Record #:

23491

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The son of George Eliot of Lower Little River, Cumberland County, NC, John "Ghost" Eliot taught throughout eastern North Carolina for 52 years. Eliot was a classmate of President James K. Polk at the University of North Carolina, and is remembered for his excellence in teaching Latin, geometry, algebra, chemistry, mineralogy, surveying and the classics. Eliot died at Johnson's Mills in Pitt County on November 13, 1881. He was buried in the yard of the Salem Church of Christ. His gravestone, which includes an incorrect date, was discovered in October 2001 on the east side of St. John's Episcopal Church. It is unknown who moved the stone from its original site.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , May 15-28 2002, p6

Subject(s):

Educators--Pitt County