Milford chronicle., 1938-06-17
Obituary
ELLIOTT

Mrs. Lillian Edna Elliott, age Sc
years, died at her home near Har-
rington. on Monday night, June 13,
1888, after several months illness.
She was born at Greenwood and was
the daughter of the late Amos J. and
! Kate Griffith Stayton. Funeral SER
| vices were held from her late resi-
dence on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock in charge of DR.. Frank Her.
son, pastor of the Avenue NJ. Z.
! Church of Milford, of which she was
a member, assisted by Rev. Robert
| E. Green, pastor of the Harrington
| NJ E. Church. Interment was made
| in Saint JOhnstOwn cemetery, near
Greenwood. Besides her husband, J.
Frank Elliott, she is survived by
three brothers and one sister, A. B.
and Howard N. Stayton of Whining
ton, Merris T. StaytOn and Mrs. Car
los Tatman of Greenwood. The fol-
lowing served as pallbearers: Hor-
ace Tatman, Bridgeville; VIM. D.
Lynch, J. Frank Porter, Frank Ow-
ems, VIM. Carlisle, Sr., and Sewell B.
McIlvaine of Greenwood:
POINTER
Mrs. Caroline Hall Stevens Poyn-
ter, of Bywood. Pa, died Monday.
June Is. at her summer home at
South Cape May, N. j., after a brief
illness. She was so years old. Mrs.
POynter. a direct descendant of John
Rowland, the Mayflower Pilgrim,
was the wife of Franklin West POyn-
ter. a Delaware Bay and river pilot.
Besides her husband, she is survived
by son, Thomas POynter. Funeral
services were held in the Presbyter-
ian Church at Lewes on Wednesday
afternoon. with interment i'm that
cemetery.
BELTS "'" 900. '."
DIR. William w. Belts, aged 65
years, who practiced medicine at
Chadds Ford. Pa. since 1906, died of
heart disease in Chester County Hos
pital Sunday night. June II, after an
illness of two weeks. Born in Ocean
View, Dr. Belts was educated at the
Wilmington Conference Academy at 4
Dover. Dickinson College and Jeffer-
son Medical College. He was MEM
ber of Chadds Ford Consolidated
School Board. His widow, Edith
Brown Belts. and four children, Ly-
dia p. Belts, NJ. Elinor Belts. William
W. Belts. Jr.. and Mrs. H. Lester
Cloud, survive. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon at
Elan NJ. f. Church. and interment
made in adjoining cemetery.
EMERSON
Mrs. Emma Stevens Emerson, ,swife
of Pennell Emerson, died at her
home in Wyoming Tuesday evening,
June :. She had been i'll for some
months and confined to her bed for
the last several weeks. Mrs. Emer-
son was the daughter of the late
John Wesley and Sarah Catherine
Stevens. She was born in Camden
seventy-seven years ago and has
lived in either Camden or Wyoming {
all her life. She is survived by her
husband, son. Ralph w. Emerson.
and a grandson. Sudler Emerson, all
of Wyoming, and a sister, Mrs. ].
Frank Alice, of Dover. Funeral SER !
vices were held from her late home
in Wyoming, Friday at 2 P. NJ, with
in Friends Meeting Burial !
Grounds i'm Camden.
MHW
KNOTS
Mrs. Laura Elizabeth Knots, wild
1w of the late David Hubbard Knots l
and for many years prominent in the t
life of Queen Anne, died q
It her home in that town Tuesday :
at 1880 o'clock, from paraly- Y
lis. She had been in poor health for t
iix months. She was 79 years old. o
hrs. Knots was born in Harrington, =
DEL, a daughter of the late Henry i
Fisher and Mary Eliza
,eth Powell. ON November 3, 1858. T
FOR most of her life she was a resi- I
ent of Queen Anne. Surviving Mrs. =
lnotts are two sons, Harry F. Knots :
IT., of Queen Anne, and ]. Paul b
1notts of Bridger, Montana; two
aughters, Mrs. Willis Wilkinson of y
Irange. Conn.,, and Miss Emily H. y
Inotts of Washington, d. c.; bro j.
her, Harry S. Fisher of Hillsboro. Z
nd a sister, Mrs. Hugh S. Brown of Z
lueen Anne. Funeral services were
eld from her late home Thursday, d
nth the Rev. ]. NJ. York, pastor of H
t. Paul's Nj. E. Church, South, Off a
iating. Interment was in Green e
lOunt cemetery at Hillsboro. n
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