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in 1934 was graduated. He then entered St. Thomas' Seminary, where, after two years of study, he was awarded a Basselin Scholarship to the Catholic University of America where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, in 1940, and his Master degree in philosophy, in 1941.

That year he returned to Denver and entered St. Thomas' Seminary for his theology course, at the end of which he was ordained to the priesthood.

Father Ebel's first Solemn High Mass was celebrated on Sunday morning, June 11, 1944, in the St. Bonaventure's Church, in Columbus. At this celebration of his first mass, the Reverend John J. Brogger, O.F.M., pastor of St. Bonaventure's Church in 1944, was assistant priest. The Reverend Carrel Liebig, a native Platte County boy, was deacon, and the Reverend Arno Hartman, O.F.M., assistant pastor at St. Bonaventure's, was sub-deacon. The Reverend George M. Sipchen, S.J., a former instructor at Regis College, Denver, and Creighton University, Omaha, and then at St. Francis Xavier's, in Kansas City, Missouri, was speaker. Other priests who participated in the ceremony from Platte County included Reverend Martin J. Brady, Platte Center; Reverend Albert Limacher, of St. Francis, Humphrey; Reverend Stanley Jaworski, of St. Anthony, Columbus; Reverend Maximilian Klotzbucher, chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital, in Columbus.

Reverend John B. Ebel was an active member of the Catholic Boy Scouts, in Columbus, and after his ordination to the priesthood, he was an associate editor of the Denver Register and was appointed as an assistant at the Denver Cathedral.

JACKSON CALEB ECHOLS

Jackson Caleb Echols, son of Philip Whitehead Jackson and Mary Ann Norwood Echols, was born January 9, 1862, in Culloden, Georgia, and died February 27, 1938, in Columbus. His father, a plantation owner, born December 17, 1813, in Danville, Virginia, died September 5, 1876, in Columbus. His mother, born December 28, 1820, in Georgia, died March 24, 1903, in Columbus.

Jackson had four brothers and two sisters, all of whom are now deceased: Asbury S.; Samuel Anthony; Francis Glen; William Arnold; Elizabeth Jane Echols Wynn; and Martha Ella Echols Hill. Samuel Anthony was editor of a magazine known as The Metropolitan, which later became The American. Francis Glenn was for many years the foreign representative of the Pratt and Whitney Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, a member of the Board of Directors of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was later associated with the Greenfield Tap and Die Works, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, and was vice-president of that company at the time of his retirement.

Jackson C. Echols came to Columbus from Georgia, with his parents, on September 19, 1874. His father, in sympathy with the Union rather than the Confederacy, had suffered severe financial reverses during the Civil War, and finally decided to bring his family north and to try to recoup his fortunes on a Platte County farm.

In 1876, his father died, and Jackson's mother took him back to Georgia. He returned to Columbus the following year, however, to take a six-dollar-a-month position in a book store owned by his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hill, who also gave him room and board.

Realizing that his services in the book store were not really needed, a year later, he went to see the late Dan C. Kavanaugh, and offered his services as an apprentice in the town's leading paint shop, starting work at a dollar-a-week wages, in addition to board. As Mr. Kavanaugh had no spare room for him, he found lodging over a harness shop, where he installed a bed.

The next year, his wages were doubled, but to secure his position, he studied avidly each night. When he was eighteen, he learned that Dan C. Kavanaugh was going into the farming business, so he bought Kavanaugh's paint store for a hundred dollars, rented the building for ten dollars a month, and started business for himself.

During the next twenty-five years, he developed a lucrative paint business and bought and sold real estate as a side line. That he exercised excellent judgment in his faith in the future of Columbus real estate was evidenced in the ensuing years. When he bought the lots where his home now stands, a block north of Frankfort Square, his friends warned him that it was "too far out."

His next move was to promote, with others, the erection of a two-story building on the vacant lots across Thirteenth Street, south of the square. One of these buildings is now occupied by the Speice-Echols-Boettcher Company. The other, which he rented out for use as the post office for many years prior to the erection of the Federal Building, he built as his own investment. This building was occupied in the past by the Perkins Jewelry Store, later by Schrunk, and then by Tooley Drugs.

In 1907, J. C. Echols retired from the paint business and sold his shop. On January 1, 1908, he joined Hans Elliott and Gustavus B. Speice in the real estate firm of Elliott and Speice, now the Speice-Echols-Boettcher Company.

He was also interested in the Equitable Building and Loan Association which he helped organize, March 1, 1905, and which was operated in conjunction with the Elliott & Speice firm. On November 19, 1908, following the death of John G. Becher, J. C. Echols became executive secretary of the association and served in that capacity until 1938. He is credited with the building of the Evans Hotel, and he, with Gus Speice, brought to reality the Henry Ragatz Grocery Store and the Masonic Hall Building.

Jackson C. Echols was married twice. His first wife was Sarah E. Hudson, the daughter of Henry James and Sarah Shefford Hudson, natives of London, England. The wedding took place January 23, 1884, in Columbus. Mr. Hudson, an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, postmaster, and justice of the peace, was born November 28, 1822, and died

February 15, 1903, in Columbus. Mrs. Hudson, born November 1, 1826, died August 22, 1906, in Columbus. Sarah Hudson Echols had five brothers and seven sisters. Jackson C. and Sarah Echols had four children: Daniel Jackson, Philip Henry, Mary Louise, and Francis Hudson Echols.

Daniel Jackson Echols, born October 31, 1884, at Columbus, left school to enter business life, and held clerical positions with the grocery firm of Henry Ragatz and the Columbus State Bank. Illness forced him to forsake activity here. He went to Excelsior Springs, Missouri, for a brief residence, and there he met and married Lillian Miller, on December 11, 1909. They had a daughter, Frances Norwood. Daniel J. Echols died July 2, 1914.

Phillip Henry Echols, born March 23, 1888, in Columbus, also left school before graduating and became a clerk in the Henry Ragatz Store, where he learned the grocery business. He later went into business for himself. In the grocery business he formed partnerships with W. F. Schram and Emil Kumpf. In 1914, he disposed of his own interests and entered the employ of the McCord and Brady Wholesale Grocery Firm, in Omaha, as a traveling salesman. He was transferred to Wyoming in January, 1918, and then moved to Cheyenne. He was a member of the Lebanon Lodge 8, A. F. and A. M., the Columbus Council, and the United Commercial Travelers.

On April 6, 1910, he was married to Eula Waterhouse, of Fremont, Nebraska. Mrs. Echols was a kindergarten teacher in the Columbus schools. Phillip Echols was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died November 24, 1918.

Francis Hudson Echols, born in Columbus, November 20, 1895, was active during his youth studying and writing. In November, 1915, he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he took an office position with the Kopper Manufacturing Company. Realizing that the opportunities were limited there, the manager of the Kopper Company found him a more desirable opening with the Bradstreet Company, and he continued in that position until June when he resigned and returned to Columbus for a visit. In July, 1917, he entered the office of Major John Maher, in Omaha, as a stenographer, having the status of a civilian in military service. Francis Hudson Echols died August 31, 1917, at the age of twenty-one years. He was a Mason.

Mary Louise Echols was married to S. L. Whitney, of Columbus. She graduated from Columbus High School and the Columbus Business College. Prior to her marriage, she did stenographic work as secretary to C. M. Gruenther and Blake Maher. Her hobby has been music.

Sarah Hudson Echols died February 15, 1903, in Columbus.

On December 20, 1919, Jackson C. Echols married Martha Welch Watts, a daughter of Jonas and Margaret Shackelton Welch.

Jackson C. Echols was a staunch Democrat, a devout Methodist, a member of the Masonic Order, and was past master of the Lebanon Lodge. He was in business in Columbus for a period of fifty-eight years. During that time he played a leading role in the development of Columbus. He died February 27, 1938.

Mrs. Martha Welch Echols lives in Columbus.

ANTHONY EISENMENGER

Anthony Eisenmenger, son of Peter, Jr. and Theresa Reinhart Eisenmenger, was born in Peoria, Illinois, March 29, 1861, and came to Burrows Township, Platte County, in 1894. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother was born in Alsace-Lorraine.

The history of the Eisenmenger family in America dates back two generations before Anthony was born. Peter Eisenmenger, Sr., Anthony's grandfather, emigrated from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he became a land-owner and farmer. In Germany, he was an inn keeper and a liquor dealer. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eisenmenger, Sr. had five children, all born on the farm in Pennsylvania: Peter, Jr.; Joseph, who settled in Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Eisenmenger Best, who lived in Peoria County, Illinois; Elizabeth Eisenmenger Hesendentz, and Mary Eisenmenger Reinhart. All of this family are deceased.

Peter, Jr. attended the rural schools in Pennsylvania, and worked on his father's farm until his seventeenth year, when he moved west, to Illinois, where he became a farmer. Later, he moved to Champaign County, where he bought four hundred eighty acres of land in Pesotum Township. He also owned one hundred sixty acres in Minnesota.

Peter Eisenmenger, Jr. married Theresa Reinhart, in 1860. They had six children: Anthony, a farmer, of Humphrey, Nebraska; Peter, a farmer in Granville Township, Platte County; Frank and Joseph, farmers in Minnesota; Mary and Wendell died in infancy.

Theresa Reinhart Eisenmenger died in 1868, and in 1869 Peter, Jr. married Mary Meister, of Woodford County, Illinois. They had eleven children: John, of Minnesota; George, of Humphrey; Kate Eisenmenger Laley, of Douglas County, Illinois; Anna Eisenmenger Kelly, of Illinois; Abbie Eisenmenger Riemke, and William, of Pesotum, Illinois; Charles and Leo, of Champaign County; Michael and Frederick died in infancy; and Otto died at the age of thirty-four.

Anthony Eisenmenger attended the rural schools in Champaign County. He worked on his father's farm until his twenty-first year, when he rented eighty acres of land and began farming. At the end of five years, he bought the eighty acres, with money saved from his earnings.

On February 6, 1886, he married Elizabeth Schelkopf, daughter of John and Walburga Heimeier Schelkopf. Elizabeth was born in Peoria County, Illinois, and her parents were natives of Bavaria. The Anthony Eisenmengers had ten children: Rose, Mrs. Joseph Brockhaus; Celia, Mrs. E. J. Kerrigan; Bertha, Mrs.

P. Van Dyke; Teresa, Mrs. R. J. Kerrigan; Rita, Mrs. H. C. Schumacher; Regina; Sr. Mary Alphonse; Esther, Mrs. G. H. Leenerts; Ramona, Mrs. W. Price; and Mark Eisenmenger.

In 1894, Anthony Eisenmenger sold his land in Illinois, and moved his family to Nebraska, where they settled in Burrows Township, Platte County, near Humphrey, where he eventually owned two hundred forty acres of land. From 1903, he was a shorthorn breeder, and an extensive feeder of both cattle and hogs. In 1910, he erected a modern house on his farm.

Anthony Eisenmenger died February 19, 1933, and Mrs. Eisenmenger died June 23, 1934.

MARK A. EISENMENGER

Mark A. Eisenmenger, son of Anthony and Elizabeth Schelkopf Eisenmenger, was born in Burrows Township, near Humphrey, Nebraska, on July 26, 1902. His father was one of the second generation of Eisenmengers born in the United States. His birthplace was in a log cabin, near Kickapor Creek, in Peoria County, Illinois. His mother was also a native of Peoria County. Anthony Eisenmenger moved his family to Platte County in 1894, and located on a farm in Burrows Township, where Mark was born. With the exception of one winter spent in Texas and Mexico, Mark has lived on the same farm since his birth.

He attended St. Francis School, in Humphrey, and after graduating, he was enrolled at the Nebraska State College of Agriculture, at Lincoln, where he studied animal husbandry. His life work has been farming and stock raising, a field in which he is considered an authority. He has been an active member of the Humphrey Stock Breeders Association, and has served as its secretary.

On August 23, 1928, at St. Francis Catholic Church, in Humphrey, Mark married Florence Steffes, daughter of John and Lena Edwards Steffes, prominent Humphrey pioneer family. Florence is one of a family of thirteen children, three of whom are deceased. The others are: Leona, Mrs. M. J. Schumacher; Viola, Mrs. H. E. Landgraf; Celia, Mrs. J. F. Brockhaus; Dorthea, Mrs. A. Groke; Leonard, John W., France (sic), Gerald, and Richard Steffes. Florence was graduated from St. Francis School, in Humphrey.

Mark A. and Florence Eisenmenger have four daughters and two sons: Doris Mary, Lenore Elizabeth, John Anthony, Don Edward, Ann Louise, and Rita Florence. The children all attended St. Francis School. Doris and Lenore are interested in housework and 4-H Club work, and studied music. John is interested in 4-H Club work, dairy, and has been a Boy Scout. Don is interested in raising chickens.

Besides his family and farm interests, Mark A. Eisenmenger's hobbies are basketball, horseback riding, hunting and fishing. He belongs to the Humphrey Council of the Knights of Columbus. The Eisenmengers are members of St. Francis Catholic Church.

CHARLES FREDERICK ELIAS

Charles Frederick Elias, son of Wilhelm and Wilhelmina Silverman Elias, was born in Saxony, Germany, at Dresden, on March 15, 1845, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, April 27, 1924. His father was born in Saxony in 1811, and died there in 1874. When he was twenty-one, he was drafted for German military service and served as a soldier in the German Army until 1847. He was assigned to the artillery, where he had charge of the battery, with a rating of first sergeant. From 1847 to 1874, he was a government revenue officer, in the Province of Saxony. Mrs. Elias was born in 1813, and died in 1854.

Charles was nine years old when his mother died. He was then sent to a German military school where he spent six years. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a butcher and learned the trade.

In 1869, Charles immigrated to the United States. He was located for a short time in Delaware County, New York State. From there, he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was enlisted in the United States Army for five years, and assigned to the 22nd Infantry. He was attached to the regiment that acted as guard for the surveyors and builders of the Northern Pacific Railroad, between Bismark, North Dakota, and Boise, Idaho, in the early 1870's.

He returned to Saxony, Germany, in 1874, and upon his return to the United States, he reenlisted in the United States Army, as a butcher, for another five year period. During this time he participated in some light Indian warfare.

In 1879, Charles Elias received his honorable discharge from the Army and came to Columbus where he built a meat packing house, and engaged in smoking and curing meats for farmers in surrounding counties.

On April 8, 1875, at Sioux City, Iowa, he married Pauline Hansch, daughter of John Gottlieb and Johanna Maria Strobach Hansch, natives of Germany, where Mr. Hansch was a cabinet maker. Mr. and Mrs. Elias had eleven children, four of whom died in infancy: Alice married Bordman Speice, and after his death, married J. H. Robinson, of Columbus; Max married Mary Litjen, of Butler County; Hedwig married William Moran; Pearl married August Wagner, of Columbus; Frederick married Marguerite Becher, of Columbus; Gertrude married Doctor A. J. Lueschen, of Sherman Township and Columbus; Paulina married W. Claybom, an attorney. Hedwig, Gertrude, and Paulina live in California. Alice, Pearl and Max live in Columbus. Frederick lives in Omaha, where he is employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Charles F. Elias served the city of Columbus for several years as a councilman. He was interested in all progressive projects that benefited the town.

MAX ELIAS

Max Elias, son of Charles Frederick and Marie Pauline Hansch Elias, was born in Haynewalk, Germany, July 6, 1879. His parents came to Columbus in 1879. Max attended the Columbus public schools and then went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad.

On May 1, 1896, in Columbus, he married Mary Litjen, daughter of Gilbert and Wilhelmina Van Lom Litjen, of Butler County. Mr. and Mrs. Elias have two sons: Paul G., born in Columbus, July 12, 1905, attended the Columbus schools and was graduated from the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, in June, 1929, and is now Colonel in the United States Army. During World War II, Colonel Elias was commanding officer of the Fifty-ninth Ordnance Group, which supported the Ninth Army on its drive through Europe. He is married to Marion Fry, of New York City, and is stationed in Washington, D. C.

Cyril C., born in Columbus, July 23, 1907, is now vice-president of the Gazette Publishing Company, of Bellevue, Ohio. He attended the Columbus schools and the University of Nebraska. He is married to Ruth E. Callaghan, of Bellevue. During World War II, he served as a major in the signal corps, and was a member of the staff of the commanding general, A-Z Fore Headquarters, in the China-India-Burma Theatre of Operations.

In 1946, Max Elias had the distinction of being the oldest employee in years of service in the Nebraska Division of the Union Pacific, having completed fifty years of service September 1, 1946.

Mr. Elias has always been interested in Columbus civic improvement and betterment. He served as a member of the City Council, from Third Ward, from 1915-1923. During that time he was chairman of the Streets and Grades Committee, and gave much time and assistance to the improvement of streets in the west part of Columbus. His political affiliations are with the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and has served as secretary-treasurer of that organization since 1936.

Mrs. Max Elias and their two sons are members of the Catholic Church.

RAYMOND CARL ELLEFSON

Raymond Carl Ellefson, auditor and accountant at the Consumers Public Power Offices, in Columbus, came to Columbus from Aberdeen, Washington, in November, 1942. He was born March 26, 1894, in Wakanda, South Dakota, the son of Ole O. and Thorine Leikvold Ellefson. His father, a farmer, born in Waterville, Iowa, October 15, 1851, died May 2, 1930, at Canton, South Dakota. His mother, born January 29, 1857, at Waterville, Iowa, died May 24, 1934, at Canton, South Dakota.

Raymond had five brothers and four sisters: Ijodia, Melia, Oscar, Ove, Helmer, Claira, Clara, Clarence, and Hermod. Helmer and Claira died in infancy.

Raymond attended the schools near his home, the Augustana Academy and College, at Caubon, South Dakota. During World War I, he served with the United States Army, both in this country and in England for one year and five months.

On July 16, 1928, at Aberdeen, Washington, he married Lucille Hodges, daughter of John Tracy and Adrianne Franscina Campbell Hodges. Mr. Hodges, a farmer and real estate man, was born September 26, 1859, at Sublette, Illinois, and died September 12, 1937, at Aberdeen, Washington. Mrs. Hodges, born January 10, 1872, at Menominee, Wisconsin, died August 26, 1942, at Aberdeen. Lucille has one sister, Caroline, the wife of Edwin J. Karshuer.

Raymond and Lucille Ellefson have two daughters and one son: Adrianne Thorine, born in Aberdeen, February 18, 1933; John Oscar, born in Aberdeen, January 27, 1936; and Jane Louise, born there February 21, 1939. Mr. Ellefson has two sons by a former marriage: Eugene Ray, born November 22, 1922, and Theolow Odeen, born March 15, 1924. His first wife was Thelma G. N. Hansen, of Brooking, South Dakota.

Mr. Ellefson is a member and past president of the Friends of Music organization in Columbus. He is a member of the Columbus Rotary Club, the B.P.O.E., and is a member of the Lutheran Church.

CAMILLUS ELLER

Camillus Eller was born in Platte County, March 7, 1917.

She has the distinction of being the first Platte County woman admitted to the bar.

Camillus is the daughter of Frank and Katheryn O'Callaghan Eller. Mr. Eller was born in Schuyler, Nebraska, in November, 1886, and died in Columbus, August 24, 1918. Mrs. Eller was born in Platte County, July 19, 1891, and died in Columbus, Nebraska, February 6, 1920. Miss Eller has one brother, Eugene, who is a graduate of Kramer High School and Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Camillus Eller is a graduate of Kramer High School in Columbus. She was engaged in legal work in a law office in Columbus, studied law, and was admitted to practice in the Federal Courts.

She is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and of the American Bar Association. Her hobbies are music, art and travel. She is a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in Columbus.

HANSON SMILEY ELLIOTT

Hanson Smiley Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wing Elliott of Joliet Township was born on December 31, 1852, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near Carlisle, and died June 28, 1912.

He came to Nebraska and Platte County, locating on a farm in Joliet Township, with his parents in the early 1870's.

His life on the farm did not differ from that of the average farmer in Platte County. He suffered his share of reverses, but his indomitable will and unceasing energy enabled him to score a victory over all obstacles, thus making him a leader among his fellows. He was always active in public affairs, regarding it his duty to participate in the political affairs of the county, state and nation, and he was always proud of the fact that after he arrived at the voting age, he had never failed to attend his party caucus or primary and had never failed to exercise his voting franchise at a general or special election. He represented Joliet Township on the Board of Supervisors for five years, 1887, and the years 1891 to 1894, inclusive, and resigned to take the office of County Treasurer in 1895. He was elected to this office as a Democrat, and continued in the office as long as the law of Nebraska permitted a man to serve as county treasurer at that time. Upon Mr. Elliott's election as County Treasurer, he established his home in Columbus.

On January 28, 1882, Hanson Elliott was married to Helen Esther Lightner, also of Platte County. Their children are: Ethel, now Mrs. Clarence N. McElfresh, of Columbus; John Wing, of Columbus; Mary Elizabeth, head of the History Department at Central High School, in Omaha; and Julia, Mrs. Robert Hartzell, of Crete, Nebraska.

Following his official career as County Treasurer, Mr. Elliott formed a partnership, in 1900, with Gustavus B. Speice, in the real estate business. Five years later, in 1905, the articles of incorporation for the Equitable Building and Loan and Savings Association of Columbus were signed by the following associates: Gustavus B. Speice, John G. Becher, Hanson S. Elliott, Daniel Schram and John J. Sullivan. On March 1, 1910, incorporation papers for the change of the name from Elliott, Speice & Company to Elliott, Speice, Echols and Company were filed. Incorporators were: Hanson S. Elliott as President; Gustavus B. Speice, Vice-President; Jackson C. Echols as Secretary and Treasurer.

In his business, as in his political career, Mr. Elliott was successful. He served in an official capacity with the Presbyterian Church in Columbus during his seventeen years of residence here. The Reverend Samuel D. Harkness paid a glowing tribute to his memory at the time of his death in 1912, which reads in part

"A hearty helpful man the possession of whose friendship was a boon-the loss of whose life was a staggering blow to those who stood near him, and a signal loss to the community in which he had lived and labored."

JOHN WING ELLIOTT, JR.

John Wing Elliott, Jr., known to his many friends as "Jack," is the son of Hanson Smiley and Helen Lightner Elliott, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Wing Elliott. His grandparents came to Nebraska from Cumberland, Pennsylvania, in the early '70's, and were among the first to settle in Joliet Township.

In 1882, when Hanson Elliott and Helen Lightner were married, they established their home on the Elliott farm; and Mr. and Mrs. John Wing Elliott moved to Columbus.

It was on this farm at Postville, Joliet Township, that John Wing, Jr. was born on September 8, 1885. He attended school in Postville, and at the age of ten, moved to Columbus with his parents and his two sisters, Ethel Berle, and Mary Elizabeth. A sister, Julia, was born in Columbus.

He continued his formal education in the Columbus schools and was graduated from the Columbus High School in 1905. John, Jr. has always been interested in sports, and while in high school, played quarterback on the Columbus High School football team. Others on the team included Howard McCray, Horatio Adams, Ira Betterton, Jesse Betterton, Donald McAllister, Fred Baker, John Neater, Myron Gray, Joe McCloud, Vernon Erskine, Christie Gass, Langford Beecroft and William Hockenberger.

Mr. Elliott attended the School of Mines at Rapid City, South Dakota and received his degree in Mining Engineering in 1910. After graduation, he went to work in the Leesburg Mine near Leesburg, Idaho. The Leesburg Mine was owned and operated by the Leesburg Mining Company of which Mr. Hanson Smiley Elliott was president. The stockholders in this Company were a group of Columbus and Fremont men.

In 1952, John Wing Elliott, Jr. came home to attend his father's funeral, and stayed in Columbus to help his mother with the business of the Elliott estate. On August 1, 1913, he became owner and manager of the Columbus Automobile Company. He disposed of this business in 1937, and at that time, became manager of the Phillips "66" Oil Company, located at Thirteenth Street and Thirty-third Avenue.

During World War 1, he was drafted and was awaiting orders for his assignment when the Armistice was signed.

In November, 1920, John Wing Elliott, Jr. married Vera Scott, daughter of Mrs. Victoria Scott, of Columbus. They have two sons, John Wing, III, and Hanson Smiley, Jr., born November 11, 1933, who attends Kramer High School.

John Wing Elliott, Jr. is a member of the Democrat party and is a Presbyterian.

JOHN WING ELLIOTT, III

John Wing Elliott III, son of John Wing, Jr. and Vera Scott Elliott, was born January 8, 1925, in Columbus. He attended the Columbus schools and was graduated from Kramer High School in 1942. He served thirty-four months in the armed forces, seventeen months of which were spent overseas. He was stationed

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