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Persoonlijke gegevens William Christopher Elliott 

• Hij is geboren op 17 juli 1918 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma.
• Hij is overleden op 8 mei 1975 in Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia, hij was toen 56 jaar oud.
• Een kind van William Christopher Elliott en Lula Lattimore
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REMARKS: William Christopher Elliott, Junior, "Bill" or "Billie", was
born on
July 17, 1918, at Chickasha, Oklahoma, the son of William Christopher
Elliott,
"William", and Lula Lattimore Elliott. He was the second of twelve
children,
six boys and six girls, who were born in the following order: Virginia
Kathleen, "Kathleen"; William C., Jr., "Bill" or "Billie"; Vertie Belle,
"Vertie" or "V.B."; Annie Lou, "Ann"; John Thomas, "John" or "J.T.";
Frank Wall,
"Frank"; Julia Mae, "Judy"; Charles Lattimore, "Charles" or "Buddy"; Mary
Lee,
"Mary Lee"; Lula Faye, "Faye"; James Emmett, "James" or "Jim"; and Aaron
Cornwell, "Aaron" or "A.C.". All lived to middle or old age.

Bill grew up in Minco; graduated from Minco High School, where he played
football, basketball, and baseball, in 1936; and attended Northern
Oklahoma
Junior College at Tonkawa, where he played Center on the varsity football
team.
After graduating in June 1939, he donned his leather college "red letter"
football jacket and hitch-hiked to North Carolina and went to Florida
with some
of his cousins to work. This was the "30s" and money and jobs were
scarce. He
spent the winter making celery crates.

In August 1993, Vertie recalled her Mother telling her to get the house
cleaned
up -- she had a feeling that Billie would be home for supper. Sure
enough, he
was home for supper, and she had it ready for him. Vertie also
remembered him
mentioning that he had visited the Barnum & Bailey Circus winter quarters
at
Sarasota, Florida. She also commented that it was nice to remember there
was
a time when a young man could hitch-hike across the country and have
nothing
to fear.

After he returned to Minco, Bill drove a truck, delivering gasoline from
the
storage tanks next to the railroad siding to filling stations and farms,
and
saved money in order to return to college.

In July 1940, Bill attempted to enlisted in the Army Air Corps, but he was
rejected for flight training because of football injuries to his knee. He
subsequently joined the National Guard was mobilized with Service Battery,
189th Field Artillery, Forty Fifth Division, on September 16, 1940, with
the
rank of Private. He was promoted to Corporal after the division arrived
at
Fort Sill, the complement was increased from 42 to 76, and the unit was
authorized additional non-commissioned officers. He was promoted to
Sergeant
when the original Supply Sergeant was discharged. Bill, his father, and
most
of the division spent the winter of 1940-41 in tents. The family
remained in
Minco. Father and son got three-day passes and came home about once a
month.

After Pearl Harbor, Bill went to Officers Candidate School (OCS) at Camp
Lee,
Virginia; was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps
upon
graduation on May 23, 1942; and was assigned to duty with the Army Air
Corps at
Tinker Field near Oklahoma City. He was subsequently transferred to duty
in
California and promoted to First Lieutenant. In Feburay 1943, he
returned to
Tinker Field, where he became the Commanding Officer of a Quartermaster
Company. In October 1943, he was transferred to England for duty with
the 8th
Air Force. He made the trans-Atlantic crossing on HMS Queen Mary, which
was
serving as a high-speed troop transport. Kathleen has a "V-Mail" letter
from
him, dated October 19, 1943, when his address was: "LT William C.
Elliott, APO
12543, % Postmaster, NY, NY." He was promoted to Captain in October 1943.
After the invasion of Europe in June 1944, he was transferred to the
Continent.

The War in Europe ended when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, and the
War in
the Pacific ended when Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945.
Demobilization
began immediately; "points" were assigned for months of service, months
overseas, and number of dependents; and the soldiers and sailors with the
most
points were given "magic carpet" rides home on warships as well as
transports.
Bill came back on USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier.

After the war ended in Europe, the Enterprise, which had participated in
every
major action in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa, was assigned to
transport troops (in bunks installed in the hangars) from Europe for the
invasion of Japan. However, they dropped the bombs at Nagaski and
Hiroshima,
the Japanese surrendered, and the soldiers disembarked on the East Coast
instead
of in the Pacific.

Bill was released to inactive duty with the rank of Major and was home for
Christmas 1945. His brothers John and Frank, who were in the Navy in the
Pacific, didn't get home until January 1946.

Bill enrolled at the University of Oklahoma at Norman and majored in
Petroleum
Engineering. On May 18, 1946, he married Wave Irene Spires, "Wave", who
also
attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College at Tonkawa, graduating in 1940
with
an Associate Degree. She subsequently attended Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical (A&M) College, now Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater;
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business in 1942; and was
employed by
the Army Air Corps, Douglas Aircraft Company, and Standard Oil & Gas
Company, as
a secretary. After their marriage she was employed as a secretary at the
University of Oklahoma. Bill remained in the Army Reserve and took three
months' active duty at Camp Leroy Johnson, in Louisiana, every summer
while he
was in college.

In June 1950, Bill went to work for the Petroleum Division of the Bureau
of
Mines, which is in the Interior Department, as a petroleum engineer,
assigned
to the Dallas, Texas, Field Office. He also enrolled at Southern
Methodist
University, where he completed the remaining requirements for his Bachelor
of Science in Petroleum Engineering degree. Wave accepted employment as a
secretary with Merrill-Lynch in Dallas. Their oldest daughter, Denise,
was born
on November 4, 1950, and their other daughter, Wendy, was born on October
18,
1953.

Subsequently, Bill, who had been the Assistant Chief of the Dallas Field
Office,
was transferred to Wichita Falls, Texas, as Head, Wichita Falls Field
Office
(Petroleum) of the Bureau of Mines. Later, he was transferred to
Washington,
D.C., as Administrative Assistant to the Chief of the Petroleum Division.
After the 1963 reogranization, which split petroleum research and
production
responsibilities, he became the Chief of the Petroleum Division. Bill
remained
active in the Army Reserve and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and
then to
Colonel. The family lived on Sleepy Hollow Road in Annandale, Virginia,
and
their daughters attended Fairfax County Schools.

In 1974, Bill learned that he had leukemia and that he had only a few
months to
live. Fortunately, he was living in Annandale, Virginia, and was able to
participate in a leukemia research project at the National Institute of
Health
in Bethesda, Maryland. Although the treatment extended his life several
months, he died on May 8, 1975, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in
Minco, Oklahoma, in the Elliott family plot next to his mother.

Wave moved to Oklahoma City after his death, where she maintains close
contact
with Bill's brothers and sisters. Their children are grown, out of
college, and
on their own. Denise attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated
from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a technical writer,
married
to Kenneth Aiken Phair, and living in Denver. Denise and Ken are the
proud
parents of Michelle Diane Phair, Bill and Wave's only grandchild. Wendy,
who
has a Doctorate in Psychology, is a clinical psychologist in North
Carolina.

Bill's mother and father were from Cleveland County, North Carolina,
where the
Elliott and Lattimore families settled after the Revolution. His father
came
to Oklahoma in 1912 for his health, originally staying with his sister
Margaret, "Mag", and her husband, Matt Lattimore, who came to Oklahoma in
1909
and settled on the Johnson Ranch about eight miles northeast of Minco.
After he
regained his health, his father worked in the livery stable in Minco,
"cutting
leather" (making and repairing harness). At Christmas 1913, Sam Lattimore
and Doc. Gold came to visit Matt and Mag, and they told William that his
father was in poor health and would not live much longer. William
returned
to North Carolina, and his father died in June 1914. He remained in North
Carolina after his father's death and married Lula Lattimore in January
1915.

After his parents were married, his father operated a flour, corn, and
shingle
mill, one of several properties that grandfather Elliott had owned, and
lived in
a four-room house near the mill. The mill and the house were four miles
up
Hinton's Creek from his grandfather Lattimore's house, just over the
county
line in Rutherford County, near Hollis.

A hurricane struck the South Atlantic Coast in July 1916 and the
unprecedented
rains caused the worst floods ever known in the area, disrupting railway,
telegraph, and telephone communications. The mill washed away during the
floods, and his sister Kathleen was born prematurely the night the mill
washed
away.

His father worked for a short time in a flour mill in Ellenboro, about ten
miles south of Hollis. In September 1916 his father returned to
Oklahoma. In
December 1916, his mother and his sister Kathleen, accompanied by his
Aunt Susan
Elliott, came to Oklahoma on the train, and his father started working for
"Johnson & Wall Garage & Stock Barn" in Minco.

In January 1917, after Johnson & Wall sold to Bennet & Son, the Elliott
family
moved to Chickasha, where his father accepted a job as a mechanic with
Barton
Brothers Garage. The family lived at 216 South Eighth Street in
Chickasha.
Bill was born at Chickasha Hospital on July 17, 1918, on his sister
Kathleen's
second birthday.

In November 1918, after B. Wall purchased the garage from Bennet and Son,
the
family moved back to Minco, and his father worked for B. Wall in "The
Brick
Garage" on Main Street. Later, his father acquired an interest in the
garage.
His father purchased the house at the corner of Burt and Railroad
Streets, next
to the B. Wall residence, on the same block as the Brick Garage. Later,
he
purchased the lots across the street for a garden and cow pasture.

His sister Vertie was born in November 1921, and his sister Ann was born
in
October 1923, the year his father sold 20 acres of land from his father's
estate and fixed up the house. In August 1924, his father got sick from
the
heat while working on a tractor and had to give up automobile work.

Service Battery, 189th Field Artillery, Oklahoma National Guard, was
moved to
Minco in 1924, and the next year his father was employed as caretaker
mechanic,
responsible for maintenance of the National Guard armory and equipment,
with the
rank of Sergeant. The National Guard armory was located in the old Brick
Garage
on Main Street until the new armory was built in 1936.

In 1928, his father resigned his position as caretaker mechanic, and went
into
research, developing and patenting several products, notably water pump
control
equipment, including the control equipment for the water pumps in the
municipal
water well in Minco. Although he had some dealings with Cutler-Hammer,
which
marketed this type of equipment, he never made any money off the
patents. He
was doing business as "Elliott Manufacturing Company". Kathleen has one
of his
business cards.

His brother John was born in January 1925, his brother Frank was born in
February 1927, and his sister Judy was born in November 1928. In 1929,
his
parents remodeled and modernized their house, and his father rejoined the
National Guard and resumed his caretaker mechanic duties, with the rank of
Master Sergeant.

His father remained in the National Guard until it was mobilized in
September
1940, the same day President Roosevelt signed the first peacetime draft
law,
responding to the German invasions of Poland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium,
and the
Netherlands; the Russian invasions of Poland and Finland; and the fall of
France. Upon mobilization, the local unit moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
about
60 miles south of Minco, and became Service Battery, 189th Field
Artillery,
45th Division, and his father became a Master Sergeant in the Army of the
United State. His father remained on active duty until he retired in May
1949.

Original data from Thomas Forbis Elliott family tree prepared by Mary
Gordon
Elliott. Additional data from William Christopher Elliott entry (#13507)
in
"Peiter Heyl And His Descendants", by Elizabeth Hoyle Rucker;
autobiographical
notes prepared by William C. Elliott in November 1954 and distributed by
Vertie Elliott to family members; newspaper clippings and other
memorabilia
collected by Kathleen Elliott Lambert; and conversations with Bill's
brothers,
sisters, widow, and daughter at the William C. Elliott family reunion in
July
1993.

Data compiled and edited by Charles Lattimore Elliott. Latest revision:
10/93.

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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