Individual Details

Henry Rutherford Elliot

(21 Apr 1849 - 18 Apr 1906)

Journalist, editor and founder of the Church Economist magazine; author, The Basset Claim; the Common Chord, etc. Correspondent of the NY Evening Post, 1884 and NY Commercial Advertiser, 1887.
He served one year in the U.S. Navy as paymaster's clerk, and then taught English in the Tokyo University a year or two, returning to America in 1878. In 1897, he established the Church Economist, a religious monthly, in New York City, and conducted it till his death from pneumonia in 1906.
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Events

Birth21 Apr 1849Woodbridge, New Haven Co., CT
Graduation1871Yale University
Marriage20 Apr 1887Washington, DC - Elizabeth Johnstone
Death18 Apr 1906New York, New York Co., NY
ResidenceWashington
OccupationCorr. for the New York Evening Post

Families

SpouseElizabeth Johnstone
ChildGabrielle Elliot
FatherSamuel Hayes Elliot (1809 - 1869)
MotherMarcia Lauretta Harvey (1822 - 1899)
SiblingCharles Samuel Elliot (1846 - 1904)
SiblingLouisa Francis Elliot (1853 - )
SiblingWilliam Harvey Elliot (1861 - 1876)

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