elected city assessor, and would be re-elected for the next ten years. He died on February 27, 1905, in Owatonna. He had six surviving children. Known locally as "Uncle Elijah", he was described in a contemporary account as a "venerable looking old gentleman... [w]ith his tall, erect form, stately bearing, long white hair and whiskers, and... kind and benevolent face." While he had been suffering from increasing feebleness, within the past year he had posed as a model at Pillsbury Academy, a local college preparatory school. He and Jerusha are buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Owatonna. References 1815 births 1905 deaths Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Afton, New York People from Steele County, Minnesota People from Walworth, Wisconsin Minnesota postmasters Schoolteachers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members People from Potter County, Pennsylvania People from Owatonna, Minnesota Educators from New York (state) Educators from Pennsylvania Educators from Minnesota 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American educators