History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 948, Woodland Township
Francis M. Elliott farmer, sec. 9; P. O., Summum; was born in
Fulton Co. in 1846; his father, Samuel Elliott, is a resident of
Schuyler Co.; was born in the State of New York; he removed from there
to Fulton Co., Ill., probably in 1831, where he was united in marriage
to Mrs. Margaret Osborn. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Mrs.
Sarah E. Hughes, a daughter of Wm. Hughes. They have 3 children, Leoni
Van L., William S. and Julius O.
