The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-12-17
!, E, ELLIOT BURIED
With MASONIC RITES
BODY OF FORMER RESIDENT INFERRED
IN MlLBANK CEMETERY BESIDE
Wife; WELL KNOWN HERE

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4cf tie death of Mr.. J. c. Elliot, at
Santa Cruz, Cal, death taking place
on the morning Of Saturday, Dec 4,
1920. The remains were brought to
the old home here in Mi|bank for in
terment. nephew Of the deceased,
Mr.. George Wood, Jr., Of Santa CruZ
accompanying tire remains to thu
city.
The funera, was held on Saturday
afternoon under the auspices OF the
Masonic fraternity, the deceased be-
ing an honoled member Of the craft
and charter member of Milbank
lodge The church services and ser
mon were by Rev. c. ?. Bast, pas
tor Of the Congfegatio ional church of
this city, Of which Mr.. Elliot was a
member, the minister taking his text
from Eph 6-1O and IL. In the church
service Mrs. Robert Jones sang Lead
Kindly Light" and "Abide With Me-
At the cemetery the Masonic burial
service was rendered, as the last to-
ken Of respect for a departed brother
The pail bearers were Messrs. J. n
ME, Gustave Mittclstaedt. c. S. Ans
den and J. w. Liggett, all pioneer
friends and old neighbors of the de-
ceased. A wealth of floral tributes
accompanied the remains from Cali
fornia
Julius CaeSer Elliot, son of Julius
Wolden Elliot and Lucy Barclay FL
lot, was born November II, l845, at
Moline, Illinois, then just emerging
from its first days of pioneering.
While still very young he moved with
his father and his family by boat up
the Mississippi to Brownsville, Mimi,
from which they proceeded with oxen
and the ''pfairie schooner" across
southeastern Minnesota to Fillmore
county, the earliest pioneers in that
new country. Here the town of Elliota
50 named in honor of the family
name, was established. and here it was
that he grew to young manhood and
later met and married Miss Anna
Wood. While still a young man. and
before his marriage, he removed to
Missouri with his father, but soon re-
turned to Euiota where he started
his mercantile career. After taking
Sioux Falls, S. d., he and his wife
moved to Sheldon, Iowa, where he
was engaged in the farm implement
business during the memorable time
ever since known as the "grass-hop-
per years and late in the seventies
they removed to Ortorville, Mimi,
where he was associated for a time
with the Wood Brothers After a
year at that ro;nt he progressed With
other pioneers Of the city in advance
of the coming Of the railroad to
Milbank. S. d.. where the greater
part Of his life was spent and where
his FAMILY was reared and where his
close associations We're made. New
er in ruggid health, he has been away
from Milbank for several years in
softer climates. and for about ten
years has made his home in San Jose
and Santa Cruz, California. return
ing each year to his summer home at
Big Stone Lake, where he has re-
newed and contnud the close friend
ship of many years with old acquain-
tances in and about Milbank.
He was pioneer in the real sense
Of the word, among the first into the
newer countries just being opened up
for settlement, blazer of the trail
to whom was given not inconsider-
able part in TIE winning of the west"
He was a member of the State Con-
stitutional Convention which formulat-
ed the basic law for South Dakota;
for many years he was member of
the school board of Milbank, part Of
the time as President. and he was al
ways associated with all it's progress
siye public enterprises during his ac-
tive career. He was also trustee of
the local Congregational church.
His lodge affiliation was with the
Masonic order, having been a charter
member of the lodge at Sheldon, Iowa,
as we'll as having served as its Wor-
shipful Master, which Office he later
held in the Milbank lodge, as well as
having been High Priest of the local
Chapter.
He died at Santa Cruz Saturday
morning, the fourth of December, 1920
at GAS o'clock, with friends who
ministered tenderly to him. He is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Chas. +. Preston, of Dalzell, S. D.,
Mrs. X. P. Theimer, of Owatonna,
Mimi, Mrs Harris e. Cory, of Toledo,
Ohio, and Miss Adah c. Elliot, of
Dalzell, S. D., and by two brothers,
George. Of Hollister, CAL, and John
of Buffalo, Okla, and by three sisters,
Mrs. Lucy Brode, of Chicago, Mrs.
Ella Corbett, of Ainsworth, Nebr.,
.andand Mrs. Mary Ramer, Of Mime
aroiiS.
His remains were laid to rest be-
side those of Mrs. Elliot, who pre-
ceedesl him about eight years ago.
Relatives in attendance from away
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