The Family of George E. Elliott and Nellie D. Capron Elliott

The Parents of George E. Elliott

Thomas Elliott and Elizabeth Toland Elliott.

The Parents of Nellie D. Capron

Wesley H. Capron and Mary E. Lewis Capron

Elliott Family Tree

Toland Family Tree

Capron Family Tree

Lewis Family Tree

Marriages of George E. Elliott

1st Marriage to Nellie D. Capron on 19 August 1902.

Marriages of Nellie D. Capron

1st Marriage to George E. Elliott on 19 August 1902.

The Engagement of George E. Elliott and Nellie D. Capron

From the Wayland Register, 10 August 1922.

Happenings in Wayland NY a score of years ago, in 1902.

Invitations issued for the wedding of George E. Elliott of Geneseo and Miss Nellie D. Capron of Springwater.

Elliott brothers injured in Auto Accident

From the Shortsville Enterprise, 11 April 1935.

While driving home from Hamilton College on Monday evening, Dr. John G. Elliott, Manchester dentist, was the victim of a traffic collision at Auburn.

He had driven to the college with his son, Leslie, who was returning to the school, following the Easter vacation. Accompanying them was Dr. Elliott’s brother, George E. Elliot of Springwater, former principal of Manchester High School.

While details of the accident are not yet fully known, it is reported that both Dr. Elliott and his brother are confined to the hospital in Auburn. Dr. Elliott sustained a fractured knee and George E. Elliott, thou not so seriously injured as the Doctor, is suffering from shock and bruises.

A Brief Biography of George E. Elliott and Nellie D. Capron

By Karen Elliott Griffin.

Nellie Capron married George Edwin Elliott, who was born on 16 May 1873, in Groveland, Livingston County NY. George was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Toland) Elliott.

George died 3 January 1944, in Rochester, Monroe, NY and was buried in Springwater NY.

George and Nellie had one son, Edwin C. Elliott, who was born on 1 January 1913, in Manchester, Ontario, NY. Edwin died 13 July 1982, in Geneva, Ontario, NY and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, NY.

George was a school teacher and later head of the schools in Elmsford, NY. When he retired, he and Nell returned to her home in Springwater and bought a house there.

Nellie died in this house in 1939, which is the site of the current Springwater Town Hall.

The Obituary of George E. Elliott

16 May 1873 - 3 January 1944

From the Batavia News, 5 January 1944.

Corfu - George E. Elliott, 68, of Springwater, former principal of Corfu High School, died at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester on Monday, (January 3, 1944), where he had been a patient for several weeks owing to a heart condition. He had been kept under an oxygen tent some of the time.

Mr. Elliott taught at Corfu for four years, leaving here in 1907 to become principal at Manchester, later going to Elmsford, Westchester County, where he remained until his retirement some time ago. Mrs. Nellie Capron Elliott, his wife, died several years ago.

Surviving are a son, Edwin Elliott, and two grandchildren in Rochester and a brother, Dr. John Elliott of Manchester.

Funeral services were held this afternoon from the Hedges Funeral Home, in Rochester.

The Obituary of Nellie D. Capron Elliot

1877 - June 1939

From the Wayland Register, 22 June 1939.

Mrs. Nellie Capron Elliott, died at her home in Springwater Friday following an illness of only two days. Mrs. Elliot, who was 63 years of age, had spent the early part of her life and the past few years in Springwater. Besides her husband she is survived by one son, Edwin.

Funeral services were held at her late home Monday at 2:00 p.m., Rev. H. I. Chattin officiating. Burial was in Mount Vernon Evergreen cemetery.

The funeral was largely attended, among those from out-of-town being Mr. and Mrs. William Schofield, III, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt and Dr. Elliott and a party of friends from Manchester, Eugene Capron from Tarrytown, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Capron from Shortsville, Miss Marion Capron from Hornell and Leonard Capron of Rochester.

The Burial of George E. Elliott and Nellie D. Capron Elliott.

Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery in Springwater NY NY

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