Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-11
JOHN S. ELLETT DIES
AFT TER BRIEF ILLNESS
Well-knOwn Banker and Business
Man, Passes Away in His
Seventy-FOurth Year.
LONG PRESIDENT OF BIG BANK
Served in Second Company of Rich
mond Howitzers-Formed Large
Wholesale Shoe Company Here
After War.

john ). Elicit. first vice e-prcsident OF
the National State and City Bank. and
prominent In the social and business
life Of the city, died at o'clock yes
terday morning at his home. 116 South
Third Street, after an illness OF less
than three weeks. He was seventy
four years old.
Identified with large banking, manu-
featuring and other commercial enter
prises for moro than thirty years, and
active In philanthropic work-particu-
larly in Confederate interests-AIr.
Elicit was Il prominent figure in the
life of Richmond. Although Of ad-
vanced e,4ha,aen3oyed ed .slini form g ood
health dntfi very fscehf1y. VII en COM
plication- Of ailments conffncd him TO
his room. Since 1880 o'clock Saturday
night he had been unconscious. The
family was with him when the end
came.
ENLISTED IN SECOND COMPANY
OF RICHMOND HOwITZERS
Mr.. Elicit was the son of Peter Guer-
rant Elicit and his wife, Susanna
Spears. and was born In Powhatan
County. where he lived until April.
1861. In that month he left his board
ing school and came to Richmond.
where he enlisted in the Second Com
pany. Richmond Howitzcrs. serving
with that command from Bethel to Ap-
pomattoX.
Comrades said of him yesterday that
he was hard working gallant soldier
discharGinG devotcdly and fearlessly
the toilsome. transformations duties Of
the march and camp
At Spotsylvania Courthouse near rho
I
Elicit was dangerously wounded I'm
deferred, he rejoined his command as
soon as he recovered. serving until the
surrender at AppomattoX. AS sergeant.
he commanded the fourth gun of the
battery at Cedar Creek when Sheridan
overwhelmed the little army of Early.
Here the battery lost two of it's guns.
Sergeant Elicit succeeded In bringing
away his gun
FORMED SHOE COMPANY
HERE SOON AFTER WAR
After Appomattox. Mr.. Elicit settled
in Richmond, where. together with
James ID. Crump and c. e Wingo. he
established the Wholesale shoe busi
ness of Wingo, Elicit & Crump. With
this hrm he was closely identified for
thirty years
In 1887 Mr.. Elicit was unanimously
elected president of the State Bank of
virginia, remaining at it's head until
IL was nationaltzed In 1907 as the Nh.
nonal state Bank. When this bank
was consolidated with the CITY Bank
in July, 1910. he was elected first vice
president Of the new National State
and City Rank-an Office which he held
at the time OF his death.
Mr. Elicit was for many wears
treasurer of the Richmond Male Ornban
Asylum, and was one OF the organizers
and treasurer of the Masonic Home OF
virginia. He was one of the incor-
porators and treasurer OF the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association, and also
treasurer of Lee Camp Soldiers Home.
DIRECTOR IN MANY
IMPORTANT CONCERNS
Formerly. Mr.. Elicit was for years
"a director of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company. OF Milwaukee.
WIS He vas also II director of the
Virginia gate Insurance Company. tb.
Virginia Carolina Hardware COMPANY.
the Richmond Trust and Savings Com
pany. the Tidewater and Western Rail |
road Company and the National State
and City Bank
Mr. Elicit married Mamie Winston
'luarleS. who died several years AGO |
lie Is survived by one daughter. Mary
d.. and three sons. John S., Jr.. Henry |
q. and Thomas w. Elicit. There is |
also one sister, Mrs. j. Il. Maxey. of
Powhatan County, and a hnlf-sister
Mrs Powhatan Winfree. OF Chester
field.
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE
THIS AFTERNOON
The funeral will take place at 3.3O
O'Clock this afternoon from the resi-
dencc. ll6 South Third street. Tho FOL
lowing will he the rallbearcrs:
Active--ienry Lee Valentine Deano
Mnury, william Gray. Waller Holiday
William Wallace Christian, William @
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