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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Maryland in 1784; emigrated to Butler County, Ohio, in 1805, and was converted in 1806. In 1818 he entered the itinerancy, and rapidly rose to eminence and usefulness. He filled many important charges in his Conference until his health failed. He was supernumerary eight years, and superannuated seventeen during his ministry. In 1854 he removed to Paris, Illinois, where he died in January, 1858. Mr. Elliott had a "wonderful power over the multitude, and thousands of souls will call him blessed in eternity." — Minutes of Conferences, 1858, page 296.