John A. Elliott family

This is a letter to Mrs. J.A. Elliott (Arminda Hathaway) from Mrs. Hattie Nelson, dated Sept. 16, 1926. It is a curious letter, not because of the content but because it still exists.

In the letter, Mrs. Nelson addresses Mrs Elliott as "aunt" and informs her of the recent death of Mrs. Nelson's mother. She also asks Mrs. Elliott if she would notify "Uncle Frank" and "Aunt Duck."

In this photo are, front left to right:  Nina Elliott (Bernard's daughter), Millie Elliott (Bernard's sister), Pauline Elliott (Bernard's daughter), and Maxine Elliott (Bernard's sister).

Back left to right are Bernard's brother Oley and his wife Lura Parsons Elliott, Bernard's second wife Minnie, and Bernard Elliott.

The time of this photo is likely to be the late 1940s since Maxine looks to be about college age. The location is surely Sycamore, and probably in front of Millie's house or perhaps Oley's house.

This is a 1940s vintage photo of a birthday party at the old Elliott place up on Sycamore.

Eula Elliott says the birthday was for one of the cousins whose family would regularly visit Sycamore during the summer.

There are 7 more photos of this event.  Follow this link to see the rest.

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:

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;
Bernard, married Goldie Reip;
Oley, married Lura Parsons;
Florence, married Mallie Sturm;
Millie, married Mr. Price;
Verna, married McClellan (Clella) Haught.

John is buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery south of Grantsville, WV in Calhoun Co.  Pictured below is his grave.

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.

The photo is taken toward the front of the house, and the room is a sitting room entered from the front door which is barely seen to the right of Bernard.  To the right of the photographer was a natural gas fireplace that stayed on all year long -- even in the hottest days of the summer, as I recall -- since it was attached to a gas line drawn from a well on the property.