A. B. ELLIOTT, a resident of Conneaut, Ohio, and an engineer on the Nickel Plate Railroad, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, Sept. 10, 1842.  His parents are Joseph and Rebecca (Austin) Elliott.  The Austins are of English descent, and had ceded to them from the crown of England a large tract of land in Simcoe county, Canada.  Joseph Elliott was by trade a hatter, which occupation he followed in early life.  Later, he spent some time on the lakes.  He was half owner of the brig Chancey and the schooner Whittlesey, and was once shipwrecked off the Erie peninsula.  Retiring from the water in 1852, he bought and moved to a farm a mile and a half east of the city of Dunkirk, where he still lives, superintending his agricultural interests.  He was born in 1809, and even at this advanced age is quite active.  Since boyhood he has been a member of the Baptist Church, and much of the time an officer of the same.  His wife was also an honored member of that church.  She died in 1852, aged thirty-one years.
     Of their family of six children we make the following record:  Frances, the oldest, is the widow of John Mathews, and for over thirty-five years has been a popular and efficient teacher, both she and her daughter Susan now being teachers in the schools of  Dunkirk, New York.  Susan, the second born, is the wife of Marvin Snow, and resides in Chautauqua county, New York.  William is married and resides in the same county.  A B., the subject of this sketch, is the fourth born.  Mary, wife of Mortimer Snow, lives in Chautauqua county, New York, Mortimer Snow's farm adjoining that of Marvin Snow.  David, the youngest, died at Bradford, Pennsylvania, after a brief illness with fever, aged twenty-seven years.
     In 1859 the subject of our sketch accompanied his father, who was at that time in poor health, on a prospecting tour through the West, their party being composed of about forty persons, of whom he was the youngest.  They chartered a car from Dunkirk to St. Louis and from the latter place went to Fort Leavenworth by boat.  They bought their teams and provisions in Illinois, and after reaching Fort Leavenworth camped for two weeks about three miles from the fort, training their stock.  They then made the journey from Fort Leavenworth to Denver with what was known as the "White Mule Train," consisting of one span of white mules in the lead, followed by ten wagons, each drawn by two yoke of oxen.  This journey was one of adventure and delight to young Elliott, and on one occasion he made a narrow escape from wolves, which incident is worthy of narration here.
     One evening, having camped for the night, they saw some buffaloes coming to a creek nearby to drink.  Thinking to secure one of them, he and four others took their guns and secreted themselves at the branch.  In a clump of bushes on the other side of the stream, however, were other hunters who intercepted the buffaloes, killing one and frightening the others away.  Mr. Elliott and his party followed the herd about two miles, and, night coming on, they slipped up and killed one, the others making their escape.  The little party then cast lots to see who should return to the camp and get help to bring in the carcass.  The lot fell to Elliott.  After he had been on his way a short time some twenty or thirty hungry wolves came near enough to show their teeth.  Our young friend fired and killed one, and while the rest of them stopped to devour it he ran as fast as he could.  A moment more and the hungry wolves were in hot pursuit, and again he turned and fired and ran while they again stopped in their mad pursuit to make way with their fallen comrade.  This was repeated until young Elliott's last bullet was gone, and at this critical time he had the good fortune to meet some of their party who had come out from camp, thinking that something was wrong.  Together they returned for the other men, whom they met on their way to camp, each with a large hunk of meat and an experience similar to that of young Elliott.
     They took a claim and mined and prospected, making a prospecting trip around the base of Pike's Peak; but as a financial success this tour was a failure.  After seven months they returned home.
     At the age of seventeen Mr. Elliott was employed as a brakeman on the New York & Erie Railroad, and a year later was promoted to the position of extra conductor.  This was in 1863.  At the earnest request of his sisters, he left the railroad in 1864.  Then for a short time he was in the oil regions of Pennsylvania.  Returning to Chautauqua county, New York, he bought a half interest in a saw and lumber mill, being in partnership with his brother -in-law, Marvin Snow, and doing a successful business two years.  At the end of that time he sold out to Mr. Snow and went to Missouri, where he was engaged in farming four years.  In 1870, again returning to Chautauqua county, he took charge of the yard of the D. A. V. & P. Railroad for a short time.  It was not long after this that he went to firing on the road, and a year later was promoted to engineer.  Next we find him in the shops at Dunkirk, where he remained two years.  Then he went back on the road as engineer, and altogether was in the employ of that company for twelve years.  In January, 1883, he accepted a position as engineer on the Nickel Plate, in the employ of which road he has since remained.  He has been a resident of Conneaut since Jan. 11, 1884.  During the twenty-three years in which he has been on the road he has never met with an accident in which anyone was hurt.
     Mr. Elliott was married June 4, 1866, to Miss Alice Bull, a daughter of John D. Bull, of Chautauqua county, New York.  Her father died in 1854, at the age of thirty years.  Her mother was married in 1855 to Benjamin F. Baldwin, with whom she is still living, both being honored residents of Conneaut.  Mr. and Mrs. Elliott have had eight children, namely:  Nellie, who died at the age of one year; Florence, wife of George Woodman, of Chicago, Illinois, has one child, Carrie; William, who died at the age of one year; Carrie, wife of Thomas McHugh, died Nov. 12, 1891, aged eighteen years; and Jessie, David, Mabel and Frank, members of the home circle.
     Personally, Mr. Elliott is a man of fine physique, and is popular with his many friends.  He is a charter member of the A. O. U. W., Lodge No. 11; is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and is Chief of Division No. 273, Conneaut, Ohio.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893)

REV. HENRY H. EMMETT, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Maine, Jan. 31, 1853.
     His parents were Peter J. and Catherine J. (Lombard) Emmett both natives of Maine.  His father was born in 1808, was for many years in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, and is still hale and hearty.  His mother was born in 1819, daughter of Rev. Richard and Eunice (Sawyer) Lombard, her father being the youngest son of the youngest son of Earl of Lombard.  Richard Lombard was for fifty years in the itinerancy of the East Maine Methodist Episcopal Conference being for several years the pastor of Pine street and Cedar street churches in Portland, Maine.  He died at the age of seventy-six years on the Great Chebeaque island in Casco bay.  His wife died on the same island, aged seventy years.  She was a member of the Methodist Church from her girlhood.  Mrs. Peter J. Emmett was a popular and successful teacher for many years, and is a woman of rare intelligence and culture.  The three children composing their family are Gordon, a contractor and builder in New York; Arietta, wife of Henry Williams, of New York; and Henry H.
     Mr. Emmett had excellent educational advantages in his youth.  His early training was received chiefly in private schools.  After leaving school he was employed as clerk in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for more than a year.  Then he entered the ministry.  This was in 1877, and he has devoted his time to the spread of the gospel ever since.  He was licensed to preach at La Fargeville, New York, in 1878, and was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church at Sandy creek, New York, Jan. 12, 1881.  Since that time he has been pastor of several churches in New York, namely, Gaines, Murray, Carlton and Warsaw, then coming to Conneaut and taking charge of the Baptist Church.  Conneaut is his first Ohio charge.  During his pastorate her his work has been of the most substantial character, both the church and Sunday-school having increased very materially.
     In the temperance cause Mr. Emmett is an earnest worker, occupying positions of honor and responsibility.  He is Past Grand Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of Western New York, and is Post Grand Chaplain of the I. O. G. T.  He is also a member of the K. of P. and Jr. O. U. A. M.
     Mr. Emmett devotes considerable time to literary work, his magazine and newspaper articles being in great demand.  His article in the Homiletic Review of December, 1892, on "The Indian Problem from an Indian Standpoint," has received the highest commendation from the press and from the best scholars of the country.
     It is, however, as a lecturer that Mr. Emmett has gained the greatest distinction.  Recently he has lectured in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.  Among the subjects on which he speaks we name the following:  "The North American Indian," "Somebody's Business," "The Boy of Today," "Looking Backward," "Hours with Men and Books," "Three Little Indians," "An Appeal to Caesar," Thou Shalt Not," "Who? Which? When?"  "Why Dishonored?" "The Devil's Auction," and "A Nation's Crime."  Through his father he inherits Indian blood, and his lecture on the North American Indian is one in which he has taken particular interest.  He spared neither time nor means in its preparation and wherever he has delivered it he has been highly complimented.  The editor of the Daily Review, of Alliance, Ohio, says of this lecture, "It was a scholarly address, very instructive and spiced with just enough of humor to be quite entertaining."  And from the Gleaner Review, of Shiloh, Ohio, we quote: "Rev. Emmett has a very pleasing address and handles his subject in a masterly manner."
     Personally, he is a man of fine physique, has jet black hair and eyes, and is a brilliant conversationalist.
     His pleasant home is made bright and happy by the presence of his wife and three children:  Frank L., Henry H., Jr., and Sheldon S.  Mrs. Emmett was, before their marriage, Miss Emily Augusta Waugh.  Her father, Rev. Lyman G. Waugh, was for fifty years in the itinerancy of the Northern New York Methodist Episcopal Conference.  Both he and his wife are deceased.  Mrs. Emmett is a member of the Baptist Church and is in full sympathy with her husband's noble work.
     Such is a brief sketch of one of the most popular ministers and eloquent lecturers of his day.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties, Published 1893 - Page  523)