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DIMMIT C. ELLIOTT, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of William and Eliza (Simons) Elliott, was born September 4, 1842. His father was born in Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent, his mother a native of same State of German descent. Mr. Elliott enlisted October 1, 1861, in Company I, First Light Artillery, and perhaps saw as much hard service as any man in the county — participating in eleven hotly contested battles, besides many, and some pretty sharp, skirmishes, viz., Cross Keys, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, Resaca, Ga., Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and the capture of Atlanta, the march from the Cumberland to Atlanta being almost a continual battle, in which the light artillery played a conspicuous part. Mr. Elliott’s health was considerably shattered during the service, and he is now receiving a pension. He was married at the close of the war, in 1865, to Izora, daughter of Oliver Crawford. They have had seven children, six of whom are still living. The oldest boy, George, was killed at the age of seven years, by a saw log rolling over him. The living are Missouri C., Eliza B., Olive, Mattie May, Albert and Luella. Mr. Elliott and wife are members of the M. E. Church, of which he is Steward and Trustee. He is also a Superintendent and teacher in the Sunday school. He is a Republican in politics, a warm friend to education and School Director.