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DR. ELBERT PINNEY was born in Colebrook, Litchfield county, Conn., Jan. 29, 1826, eldest son of Henry and Delina (Riggs) Pinney. Three brothers of the Pinney family were the first to emigrate from Scotland and make their home in America, long before the Revolutionary War. The grandfather of our subject fought for American independence in the Revolution. When three years of age his father brought the family to Erie county, Penn., where they lived twelve years and then removed to Crawford county, same state. He received a common school education then commenced the study of medicine at Meadville, Penn., and finally graduated from the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1848. Previous to his graduation, in 1847, he had removed to Henry county, Illinois, where after his graduation he established a large practice. He was married March 29, 1849, to Harriet Young, a native of Morrow county, Ohio, daughter of D. B. Young, a native of Ohio, who removed to Whiteside county, Ill., in 1837. In the fall of 1856, on account of his health, he removed to Texas and commenced the practice of his profession in Hunt county, where he received his full share of patronage. He also devoted his attention to stock. At the breaking out of the war he joined the medical department of the Confederate army and was actively engaged in different parts of the South until the close of the war. In 1867 he located at Preston, Jasper county, Mo., where he has since resided engaged in his profession. The family consists of eight children: Henry B., John L., the wife of O. W. Rose, Nettie, Lulu, Charity, Joel, and Elbert. In the spring of 1881 the Doctor became associated with A. N. Young, of Chicago, and D. S. Thomas of Carthage, Missouri, in a cattle enterprise, locating a ranch in Menard county, Texas, and placing thereon about three thousand cows, and since the spring of 1881 has spent a portion of each year upon the ranch. He is still a firm believer in the sovereign rights of a state, and advocates free trade. The Doctor and his estimable family are widely known and universally respected.