Joseph E Elliott

January 1862–5 April 1940 (Age 78)
Fairview, Fulton, Illinois, United States

The Life of Joseph E

When Joseph E Elliott was born in January 1862, in Fairview, Fulton, Illinois, United States, his father, James Lane Elliott, was 41 and his mother, Caroline Markley, was 33. He married Eva(Sarah Eva) White on 2 May 1886, in Center Point, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pleasant View Township, Tripp, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Valley Township, Hyde, South Dakota, United States in 1930. He died on 5 April 1940, in Highmore, Hyde, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Highmore, Hyde, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph E Elliott
1862–1940
Eva(Sarah Eva) White
1869–1935
Marriage: 2 May 1886
Lula Elliott
1888–
Chauncey I. Elliott
1891–
Annie Elliott
1893–1978
Joseph Benjamin Elliott
1899–1960
Aaron Elliott
1908–1973

Spouse and Children

    Joseph E Elliott

    Male1862–1940Male

    Eva(Sarah Eva) White

    Female1869–1935Female

MARRIAGE
2 May 1886
Center Point, Linn, Iowa, United States
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World Events (8)

1863

Age 1

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House

Age 5

The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building

Age 22

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

Name Meaning

1 English: from a Middle English personal name, Elyat, Elyt. This represents at least two Old English personal names which have fallen together: the male name Aðelgēat (composed of the elements aðel ‘noble’ + Gēat, a tribal name; see Jocelyn ), and the female personal name Aðelgȳð (composed of the elements aðel ‘noble’ + gȳð ‘battle’). The Middle English name seems also to have absorbed various other personal names of Old English or Continental Germanic origin, as for example Old English Ælfweald ( see Ellwood ).2 English: from a pet form of Ellis .3 Scottish: Anglicized form of the originally distinct Gaelic surname Elloch, Eloth, a topographic name from Gaelic eileach ‘dam’, ‘mound’, ‘bank’. Compare Eliot .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Joseph Elliot in household of James Elliot, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jos E Elliott, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Joseph E Elliott, "United States Census, 1920"

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