Tulare County Biographies

JAMES M. ELLIOTT

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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The life of James M. Elliott, Waukena, Tulare county, Cal., began in Cherokee 
county, Texas, August 23, 1881, and he was brought to California in 1888 by his 
parents, who settled at Pomona, Los Angeles county. In 1890 they removed to 
Orange county, and there he remained until 1908, when he took up his residence 
at Waukena and became a partner in a general merchandise business with his 
sister, Miss Hattie Elliott, who is postmistress of that town, an office which 
she fills with great fidelity, giving to its duties the most careful attention 
in all details. In connection with merchandising, Mr. Elliott gives attention to 
another enterprise, that of the installation of pumping plants, in which he is 
associated with his half brother.
As a merchant, Mr. Elliott is progressive and up-to-date, handling salable 
articles of good quality which he offers at such prices as to make them 
available to the trade of Waukena and its tributary territory. As a citizen, he 
takes an intelligent interest in everything that pertains to the general 
welfare. He is a believer in the square deal which would give the greatest good 
to the greatest numbers and is ready at all times to respond in a 
public-spirited way to any demand on behalf of the enhancement of the good of 
the community, for he realizes that he who reaps must first sow and that the 
prosperity of one is the prosperity of all.
The father of James M. and Hattie Elliott, the venerable William M. Elliott, who 
was born in Mississippi January 6, 1827, was during all his active years a 
successful farmer, and is now a member of the household of his son at Waukena.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913, pp. 556-557