This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/2456 Message Board Post: The Jacksboro Gazette Thursday, July 31, 1919 Bean Prairie Items Mr. And Mrs. Elliott celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary. Among the 71 guests was Mrs. Shaw and daughter from Southland, on the Plains. This lady is a niece of Mrs. Frank Porter. Miss Ola Stephens took a Kodak picture of the assembly. B.M. Elliott was born 17 December 1845. Miss Tilitha C. Hatley who became his wife was born 25 February 1843. They were married 26 July 1866. To this union were born six sons and two daughters. All but two sons are still living. One single son, one married son, also a grandson and a great-granddaughter still remain under the old rooftree. There are a host of grandchildren. Mr. Elliott has spent his life on the frontier and we have heard him say that he liked the old ways of doing things best.