Elliott is a stanch adherent of the Republican party, but has never taken an active part in political affairs. The family are loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Personally, Mr. Elliott is a man of pleasing address and has a host of friends throughout the county where he has lived so many years.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)