Emma Belle Elliott

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Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Emma Belle Elliot {sic] were incomplete today, pending communication with relatives.

The body is in state at the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.

Mrs. Elliot [sic] died yesterday afternoon at a local hospital following a brief illness. She was 777 years old.

She had been a resident of the Panhandle since 1907, during most of which time she lived at Hereford. Since 1934 she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. E.B. Perryman, 1920 Polk Street

Emma Belle Abbott was born near Old Troy in Bell County, Texas October 5, 1863. She was married to Robert Elliot [sic] in 1884. To this union were born seven children, five of whom survive.

From Waco the family came west in 1907, settling near Hereford in Deaf Smith County. Hereford was booming at that time and the Hereford College, which thrived for several years, had recently been established.

Before coming to the Panhandle the Elliots [sic] had been engaged in the dairy business for many years and the need for dairy cattle in the Panhandle was recognized immediately. Dairy cattle were brought from their old home. The demand for milch cattle to supply the college dormitories was soon so great that Mr. Elliot [sic[ sold his entire herd.

He continued in the dairy cattle business for a number of years.

To Mrs. Elliot [sic] and her husband should go credit for being pioneers of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society's museum on the West Texas State College campus at Canyon. They donated Mr. Elliot's [sic] collection of curios, one of the finest collections in the state, to the struggling little normal school - one of the first steps toward the present museum. The collection was later destroyed by the fire which razed the original building of the college.

Mr. Elliot [sic] died Dec. 26, 1916.

Except for a short time when she made her residence in Dallas, Mrs. Elliot [sic] has been a resident of the Panhandle since first coming to this section.

Since making her home in Amarillo, she has attended the Polk Street Methodist Church and the Browning Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Oak Cliff Christian Church in Dallas.

Besides Mrs. Perryman she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. N.C. Carr of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. Leslie Neal, Amarillo; and Mrs. Hal E. Bruner, Silver City, N.M.; a son, Robert Elliot [sic], Minneapolis, Minn.; a brother, Aaron Abbott of Sulphur, Okla.; and eight grandchildren.

(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 22 Aug 1941, Fri - Page 4)

Final rites for Mrs. Emma Belle Elliott, pioneer resident of the Panhandle, will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. Rev. Jordan Grooms, associate pastor of the Polk Street Methodist Church, will officiate.

Mrs. Elliott died in a local hospital Thursday afternoon folloing a brief illness. She was 77 years old.

Mrs. Elliott was an early day resident of Hereford, moving there in 1907. Robert Elliott, her late husband, was engaged in the dairy business in Deaf Smith County for many years.

To Mr. and Mrs. Elliott goes the credit for pioneering the way for the present Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. In the early days of West Texas State College they donated Mr. Elliott's fine collection of curios - one of the first steps in the establishment of the museum.

The collection was later destroyed when the original building of the normal school was burned.

Mrs. Elliott has been a resident of the Panhandle since 1907 except for a short time when she lived in Dallas. Since 1934 she has made her home in Amarillo with her daughter, Mrs. E.B. Perryman, 1920 Polk Stree.

Since living here she has attended the Browning Class of the Polk Street Methodist Church. She is a member of the Oak Cliff Christian Church in Dallas.

Serving as pallbearers will be Alec Thompson, Oscar Easley, George V. Stambough, J.L. Fuqua, Cliff Acker and Ezra Norton.

Survivors include four daughters, a son, a brother and eight grandchildren.

Burial will be in the Hereford Cemetery.

(Published in Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Texas) - 23 Aug 1941, Sat - Page 4)

Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: Emma Belle Abbott
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1884
Marriage Place: Bell, Texas, USA
Spouse: Robert Elliott
Film Number: 000981035

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Emma Belle Elliott
Death Date: 21 Aug 1941
Death County: Potter
Certificate: 38971

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Emma Belle Elliott
[Emma Belle Abbott]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 77
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1863
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Aug 1941
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: J W Abbott
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Armstrong

Family Members
Parents

John Wesley Abbott
1838–1881

Mary Huckleberry Abbott
1838–1870

Spouse

Robert Elliott
1858–1916 (m. 1884)

Siblings

Barton Sanford Abbott
1857–1882

Aaron Abbott
1868–1947

Half Siblings

Mariel Susan Abbott Teague
1872–1941

Lillie Margaret Abbott Garmon
1874–1954

Ida Abbott Witt
1876–1971

Ada Abbott Miller
1876–1912

Susie Abbott Brown
1878–1908

Worth Westly Abbott
1879–1955

John J Abbott
1881–1884

Children

Odell Elliott
1885–1937

Emory Addison Elliott
1888–1927

Willia Elliott Carr
1890–1971

Wilford Elliott
1893–1893

Robert Elliott
1894–1965

Nancy Elliott Neal
1896–1993

Edna G Elliott Bruner
1899–1972

Emma Belle Elliott Perryman
1902–1957