This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rdrinehart61193 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/6872.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow!! That is so exciting to learn more about James Howard Elliott. I always wondered where my dad got his musical ability. He could sit down to a piano without lessons and play a beautiful tune. One of my favorites was Autumn Leaves and he never missed a note! He also loved playing the harmonica. He loved to fish, hunt and could water ski like no one else. He had an extra ordinary ability to draw and paint. He could take someones picture and the reproduction looked nearly perfect. His biological mother's name was Mae Broxton, who gave birth to a daughter, Helen Elliott in 1924, two years before Dad. She gave dad the name of Gordon Ross Elliott, but gave him to her older brother, Matthew Broxton, who raised him as Gordon Ross Broxton in Auborndale, Fla. But, on the 1930 census, dad was listed as Gordon Ross Elliott. You mentioned having a picture of James with your father. Is there a chance you might send it to me in an email? I would love to add it to my tree. I lost! Dad to pneumonia last year and I get a lot of comfort from information of his ancestors. Pictures are treasures. I only which I could have met my grandfather and his family. They seem to be such good people. I am a little confused by the information about Mae, James's first wife, because dad's mother Mae died in about 1969 from a stroke. According to her daughter-in-law she remarried a man named Curtis Black and they had a son Jimmy Curtis Black who was a police officer in Auborndale, Fla. Maybe he never actually married our Mae and his first wife was a different Mae. I would value anything you can tell me about James; what other hobbies did he enjoy, what was his personalty, was he especially talented at something, did he do well in school, was he funny or serious. I'm sure as a teenager,he must have been devistated by his mothers death. Do you know what happened to his wife after he died? I can send you an invitation to my tree if you would like. My email is debbieri! nehart93@yahoo.com THANKS!! Debbie Broxton Rinehart Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.