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Personal data Oliver Beam Elliott 

• He was born on September 13, 1853 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
• Alternative: He was born on September 13, 1853 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
• He died on May 30, 1932 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, he was 78 years old.
• Alternative: He died on May 30, 1932 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, he was 78 years old.
• A child of John Paxton Elliott and Sarah Beam
• This information was last updated on October 31, 2006.

Household of Oliver Beam Elliott

He is married to Virginia Anne Stockton.

They got married on April 23, 1891 at Cleveland County, North Carolina, he was 37 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Frank Donoho Elliott  1902-1988 
2. Living Elliott  
3. OLIVER PAXTON ELLIOTT  1900-1985 
4. Ophelia Scott Elliott  1892-1982 
5. Robert William Elliott  1907-1995 
6. Sarah Alpha Elliott  1897-1971 

Notes about Oliver Beam Elliott

REMARKS: Oliver Beam Elliott, "Oliver", was born September 12, 1853, in
Cleveland County, North Carolina, the son of John Paxton Elliott and Sarah
Beam, "Sallie". He was the fifth of their ten children: Christopher Beam,
"Christy"; Mary Donoho; Margaret Gordon, "Mag"; Thomas Forbis, "Tommy";
Oliver
Beam, "Oliver"; Ann Elizabeth; Sarah Susan; John Daniel; Andrew Jackson;
and
Robert Lafayette Elliott. The John Paxton Elliott family lived on
Hinton's
Creek in Number 8 Township of Cleveland County, North Carolina.

After the death of his father in 1873, Oliver left home and worked in a
sash
and door factory in Greenville, South Carolina. From there, he went to
Covington, Georgia, and did carpenter work. He then went to Walnut Grove,
Georgia, where he and his cousin, William Donoho Elliott, owned a store.

In 1876, Oliver returned to North Carolina and attended school for a year
in
Forest City at "Burnt Chimneys". He then returned to Georgia and worked
there
until he went to Texas in 1883. In Texas, he worked as a carpenter and
as a
foreman of a bridge crew that helped him build the Great Gulf, Colorado,
and
Santa Fe Railroad. He lived in Eagle Lake, Temple, Granberry, and as far
west
as San Angelo, where he bought a lot and built a house.

In 1887, he returned to Cleveland County for a visit, and returned to
Texas.
In 1889, Oliver returned to Cleveland County to stay, after his brother,
Thomas Elliott, wrote and asked him to come home and offered him a job in
the
harness shop. Thomas met him at the train, took him to live in his home,
and
gave him a job as promoter and sales person for the business.

On April 23, 1891, Oliver Beam Elliott married Virginia Ann Stockton,
"Ann",
daughter of Francis Marion Stockton and Louisa Cabaniss. They were
married at
the Stockton home by J. A. Beam, Esquire. After their marriage, they
lived with
Thomas and Belle Elliott for a year and then moved into a house near the
Thomas
Elliott home. Later, Oliver bought the John Paxton Elliott homeplace and
farm
on Hinton's Creek. Oliver, Ann, and their daughter, Ophelia, moved to
the farm
on December 24, 1895, and they lived in the John Paxton Elliott house,
which
was built in 1840.

About the year 1900, a storm blew down many large pine trees, and they
decided
to use these trees for lumber for a new house. They moved into the new
house
in 1902, which was near the old house, which had a good well and was near
the
spring, the barn, and the pasture.

Oliver and Ann had seven children: Ophelia Scott, "Ophelia"; and infant
son
who lived only two days; Sara Alpha, "Alpha"; Oliver Paxton, "Paxton";
Frank
Donoho, "Frank"; Robert William, "Robert"; and Mary Gordon, "Mary Gordon",
Elliott. Mary Gordon, a retired school teacher, lives in the house that
her
father built. It has been modernized several times, and it is well
maintained.
Mary Gordon has also repaired deteriorated sections of the John Paxton
Elliott
house.

On Sunday, September 13, 1931, relatives and friends gave Oliver Beam
Elliott
a surprise birthday party at his home. There was a cake with 78
candles. Over
one hundred guests came to enjoy the day with him.

On May 31, 1932, Oliver Beam Elliott died at his home. In his obituary,
he was
described as a devoted husband and kind father, who was always concerned
about
the welfare of his home and the education of his children, making
sacrifices to
send them to school to equip them for the duties and responsibilities of
life.
As a citizen, he was industrious, upright, truthful and honest, and was
interested in those things that related to the upbuilding of the
community in
which he lived.

Oliver Beam Elliott was buried in the Elliott Family Cemetery near
Polkville.
After his death, Mrs. Elliott continued to live at the homeplace until
1941,
when she moved to Shelby and made her home with her son, Oliver Paxton
Elliott.
Virginia Ann Stockton died December 27, 1951, and was buried next to her
husband.

Original data from John Paxton Elliott family tree prepared by Mary Gordon
Elliott. Additional data from "Oliver Beam Elliott" entry in "The
Heritage of
Cleveland County: Volume I - 1982. The entry, number 421, was submitted
by
Mary Gordon Elliott. Additional data from Oliver Beam Elliott and
Virginia Ann
Stockton family tree prepared by Mary Gordon Elliott.

Data compiled and edited by Charles Lattimore Elliott. Latest Revision:
1/97.

MUCH OF THIS RESEARCH IS FROM MERGED RECORDS.
TO INSURE ACCURACY YOU WILL NEED TO VERIFY THE DATA BUT YOU WILL KNOW WHERE TO START. I HOPE IT IS OF SOME HELP.
DON

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