Watson Elliot, 1881-1976, was Bernard Elliott's older brother. He was affectionately known as "Uncle Watt," and was generous with his money. Nieces and nephews, as well as grand-nieces and grand-nephews can remember his frequent cash gifts.

The Reip family is related to the Elliott family by way of Goldie Reip who married Bernard Elliott. We have quite a lot of information about the Reips, largely from the work of Luverne Hanger who was a 1st cousin of Goldie Reip.

"Sycamore . . .
Whenever the weather was bad and the unpaved road even worse, Dad packed all 4 of us in the car and we took the ridge road.

"At a certain point we pulled into a country lane, Dad parked the car and we gathered our belongings and hiked down the hollow along the creek to Sycamore -- no matter the weather!

"Sycamore was our father's ancestral home -- the big white house along Sycamore Creek with a long porch spanning the entire front of the house.

The Reip cemetery sits atop a wooded hill overlooking the old Reip farm near Euclid, WV. It is a small cemetery containing only 2 generations of Reips -- Frank, father of Goldie Reip Elliott, and his father Peter, and their wives.

Jabez Elliott, Sr. is buried in the Ayres cemetery in Smithville, WV. According to an article by Edna Elliott Schartiger in a Calhoun Co. historical chronicle, his wife, Elizabeth Wigner, is also buried there but I have not been able to identify her grave.

This is a small, pocket notebook -- approx. 3.5" wide and 6" tall -- previously in the possession of Maxine (Elliott) Mottice. The dates of the entries range from 1909 to 1924, two years prior to his marriage.

From Page Two of the Calhoun Chronicle/Grantsville News of Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008:

Vada Reip Davis

Vada Reip Davis, 91, of Espyville, PA, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2007, at her home.

She was born at Orma, the daughter of the late Curt and Lucy Tucker Parsons. She had been a resident of Orma until four years ago when she moved to Pennsylvania. She had been a caregiver for many people in her own home for over 30 years. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Bernard Elliott taught the second grade in 1915 in the Lee District of Calhoun County. This is the certificate issued by the West Virginia Dept. of Free Schools certifying his authority to do so.

In this photo are, front left to right:  Nina, Millie, Pauline, and Maxine.  Back left to right are a brother and sister-in-law (or sister and brother-in-law) of Bernard Elliott, Minnie, and Bernard.

The time of this photo is likely to be the late 1940s.  The location is uncertain.

John Francis Elliott was the oldest child and only son of Bernard and Goldie Elliott.  He was born in Grantsville in 1927.

He lived in Yonkers on Long Island most of his adult life.  He was married to Bernice Grossman in 1956.  The photo below is of him and Bernice in 1975.

He died in 2002.

Maxine Elliott Mottice was the second child and oldest daugthter of Bernard and Goldie Elliott.  She was born in Grantsville, WV in 1928.

She graduated from Glenville State College in 1950 and married Robert N. Mottice in 1951.  She died in 2006 in Ohio.

Jabez Elliott, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Wigner raised 9 children in what was then the northwestern part of Virginia. They evidently began their family near what is now Weston, WV and later moved to the Smithville, WV area where he is buried. Here are their family facts:

John Anderson Elliott and his wife settled on Sycamore Creek south of Grantsville. There they raised their family of 8 children. Here are the key facts about their family:

This photo is from the collection of Maxine Elliott Mottice, and portrays -- in all likelihood -- Jabez Elliott, Jr., his wife Sarah Ann Johnson, and their seven children; John Anderson, Charles Musgrave, Columbus, Linsey Johnson, Jasper Lafayett, Frances Harriet, and Izetta Matilda.

John Anderson Elliott was the oldest son of Jabez Elliott, Jr. and Sarah Ann Johnson and the father of Bernard Elliott.  He was born Nov. 24, 1852 and died July 21, 1937.  

He married Arminda Hathaway in 1877 and they had 9 children:

Alva, married Clara Haught;
Roxy, married Leeson Proudfoot;
Watson, unmarried;

This photo of Watson, Millie, and Bernard Elliott was probably taken in the mid-1960s.  The location is Aunt Millie's house, which was the Elliott family home up on Sycamore Creek.

Jabez Elliott, Jr. was the grandfather of Bernard Elliott.  His grandfather was Henry Elliott, the earliest known ancestor of this Elliott clan.

Jabez Jr. was born Sept. 29, 1826 in Lewis Co., VA or Ritchie Co., WV, and died in 1917 in Calhoun Co., WV.  He was married to Sarah Ann Johnson of Wood Co. on July 17, 1851.  They had seven children:  

Here is another photo from among Maxine Elliott Mottice's loose photos.  It is an older photo -- it appears to be from the early 1900s.  One of the photos in the loose group was of Jabez Elliott Jr., Bernard's grandfather.  Might this photo be of one of his sons or other descendants?

This photo was found among Maxine Elliott Mottice's older family photos, and probably dates before the 1930s.  The photo shown is a copy that was enlarged to 8'x10', which suggests that it was a valued photo. 

This newspaper article was in the possession of  Nina Nicholas  It evidently came from a local newspaper some time ago.  Its title is “Elliott among participants in famous battle at Hastings.”

Nicolas Reip was the 3rd great-grandfather of Goldie Reip, who married Bernard Elliott.  This genealogy is excerpted from Luverne Hartstine's Reip Family History.

Descendants of Nicholas Reib

Generation No. 1

1.  NICHOLAS REIB was born Abt. 1755, and died Bet. May 14, 1790 - February 1816 in York, PA.  He married JULIANA. 

Notes for NICHOLAS REIB:
--Listed by Luverne as possibly Nicholaus Rub (with 2 apostrophes over the "u")

This genealogy is excerpted from the extensive Reip Family History by Luverne Hartstine.

Descendants of Henry Elliott

Generation No. 1

1.  HENRY ELLIOTT was born 1750, and died Bef. March 21, 1818 in Ireland.  He married SARAH RYLAND. 
   
Children of HENRY ELLIOTT and SARAH RYLAND are:
2.    i.    JABEZ ELLIOTT, SR., b. 1775, Ireland.
      ii.    CHARLES ELLIOTT.

 This is the album in the possession of Nina (Elliott) Nicholas. It contains photos spanning an undetermined period of time, although presumably during Goldie's lifetime which was from 1905 to 1938. Some of the photos appear older, however.

Goldie was the daughter of Frank Reip and Victoria Mace. She was the oldest of 4 sisters. The others were Maud (b. 1907), Edith (1909), and Merl (1911). Photos in this album may include other members of her family. Her paternal aunts and uncles were Grover, Adam, Emma, William Howard, and Maud Alma.