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JOSEPH T. ELLISTON, a farmer of Glencoe, Gallatin County, is a native of Grant County, Ky., and was born September 3, 1816. His father, Benjamin Elliston, a native of Virginia, was born near Fredericksburg, November 25, 1770, and was a farmer by occupation. He came to Kentucky in 1786, and first settled in Woodford County, but subsequently removed to Anderson County, where he lived until 1813, then moved to Grant County, where he died December 26, 1846. He was an active participant in the war of 1812, under command of Gen. William H. Harrison. He married Sallie Hiter, of Virginia, a daughter of James and Bettie (Young) Hiter, natives of Virginia. Seven sons and three daughters were born to this union, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Robert Elliston, the paternal grandfather of Joseph T., a native of Virginia, was one of the earliest settlers of Woodford County, Ky. Joseph T. Elliston was reared on the farm, the pursuits of which he has always followed; he received his education in the common schools of Grant County, and now owns a farm of 460 acres of well cultivated land near Glencoe. October 27, 1842, he married Maria Merrell, a native of Gallatin County, and a daughter of John M. and Mildred (Kirtley) Merrell. Mrs. Elliston died August 4, 1851, a member of the Baptist Church. January 6, 1852, Mr. Elliston married Sarah A. Merrell, a sister of his first wife. Politically Mr. Elliston is a Democrat, and has been magistrate for several years. He is a Master Mason of Tadmor Lodge at Warsaw, and has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1842.