West Family Tree

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND RICHLAND COUNTIES, WISCONSIN, Part I, 1884. Union Publishing Company, Springfield, IL. Republished by Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
page 701, Edward C. Elliott, son of William and Celia (Breedlove) Elliott, was born March 11, 1851, in Scott, Crawford county, being the first child born in that town, and still lives on section 19. In May, 1877, he married Harriet Quick, daughter of Daniel Quick, who died May 28, 1882. Mr. Quick was born in Ulster Co., N.Y., in 1813, left home when twenty-three years of age, living at different points in the State, and part of the time sailing on the lakes. In 1843 he went to Indiana, remained there ten years, then came to Lafayette Co., Wis., from there, in 1855, to Scott, settling on land on section 18, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have three children-- Harriet E., born in June, 1878; Agnes E., born in October, 1879, and Albert B., born in October, 1882. Mr. Elliott's father was one of the pioneers of Scott, having built a cabin there in 1845, which he and his brother occupied occasionaly as headquarters while hunting and land-looking. They also made squatter claims, with a view to future settlement. In the fall of 1850, he built a small log house by the side of the cabin for a residence. He afterwards sold his first claim and purchased 120 acres on section 17, where he lived till his death, May 5, 1879.