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Pioneer Citizen Captain Elliott Mourned by Thorndale
Long obituary honors Capt. J. C. Elliott born 1839 in Tennessee who served in the Texas Rangers and First Texas Cavalry. He died after a sudden illness at Thorndale and is remembered as a devout Methodist, town founder, and community benefactor with a large funeral held amid a heavy rainstorm. He leaves three children and two brothers, with his wife having died in 1921.
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D. ©. Milcott
Elliott
M. I. Brown
Methodist Church
D. S&s. Burks
Chappel Hill
P. R. White
Alvin
Texas
Messrs
J. B. Ralston
Co. M. Summerlin
Claire Garner
C. Aum. Moerke
T. M Williams
Z. T. Gore
C. A
Bell County
Ranger
Halley
Henry E. McCulloch
Fort Shadbourn
Coke County
First
Texas Mounted Riflemen
Davison
First Texas Cavalry
Nueces River
Matarordia
Mansfield
Pleasant Hill
Sarah Elizabeth Milla
Holland
Conoley
Ymailea
Thorndale
D. K. Quinn
Hskell
A. Polnick
Gee. Gresham
J. K. Quinn
Capt
Carter
Theaire
J. J. Elliott
F. C. Frenzel
W. B. Elliott
City
R. M. Elliott
Dallas
W. B. Ellliott
Toe Angerest
Cali
Sarah F. Elliott