Councilor John D. Elbert View All Years

Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 3/20/1865

Birth Place: Fleming County, Kentucky

Party Affiliation: Whig

Assemblies Served:
Senate: LA5 (1842) - LA6 (1843)

Home County: Van Buren

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Son: Benjamin F. Elbert; GA 13; Son-in-law: John S. Townsend; GA 4; Grandson: Frederick Townsend; GAs 28, 29

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John D. Elbert

Van Buren County

Born on May 16, 1806, in Fleming county Kentucky, but when a lad of six summers, removed with his parents to Ohio in 1812. The family first located in Urbana, Champaign County, but afterward removed to Logan County, where having attained to mature years, Mr. Elbert was united in marriage May 21, 1829, with Miss Achsa Hitt, of Urbana. Having fitted himself for the medical profession, in the same year he was licensed to practice by Dr. Drake, of the Cincinnati Medical College. He received diplomas from the Missouri Medical College at St Louis and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a skilled physician who stood at the head of his profession in Southeastern Iowa. The autumn of 1840 witnessed his arrival in this state. He purchased a farm of one thousand two hundred acres on Indian Prairie, Van Buren County, where he lived until his death. A man of superior ability, he at once took prominence among his fellow citizens and in 1842, was elected a member of the Territorial Legislature, and was chosen President of the Council. His life was a useful one, devoted to the interests of humanity, and by all who knew him, he was held in the highest regard. He died of erysipelas at the home of Hon. Edward Manning in Keosauqua, March 20, 1865, at the age of fifty-eight years, ten months and four days, and his remains were interred in the Keosauqua cemetery.

Council District 2

Committees
LA5 GA (1842)