THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: William Elliott
           Born: 1833 in Tipperary, Ireland
        Married: 21 SEP 1851 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
           Died: 24 JUL 1898 in California
         Father: William Elliott
         Mother: >>>
        Spouses: Maria Healey; Anna Markey; Emma Eudora Riehl
           Wife: Ann Hefferman
           Born:
           Died: about 1859
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Edward Elliott
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: 
02          (M): John Elliott
           Born: 02 JUN 1856 in Missouri
           Died: 18 JUN 1892 in Gridley, Butte County, California (1)
        Spouses: Eva Worth
03          (M): William Elliott, Jr
           Born: 26 JUL 1858 in Missouri
           Died: 19 NOV 1894
        Spouses: Margarete Elliott
04          (M): Timothy Elliott
           Born: 15 OCT 1859 in Marysville, Yuba County, California
           Died: 20 APR 1908 in Gridley, Butte County, California
        Spouses: Adelia Atherton

Additional Information

William Elliott:

Notes:
The 1870 Census for Marysville, Yuba County, California p 53 taken 13/Aug/1870 listed:
Elliott, William 35 Laborer Ireland
Emma 34 Hskp Missouri
John 14 At School Missouri
William 12 " "
Timothy 10 " California
Mary 1 California
John 70 Ireland

"Elliott, Wm., farmer and contractor, P.O. Box, Marysville was born in Ireland in 1833. He emigrated to the United States in 1849 and located in Ohio where he lived until 1853 when he moved to Illinois. He afterwards moved to Missouri.

In 1859 he came to California and settled in Marysville, where he has since resided. He has large farming interest in Sutter and Butte Counties; where he owns 760 acres. He also owns property in Marysville. He was married in Dayton, Ohio in 1852 - has 4 children: 3 sons and 1 daughter." (From "History of Sutter County, California" 1879).

The 1880 Census for Butte County, California p 194-210 listed:
Elliott, William W, M, 47 Farmer Ireland
Emma W, F, 20 Hskp California
John W, M, 24 Son Missouri
William W, M, 22 " "
Timothy W, M, 20 " California
Mary W, F, 11 At School California
Anna W, F, 4 mths At Home "

The 1890 Great Register for Butte County had William Elliott, 48, farming and residing in Gridley. William was naturalized on 21 February 1871 at the Yuba County District Court.

"William Elliott Dead
A Well Known Pioneer Contractor Pays Natures Debt"

William Elliott Sr., the well known levee contractor, died Sunday evening at the home of his son near Gridley.

The deceased was a former resident of Marysville, and was well known in this northern section of the country. He was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland and was 68 years of age.

Up to the last few years, he performed most of the levee work in this district, and at the time the cut-off on the Yuba River was constructed, he handled a heavy sub-contract.

The deceased was married twice, and was the father of 10 children. The announcement of his death will not cause surprise as he had been on the sick list for the past two years." (From the "Marysville Semi-Weekly Appeal" Thursday, 28 July 1898"

Footnotes

  1. Paradise Genealogical Society, Genealogical Goldmine (P.O. Box 460, Paradise, CA 95967-0460), Vol 5, No 2, Fall 1972, Page 18.

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