Samuel Webb Elliott

Benjamin Elliott
(1808-1883)

Mary M. (Polly) Gordy
(1811-1870)

William L. Gordy
(1789-1876)

Elizabeth (Betty) Hastings
(1805-1895)

William L.W. Elliott
(1834-1903)

Amelia Jane Gordy
(1837-1907)

Samuel Webb Elliott
(1869-1939)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Martha Elizabeth Smack

Samuel Webb Elliott

Born: 14 Apr 1869, Delmar Or Laurel, Sussex Co., DE ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹
Marriage (1): Martha Elizabeth Smack on 10 Nov 1887 in New Castle Co., DE ¹ ²
Died: 12 Apr 1939, Newark, Worcester Co., MD ¹⁰ ¹¹
Buried: Abt 15 Apr 1939, Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE

Lived at 117 Monroe Street, Wilmington, DE in 1900 (from Census)

His marriage record lists his parents as William and Jane Elliott and his bride as Bettie E. Smack. It also says he is a brakeman and was born in Delmar, DE. They were married in Wilmington, DE on Nov 10 1887.

His obituary is in the Apr 13 1939 in the News Journal, Wilmington, DE as follows:
Samuel Webb Elliott
The funeral of Samuel Webb Elliott, 70 years old, of 719 Vandever Avenue who died suddenly yesterday at Newark, MD will take place Monday afternoon. Services will be held in Trinity M.E. Church at 1 o'clock. The Rev. Charles H. Hudson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Lombardy Cemetery. Mr. Elliott, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad freight conductor, suffered a fatal heart attack while visiting his niece at Newark. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Martha E. Elliott, two daughters Mrs Maude A. Lynch and Mrs Florence E. Bryan, both of this city; one son Raymond A. Elliott of Fountaintown, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs Olevia E. Knox, this city; Mrs Amelia Ann Melson and Mrs Jennie Short, both of Delmar; two brothers, W. Burton and Charles A. Elliott, also of Delmar; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Entering the service of the railroad company in 1888, Mr. Elliott retired after working 26 years because of disability. He was a member of Trinity Church where he had been a class leader for a number of years and was president of the board of trustees.

Samuel married Martha Elizabeth Smack, daughter of Egbert Yousin Smack and Hannah Elizabeth Hudson, on 10 Nov 1887 in New Castle Co., DE.¹ ² (Martha Elizabeth Smack was born on 31 Dec 1868 in Berlin, Worcester Co., MD,¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ died on 10 Aug 1947 in Newark, New Castle Co., DE ¹² ¹⁹ and was buried about 13 Aug 1947 in Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.)

3 1870 DE Census, Listed as Saml. Elliott, age 1, in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex Co., DE, born in DE.

5 1900 DE Census, Listed as Samuel W. Elliott, born Apr 1869, in Wilmington Ward 3, New Castle Co., DE.

6 1930 DE Census, Listed as Samuel Elliott, age 60, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE.

7 1880 MD Census, Listed as Samuel W. Elliott, age 11, in Delmar, Wicomico Co., MD, born in DE.

8 1920 DE Census, Listed as Samuel W. Elliott, age 40, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE.

13 1870 MD Census, Listed as age 4 in the 1870 Newark, Worcester Co., MD Census.

14 1900 DE Census, Listed as Martha Elliott, born Dec 1868, in Wilmington Ward 3, New Castle Co., DE, born in MD. She had had 6 children of which 4 were living in 1900.

15 1930 DE Census, Listed as Martha E. Elliott, age 61, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE, born in MD.

16 1880 MD Census, Listed as Martha E. Smack, age 11, in West Berlin, Worcester Co., MD.

17 1920 DE Census, Listed as Martha E. Elliott, age 51, in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co., DE.

18 1910 DE Census, Listed as age 41 in Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle Co. At the time, she is indicated as having had 7 children of which 4 are living.

Samuel Webb Elliott

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