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Descendants of Jasper Swazey Elliott

Generation No. 2

2. CHARLES LAVOSIER³ ELLIOTT (JASPER SWAZEY², ELLIOTT¹) was born October 17, 1866 in Illinois, and died December 21, 1925. He married MARY ELLEN KNIGHT, daughter of KNIGHT and <UNNAMED>. She was born September 1877 in Iowa.

More About CHARLES LAVOSIER ELLIOTT:
Date born 2: May 1869, Iowa
Census 1: 1870, Jasper Elliott household, Canaan township, Henry County, Iowa
Census 2: 1880, Jasper Elliott household, Scott township, Henry County, Iowa
Census 3: 1900, Charley Elliott household, Bluff Creek Twp, Monroe County, Iowa
Occupation: 1900, Farmer

More About MARY ELLEN KNIGHT:
Census: 1900, Charley Elliott household, Bluff Creek Twp, Monroe County, Iowa

Child of CHARLES ELLIOTT and MARY KNIGHT is:

LEONARD C.⁴ ELLIOTT, b. August 1898, Iowa.

More About LEONARD C. ELLIOTT:
Census: 1900, Charley Elliott household, Bluff Creek Twp, Monroe County, Iowa

3. WILLIAM E.³ ELLIOTT (JASPER SWAZEY², ELLIOTT¹) was born November 1868 in Illinois, and died January 1955 in Fontanelle, Adair County, Iowa. He married MINNIE A. Abt. 1891. She was born June 1870 in Nebraska.

More About WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT:
Census 1: 1880, Jasper Elliott household, Scott township, Henry County, Iowa
Census 2: 1870, Jasper Elliott household, Canaan township, Henry County, Iowa
Census 3: 1900, William Elliott household, Summerset, Adair County, Iowa
Occupation: 1900, Farmer

More About MINNIE A.:
Census: 1910, William Elliott household, Summerset, Adair County, Iowa

Children of WILLIAM ELLIOTT and MINNIE are:

VERA⁴ ELLIOTT, b. December 1893, Iowa; d. 1984, Indianola, Iowa; m. WEBSTER, Unknown; b. Unknown.

More About VERA ELLIOTT:
Census: 1900, William Elliott household, Summerset, Adair County, Iowa

ii.

EDNA ELLIOTT, b. Unknown; d. 1981, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa; m. OSCAR WESTPHAL, Unknown; b. Unknown.

4. EARL VANCIL³ ELLIOTT (JASPER SWAZEY², ELLIOTT¹) was born August 21, 1873 in Henry County, Iowa, and died February 13, 1937 in Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa. He married LAURA ELMINA LENTS February 19, 1896 in at home of Laura's parents, Fontanelle, Adair County, Iowa, daughter of GEORGE LENTS and CORDELIA FULLER. She was born November 14, 1874 in Fontanelle, Adair County, Iowa, and died February 10, 1968 in Greenfield Rest Home, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa.

Notes for EARL VANCIL ELLIOTT:
"Earl Elliott, 63, former Adair county resident died at his home in Guthrie Center, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock following a stroke.
He was found unconscious in the seat of his car in his garage early Saturday morning by Mrs. Elliott. The lights of the car were on, but the motor switch had been turned."

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Greenfield. Rev A. Wimberly was the pastor and an intimate friend of Mr. Elliott.
Those serving as pallbearers were C. R. Hodges, Jesse Stevensen, Eli Lundy, Pearl Harris, Hiels and Tom Mikkelsen.

According to grandson, Dale E. Elliott, he was a sheriff in Casey, IA for several years.
Was candidate for Republican nomination for Sheriff of Adair County Iowa in Primary of June 1, 1914 and according to obituary was also a candidate in Guthrie County.
He loved horses.

More About EARL VANCIL ELLIOTT:
Burial: February 15, 1937, Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa
Census 1: 1900, Earl Elliott household, Jackson Township, Adair County, Iowa
Census 2: 1880, Jasper Elliott household, Scott township, Henry County, Iowa
Census 3: 1910, Earl Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Census 4: 1920, Earl Elliott household, Prussia, Adair County, Iowa
Census 5: 1930, Earl Elliott household, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa
Occupation 1: 1930, laborer - odd jobs
Occupation 2: 1900, Farmer
Occupation 3: 1910, Farmer
Occupation 4: 1920, Farmer
Residence: 1882, Adair County, Iowa

Notes for LAURA ELMINA LENTS:
From The Hubbard Fuller and Samuel C. Smith Genealogies:

Laura Elmina Lents, 4th child of Cordelia S. and George W. Lents, revives memories as related by her parents, of the families mode of living as children and conditions as they were long ago. These conditions certainly not as to day (1963) with all of our modern conveniences.

Laura's parents came to Iowa shortly after their marriage in 1868, traveling by an Oxen drawn covered wagon and settled on a parcel of unimproved land near Fontanelle, Adair Co., Iowa, a small settlement with few homes and one General Store.

Their first problems were to clear the land for cultivation and the building of a home and outbuildings. Wood was used for fuel and for cooking. Coal was available but expensive. A well had to be drilled also to supply them with water and drawn by a windlass. Candles and oil were used for lighting.

In the fall there was butchering to be done and the curing of the meat to last most of the winter, the vegetables were placed in a root cellar near the house. Wheat and corn were ground for bread.

The cost of living was very high because of the transportation of all other supplies. The nearest railroad was at Casey, Iowa some miles away. It was a long way in those days travelling cross country on unmarked roads in all kinds of weather.

Their mail man came by horse-back from Corning, Iowa, a long trip and he often found it necessary to stay over night in the home of a farmer en route.

There were some Indians in the area, some came to the door asking for food, especially white flour. If they were given corn meal, they either refused it or threw it on the ground. Not very friendly, seems to me.

Laura's father served in the Civil War, upon discharge he was given the gun he carried. It was larger than the rifle and quite heavy. He made his own bullet, about the size of a large pea, these were made by melting lead in a long handled dipper over a fire, poured into a mold. An old cow horn was used to keep gun powder in to be used with the ball. The gun was always cleaned after using and placed where the children couldn't reach it.

Fontanelle was formally the county seat (Adair), but was moved to Greenfield about seven miles east, leaving the old court house vacant. It was remodeled and used for a school, this is where the Lents children attended school. The teachers received $26 per month, out of this she paid for room and board of $1.50 per week. As the years passed, living conditions improved.

More About LAURA ELMINA LENTS:
Burial: Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa
Census 1: 1900, Earl Elliott household, Jackson Township, Adair County, Iowa
Census 2: 1910, Earl Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Census 3: 1920, Earl Elliott household, Prussia, Adair County, Iowa
Census 4: 1930, Earl Elliott household, Guthrie Center, Guthrie County, Iowa

Children of EARL ELLIOTT and LAURA LENTS are:

REX VERNON⁴ ELLIOTT, b. October 17, 1899, Fontanelle, Adair County, Iowa; d. April 01, 1994, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa; m. ALBERTA MIKKLESON, September 28, 1932, Marysville, Missouri; b. March 03, 1908, Alberta Province, Canada.

Notes for REX VERNON ELLIOTT:
Description: 485 36 0064

More About REX VERNON ELLIOTT:
Census 1: 1900, Earl Elliott household, Jackson Township, Adair County, Iowa
Census 2: 1910, Earl Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Census 3: 1920, Earl Elliott household, Prussia, Adair County, Iowa
Census 4: 1930, John C. Hoyt household, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa
Occupation 1: 1920, Farm laborer
Occupation 2: 1930, Automobile mechanic

ii.

ROSS ARGO ELLIOTT, b. October 07, 1902, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa; d. April 09, 1994, Maryland; m. (1) PEARL LEOTA LUNDY, April 16, 1924, Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa; b. June 04, 1904, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa; d. December 20, 1987, Stevensville, Maryland; m. (2) DOROTHY MILLER, December 31, 1951, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.

More About ROSS ARGO ELLIOTT:
Census 1: 1920, Earl Elliott household, Prussia, Adair County, Iowa
Census 2: 1910, Earl Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Census 3: 1930, Ross Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Occupation 1: Bef. 1939, Farmer
Occupation 2: 1920, Farm laborer
Occupation 3: 1930, Farmer
Occupation 4: Aft. 1939, Iowa; Occupation: a deliverer of potato chips and snack foods
Occupation 5: Aft. 1939, Maryland; Social Security Administration
Residence: 2130 Southland Rd, Baltimore County, Maryland
Social Security Number: 219 10 2905 (MD)

Notes for PEARL LEOTA LUNDY:
Went to same school as John Wayne, the actor, but was one grade beneath him.

More About PEARL LEOTA LUNDY:
Burial: December 23, 1987, Parkwood Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Census 1: 1910, Levi Fay household, Prussa, Adair County, Iowa
Census 2: 1920, Eli Lundy household, Center, Madison County, Iowa
Census 3: 1930, Ross Elliott household, Eureka, Adair County, Iowa
Employment: Coppers Company, Iowa

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