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"Elliott, Jared Leigh, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was bom in Washington, D. C, June 24, 1807. Host of his boyhood was spent as a sailor. He afterwards studied in the academy at Princeton, N. J.; graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1831; spent two years at Auburn Theological Seminary, N. Y.; then one year in Princeton Theological Seminary; was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April 13, 1834; and »as ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1835. His successive fields of labor were, as stated supply at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1834; of the Mariners' Church," Philadelphia, Pa., 1835; of the first and second churches of Washington, and of the Church at Frederick, Md., 1836-39; chaplain in the l". S. Navy, 1849; army, 1861-81. He made many j 1-ing sea-voyages, and was attached to the South Arctic Exploring Expedition in 1840. Dr. Elliott died at Washington, D. C, April 16, 1881. See NearoL Report »f I'rinetfon Theol. Sem. 1882."

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Biography: 
Excerpt: "Elliott, Jared Leigh, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was bom in Washington, D. C, June 24, 1807. Host of his boyhood was spent as a sailor. He afterwards studied in the academy at Princeton, N. J.; graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1831; spent two years at Auburn Theological Seminary, N. Y.; then one year in Princeton Theological Seminary; was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April 13, 1834; and »as ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1835. His successive fields of labor were, as stated supply at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1834; of the Mariners' Church," Philadelphia, Pa., 1835; of the first and second churches of Washington, and of the Church at Frederick, Md., 1836-39; chaplain in the l". S. Navy, 1849; army, 1861-81. He made many j 1-ing sea-voyages, and was attached to the South Arctic Exploring Expedition in 1840. Dr. Elliott died at Washington, D. C, April 16, 1881. See NearoL Report »f I'rinetfon Theol. Sem. 1882."
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
John McClintock, James Strong
Publisher Location: 
New York, NY
Publisher Name: 
Harper & Brothers
Year: 
1894
Start Page: 
335
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Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: 122; Page: 375C; Enumeration District: 040 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
John McClintock, James Strong
Publisher Location: 
New York, NY
Publisher Name: 
Harper & Brothers
Year: 
1894
Start Page: 
335
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=f6g8AAAAYAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=jared%20l%20elliott%20chaplian%201807%20washington%20d.c.&pg=PA335#v=onepage&q=jared%20l%20elliott%20chaplian%201807%20washington%20d.c.&f=false