The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1009 

JOSEPH B. ELLIOTT.

Joseph B. Elliott, who is living in Yakima at the venerable age of eighty years,
has been engaged in the conduct of a valuable fruit ranch near the city. This
land is now included in the city limits and most of it Mr. Elliott has disposed
of, retaining, however, two and a half acres, where he resides. He was born in
Lorain county, Ohio, on the 8th of September, 1838. a son of Moses A. and Hannah
(Barnard) Elliott. The father, a native of Vermont, removed to Ohio in 1833 and
about a third of a century later, in 1867, made his way to Putnam county,
Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife was called to her
final rest while a resident of Ohio.

Joseph B. Elliott pursued his education in the schools of the Buckeye state and
was there married. In 1865 he removed to Putnam county, Illinois, while
subsequently he took up his abode in LaSalle county, that state, where he
continued to make his home until the time of his removal to the Pacific
northwest in 1901. Disposing of his interests in Illinois, he came to Yakima
and purchased a fruit ranch of twenty acres near the city which he cultivated
most successfully for a number of years. Later the city limits were extended to
include this ranch. He has now sold all except two and a half acres of the tract
and there he is living in the enjoyment of good health, ease and comfort.

In 1863 Mr. Elliott was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Gott, who passed
away in Yakima in 1903, leaving four children: Lina and Minnie, both at home;
and Grant and Judd, twins. Grant Elliott is now a real estate owner of Seattle,
is married and has three daughters and a son. Judd also lives in Seattle and is
married and has two sons.

Politically Mr. Elliott is a stanch republican, supporting the men and measures
of that party at the polls. He attends the Congregational church and his career
has ever been such that he well merits the regard and esteem accorded him.
During the period of his residence in Yakima, covering seventeen years, he has
gained many friends and is now spending the evening of life in quiet and
content.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.