Viola Luella (Elliott) Philpott (1868 - 1901)

Born 9 Mar 1868 in Carroll County, Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of David Edward Philpott — married 14 Mar 1886 in Carroll County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1901 at age 33 in Adams County, Washington

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Biography

Birth and Early Years

Viola Luella Elliott was born on 9 March 1868 at Carroll County, Missouri.^[1][2] She was listed as a 2-year-old resident in Oliver Elliott's household on the census report in 1870 at Morris Township, Carroll County, Missouri.^[3] As "Lueler" she was listed as a 12-year-old daughter in the household of Oliver Elliott in 1880, in Moss Creek Township.^[4]

Marriage and Family Life

On 10 March 1886, David Edward Philpott and Viola Luella Elliott obtained a marriage license at Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. They married in Carroll County, on 14 March 1886.^[5][6] Sometime during 1889, Edward and Luella Philpott moved west from Missouri with their three eldest children, and settled eight to ten miles northwest of Lind, Adams County, Washington.^[7][8] In 1900, she was listed in the household of her husband, David Edward Philpott, at Lind Precinct, Adams County, Washington. She reported that she had been born in March 1868, in Missouri, married 14 years, and had given birth to six children, all of them living.^[2]

Death

Luella Elliott Philpott died on 13 Jul 1901 at her home on the Lind Coulee at age 33.^[6][8][9] She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Lind, at the time of her death.^[9] She was buried on 15 Jul 1901 at Lind Cemetery, Adams County, Washington.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Letter from Oliver Elliott (Carroll County, Missouri) to Viola Luella Elliott, circa 1896. In this letter, Oliver responds to his daughter’s request for birth, marriage, and death dates for his family.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1900 U.S. Census, Adams County, Washington, population schedule, Lind Precinct, Enumeration District 3, sheet 7A-7B, page 43, dwelling 134, family 138, National Archives micropublication T623-1741, enumerated 15 or 16 June 1900.
3. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Missouri, population schedule, Morris Township, sheet 41A, page 350, dwelling 289, family 274, National Archives micropublication M593-766, enumerated 6 July 1870.
4. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Missouri, population schedule, Moss Creek Township, Enumeration District 152, sheet 12, page 466, dwelling 94, family 96, National Archives micropublication T9-679, enumerated 9 June 1880.
5. ↑ Carroll County Marriage Book 2: page 130, no. 1086, County Recorder's Office, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Family data - David Edward Philpott Family Bible, unknown bible title (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.); the Philpott Family Bible passed from D. Edward to his son Elliott Philpott, to his brother William L. Philpott, to his son W. Richard Philpott, to his daughter L. Philpott. The bible was damaged and lost but the original birth, marriage, and death pages were preserved.
7. ↑ Richard F. Steele and Arthur P. Rose, An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties, State of Washington (Spokane, Washington: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904), page 857.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Letter from William Lafayette Philpott (Colville, Washington) to Bertha (Elliott) Nikirk, 11 Sep 1969.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "Mrs. D. E. Philpott", Adams County News, Adams County, Washington, 17 Jul 1901, newspaper obituary transcribed by Sue Gardner on USGenWeb Archives, Adams County, Ritzville, WA, htt;://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/adams/obits/1901-3.txt, viewed 7 Jul 2009.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2018), memorial page for Viola Louella “Ella or Lou” Elliott Philpott (9 Mar 1868-13 Jul 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #25108851, citing Lind Cemetery, Adams County, Washington, USA; maintained by L. Philpott. Site displays a photo of the grave stone.