Born probably in Washington Co., Kansas where many other of the families
were living.
Probably in Jefferson Co., where many of the rest of the family were
residing at the time.
The youngest child of James and Nancy Elliott was Rebecca Ann born Jan. 3, 1843 in Cass Co., Ind. She was named Rebecca for a younger sister of her mother. She had black hair and blue eyes and rosy cheeks of a typical Irish Colleen. She also possessed the Lafayette Morgan, their only son, Miles Absalom, was born Jan. 3, 1862. A few months later her husband enlisted in the Civil War, Rebecca remained with her parents.
The father, James Elliott passed away near the close of the Civil War, In Sept. 1965. He had requested that Lafayette and Rebecca remain with her mother in the parental home, this they did until early in 1874, when they moved to Rice Co., Kansas, later they joined other relatives in Benton County, Ark., where Miles, their only son passed away suddenly on Dec. 23,1876. In the spring of 1877 they moved to Chautauqua Co., Kansas where they resided until 1880, going from there to Centralia, Washington.
Their children were: Jesse Ann, born Feb. 14, 1868, married to E. A. Smith, March 10, 1884; Nancy Dora born Feb. 25, 1870 in 1885 in Centralia Washington; Rachel Serena, born in Washington Co., Kansas. May 6, 1872, married Morrison Waite, July 23, 1899 in Lewis Co., Washington; Edith Edna, born May 20, 1905 in Yakima Co., Washington; Lelia Alice, born Oct. 23, 1879 in Chautauqua Co., Kansas, married Joseph Grice, June 12, 1910 in Whatcom Co., Washington both were teachers.
Marriage Notes for LaFayette Morgan and Rebecca Ann ELLIOTT-3942
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