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Husband: JOHN ELLIOTT
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Birth: 8 Mar 1828 Place: IL
Death: 10 Aug 1884 Place: COLO
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Marriage: 8 Feb 1849 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
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Wife: ELIZA JANE COOK
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Birth: 15 Jan 1831 Place: TRIGG CO,
KY
Death: 18 Mar 1902 Place: WELD CO,
COLO
Burial: Place: COLO
Father: JOHN COOKE
(1807-1876)
Mother: SARAH MIDGETT (1809-1963)
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Children...
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1. F Child: ELLIOTT
Birth: 13 Nov 1849 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
Death: 13 Nov 1849 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
Burial: Place: OLD CAMPGRND
CEM, CLAY CO, IL
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2. F Child: SARAH E ELLIOTT
Birth: 3 Feb 1851 Place: CLAY CO, IL
Death: 13 Oct 1852 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
Burial: Place: OLD CAMPGRND
CEM, CLAY CO, IL
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3. M Child: DAVID WESLEY ELLIOTT
Birth: 8 Mar 1853 Place: CLAY CO, IL
Death: 9 Apr 1945
Spouse: SARAH ELIZABETH BRAMWOOD
Marriage: 30 Jun 1880 Place: COLO
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4. M Child: ADONIS NATHANIEL ELLIOTT
Birth: 29 Mar 1855 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
Death: 13 Jan 1934
Spouse: EMMA HETZEL
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5. M Child: ANDREW JACKSON ELLIOTT
Birth: 30 May 1857 Place: CLAY CO,
IL
Death: 15 Nov 1919 Place: CHEYENE,
LARAMIE CO, WYO
Burial: Place: FAIRMOUNT CEM,
DENVER CO, COLO
Spouse: CATHERINE ANN LINES
Marriage: 4 Jul 1882 Place: GREELEY,
WELD CO, COLO
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6. M Child: JAMES NEVADA ELLIOTT
Birth: 16 Oct 1860 Place:
NEVADAVILLE, GILPIN CO, COLO
Death: 1896 Place: WELD CO, COL
Spouse: HETTIE MCGLOTHIN
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7. F Child: MINNIE JANE ELLIOTT
Birth: 18 May 1863 Place: GILPIN CO,
COLO
Spouse: ROBERT SAMUEL CHESNUT
Marriage: 28 Jan 1884 Place:
PLATTEVILLE, WELD CO, COL
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8. M Child: ERNEST R. ELLIOTT
Birth: 23 Dec 1866 Place: WELD CO,
COLO
Death: 1881 Place: PLATTEVILLE, WELD
CO, COL
Burial: Place: MIZPAH CEM,
PLATTEVILLE, WELD CO, COL
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9. F Child: AMY H. ELLIOTT
Birth: 4 Dec 1869 Place: WELD CO,
COLO
Death: 1881
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10. M Child: JOHN KARL ELLIOTT
Birth: 15 Jun 1873 Place: WELD CO,
COLO
Death: May 1972 Place: COLO
Spouse: FANNIE KATHRYN PRICE
Marriage: 20 Oct 1897 Place:
BRIGHTON, COL
Wife’s Notes...
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Notes:
Jane, as she was called, did not
have any education. She was next to the oldest in a large
family so she had to do a lot of work for the family. The
oldest child, Caroline, was an invalid and died in her middle
teens. In those days, people had to make nearly everything
they used. When her husband died, she lived with her
youngest son John who taught her to read but she never did learn
to write.
Excerpt from letter from John K.
Elliott dated 17 Aug 1968: "When I, with my parents, was
visiting in Illinois, I thought the Cooke family were queer
people, because they were all at sword-points with each
other. I was young at that time, but I was quite observant
and took in the situation, which I clearly remember, perhaps
because I've written it many times. We went first to Bill
Cooke's as he was called. He was located in Flora,
Ill. He owned and operated a flouring mill in that
town. He did custom grinding so the mill stood idle most of
the time. We learned while there that Bill Cooke would have
nothing to do with any of his relatives. He could not, or
would not, tell us where to find any of them. We got
information from other sources. I think we visited Holl
Cooke next. He lived In Xenia and worked at the carpenter
trade. There were quite a family all at home. We
found Uncle Holl in the same mood as that of his brother
Bill. Apparently, he had washed his hands of all members of
the Cooke family. We next visited Mill Shoals, where three
of my mother's sisters lived, within a stone's throw of each
other, but none of them were on speaking terms. My mother
visited with all of them, but if anyone knew what the trouble
was, she never learned about it."
Source: Donna Smith, 407 E. Graham, Bloomington, ILL 61701