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He was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on August 31, 1806, oldest son of Stephen and Esther Habersham Elliott. The family moved to Charleston shortly after Stephen's birth. At sixteen he attended Harvard University for one year. He finished his education at South Carolina College graduating in 1825. He thereafter studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1827. In 1828 Elliott married Mary Gibbes Barnwell. He began his law practice in Charleston, then moved back to Beau fort sometime before 1833. In the early 1830 1 s moved by the new evangelical spirit of the Episcopal Church and a need to rejuvenate his spiritual life, Elliott along with six other men from the same law office gave up the practice of law for the ministry.
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5-31-1989
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Smith, Rick, "Bishop Elliot" (1989). Savannah Biographies. 63.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/63
