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From The History of Mower County 1911
Decauter B. Colman, now deceased, the father of Mrs. Charles Brownlow, was one of the most successful farmers in Mower County, at one time owning 2.650 acres of land in the county. He was born in the town of Springfield, Otsego County, New York, and September 21, 1826 and was reared to agricultural pursuit, receiving his education in the district schools and later attending Oriskany Academy in Onondaga for three terms. At seventeen years of age he began his life as a teacher, which profession he followed the greater part of his time for the following twelve years in the states of New York, Ohio, Wisconsin. He had during this time been engaged in clerking in a general store one and one half years. In 1855 he moved to Iowa and located at Burr Oak, and there engaged in mercantile business. There he continued for two years. In 1859 he moved to Preston, Fillmore County, this state, where he was a pioneer. There he opened a store with a large stock of general merchandise, and was with Conkey Bros, the leading merchants of Prescott, for many years, in 1874 he opened a branch store at Grand Meadow, becoming the first store in the place. In 1868 he purchased four sections of land in Clayton township, viz.: sections 14, 15, 22 and 23. Later he sold sections 14 and 23. In 1869 he commenced improvements on sections 15 and 22, and in 1877 settled on the farm, when he followed general farming until 1896, when he retired and moved to LeRoy. He died July 12, 1900, and his wife passed away December 1, 1903. They were the parents of two children: Clarence, who died at two and a half years, and Claudine, who is now Mrs., Charles Brownlow, of LeRoy. Mr. Colman was married January 22, 1856, to Minerva E. Thayer, born in the town of Springfield, N.Y. Mr. Colman always took an active interest in public affairs, served as a member of the town board of Preston, was county commissioner of Fillmore country, and several times chairman of the board of supervisors in Clayton township.
There is also a write-up on Charles Brownlow if you’re interested.
Philip T. Elliott, vice president of the Exchange Bank, at Grand Meadow, has been clerk of the village two year, member of the village council three years, and clerk of the school board four years, and in these several capacities has given general satisfaction. He was born in Fox Lake, Wis., January 19, 1865, son of Ford T. and Phoebe (olive) Elliott. He came to Grand Meadow with his father on the fall of 1878, at the age of thirteen, and five years later, at the age of eighteen, engaged in the hardware business on his own account. Six years later he sold out, and entered the employ of G.F. Greening in his bank and store. When the Exchange Bank was organized under state laws in 1906, he became vice president, a position he has since retained. Mr. Elliott is popular among his fellows, and is a chapter Mason. He married, October 1, 1890, Anna S. daughter of Samuel Rodman Stout and Jane Hibbs, his wife. This union has resulted in two children, Roland P, and Janette.
Ford T. Elliott was born in Sunderland, and for many years followed the sea. He made his first trip to America in 1856, and thereafter crossed the Atlantic many times until 1859, when he took up permanent abode in this country. He learned the blacksmith trade at Portage, Wis., stayed there a few years, and then followed his trade to Ripon, in the same state, some eleven years; he took up his abode in Grand Meadow, October 10, 1878. His wife died April 26, 1897.
Another write-up on Samuel Rodman Stout if you’re interested.
Also a large entry on the Exchange Bank but only a brief reference to P.T. Elliot as vice president. More a history of the bank.
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