Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Dr. Elliot Dies Suddenly

Doctor C. G. Elliot died Sunday afternoon between five and six o'clock. He had met friends at the post office and on the street at about mail time and it is supposed that he went up stairs to his office, and while leaving for his home that as he started down the stairs, he must have been stricken for he fell the flight of stairs, and although still alive when picked up, never regained consciousness. He was carried to the Blackwell National bank and physicians summoned, but he lived only about a half hour. He has had organis heart trouble for some time and the family and some of the friends were aware of his condition, but the news came as a shock to the most of his friends and the citizens generally. He was such a stout, robust looking man that it seemed incredible that death could claim him in so short a time. Though with a realization of his condition, the Doctor was always joyial and ready for reasonable duty, and his ambition and energy undoubtedly hastened the end. The funeral was held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the sermon being preached by Rev. W. E. Woodward, the local pastor of that church. The church did not accomodate more than half the number who gathered to do honor to the memory of their departed friend, and quite a number followed him to his resting place in I.O.O.F cemetery south of the city. The Masonic brethren, ladies, and Eastern Star, Woodmen, and Fraternal Aid and Royal Neighbors, were all represented in the concourse and the Masons had charge of the body at the grave. It was a spontaneous outpouring from the city and country of friends and former neighbors who came in their grief to share with the family and other dear ones in their great sorrow and to assist them in the last rites to his coffined clay.
Doctor Charles Grimsley Elliot was born near Emporia, Kansas March 16, 1865, and died in this city Sunday afternoon, September 30, 1906. The family moved to Labette county, Kansas in 1866, thence to near Dexter, in Cowley county, Kansas, in 1878. Doctor Elliot was married to Miss Elizabeth Binney Oct 14, 1901, at Binney, Ill., and resided in that state for a short time after his marriage, but soon returned west and practiced his profession for a while at Carl Junction, Mo. He came to Kay county at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and homesteaded in Weston township. He was the first physician in Blackwell and had his office in a tent for sometime after the opening. Doctor Elliot sold his farm and residence property here in 1902 and went to southern Oklahoma where he soon became prominent. When the session of the Oklahoma legislature created a territorial insane asylum at Fort Supply. Doctor Elliot was appointed by Governor Ferguson as superintendent and started the work, but was stopped by order of the court and soon after returned to this city where he resumed the practice of his profession. He leaves a wife, daughter, Altina, and a son, Dempsey; a widowed mother, Mrs. Jane Elliot of Burden, Kans.; sisters, Mrs. A .O. Elliot, of Burden, Kans., Mrs. L. R. Branson, of Dexter, Kans., and Mrs. Sackett, of Moline Kans. all of whom were here to attend the funeral. Doctor Elliot was one of those big men; big in stature and big in soul, and while he had enemies, as does every strong character, the friends predominated and on the day of the funeral you could hear men and women of every walk of life, claiming him as their friend. The Doctor was converted in early manhood and his every day life was consistent with his belief in the Fatherhood of God, and the brotherhood of man.
As a physician he was prompt, untiring and resourceful as a friend and neighbor he was kind, courteous, and obliging; as a father he was learned, active and zealous and as a citizen he always stood for the best and vigorously fought evil in whatever guise. But it is the family that will suffer most for he was a devoted and affectionate son and brother, husband and father, and his family life was ideal. Words are inadequate to describe the loss to a community of such a man as Dr. Elliot and words of sympathy to the loved ones seen almost mockery, but we know there sorrow will be lightened and their grief in a measure assuaged by the knowledge the whole community is sharing with them in that grief.

DR. ELLIOTT DEAD
Passed Away suddenly Sunday Afternoon
CAUSED BY HEART FAILURE
Attacked While Coming Down Stairs From Office

ELLIOTT – Died, Sunday, Sept 30, 1906, about 5 p.m., Dr. C. G. Elliott of this city, aged about 41 years. The doctor’s death was very sudden and somewhat tragic, and the news was a great shock to his many friends. The doctor had gone to his office over the Blackwell National Bank upon his return from attending a patient. Having put his medicine case away he started down the stairs to go home. At the heart of the stairs he was attacked by heart failure and fell, the body rolling down to the foot of the stairs. Mitt Moore happened to be across the street, and Carl Vincent was in the bank, and both ran to the doctor’s assistance. With the help of others who soon appeared he was stretched out in the doorway of the bank and medical assistance summoned. Drs. Miller and Risser were soon there and did all that medical science suggested, but to no purpose. The doctor was placed on a cot and carried into the bank, and his life gradually passed away without him having regained consciousness.
Dr. Elliott was well known in this vicinity and throughout the territory’s. He was one of the original Oklahoma “Boomers,” and passed through many exciting experiences of those early days. When the Cherokee strip was opened he made the run and secured a claim about four miles east of Blackwell for which he obtained a patent and finally sold. He was a true pioneer, and when the “new country” was opened in 1901 he went to Temple, Okla., and leased a section and a half of land, which he still held at the time of his death. He was an active politician of the republican faith and was the first member of the territorial legislature from this district.
Under Gov. Ferguson’s administration he was appointed superintendent of the insane asylum which was to have been moved to Fort Supply but which removal was prevented by an injunction obtained by the contractors of the asylum at Norman.
Dr. Elliott last year returned; to Blackwell and has since practiced his profession here. He was a public spirited citizen, an influential member of the Commercial club, being one of the directors. He was also well connected socially, being a member of the Masonic, Modern Woodmen and fraternal Aid societies.
Dr. Elliott leaves a wife and two children, a boy and a girl to mourn the death of a kind husband and father, and also the following relatives who were notified and came at once to Blackwell. Mrs. Jane Elliott, his mother of Burden, Kansas; Mrs. A O. Elliott, a sister, also of Burden, Kansas; Mrs. Laura Branson, a sister of Dexter, Kansas, and her husband; Mrs. Alto Sackett, a sister, of Moline, Kansas, and her husband.
The funeral services over the remains of Dr. Elliott occurred at the Methodist church on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 2 o’clock, the sermon being preached by Rev. W. E. Woodward, and the services being in charge of the Masons.