Elliott F. Branch

    Elliott F. Branch, Treasurer of Morgan County, Indiana, is a native of Johnson County, and was born April 16, 1845. He was reared in the county in which he first saw the world's light, with fair facilities for education, and in 1866 commenced the grain trade at Martinsville, and now continues the same in partnership with his brother, under the firm title of Branch & Bro.; they own the Martinsville Flouring Mills, and are doing a large business, over $250,000 annually. Mr. Branch shipped the first carload out of the town on the new railroad. He is owner of 320 acres in Johnson County, the same number three miles east of this place, and his wife also has a like quantity near the town. From 1865 to 1878, he was engaged in merchandising and the stave business, in connection with milling and farming.

    May 13, 1868, he married Miss Alice Parks, daughter of P. M. Parks, which union has been graced by four children -Olive, Leafy, Emmett Forest and Frank Oak. Mr. Branch is a stanch Republican, and was elected County Treasurer in 1878. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the State committee for this Congressional district.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.