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George Ellsworth Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85721, (10 Jun 1882 - 9 Apr 1938)

Relationship:

5th cousin 1 time removed of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

Ephriam G. Elliott¹ B: Feb 1856, D: Apr 1944

Mother*

Melinda A. Carter¹ B: Nov 1859, D: Jan 1946

Primary Birth & Death

Born: George Ellsworth Elliott was born on Saturday, 10 Jun 1882, at Pike County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 9 Apr 1938 at Ohio^G at age 55 years, 9 months and 30 days.¹
Interred after 9 Apr 1938 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G. Plot: Section Old 6 - Lot 34.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

George Ellsworth Elliott was the son of: Ephriam G. Elliott and Melinda A. Carter.¹
Born: George Ellsworth Elliott was born in Jun 1883, at Ohio^G.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 3 Mar 1907, George, age 24 years, 8 months and 21 days, and Lucy P. Shoemaker, age 20 years, 6 months and 25 days, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married at Pike County, Ohio^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 3 Mar 1907, George, age 24 years, 8 months and 21 days, and Lucy P. Shoemaker, age 20 years, 6 months and 25 days, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married at Pike County, Ohio^G.³

Children of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker

Charles Sigle Elliott¹ B: 1909, D: 1955
Mildred Elva Elliott¹ B: c 1913, D: 1956
George W. Elliott¹ B: 3 May 1914, D: 6 Jul 1967
Dorothy Ellen Elliott+¹ B: 25 Mar 1916, D: 28 Aug 1961
Bessie Alma Elliott¹ B: 24 Oct 1918, D: 11 May 1967
Theodore H. Elliott¹ B: 1921, D: 1993
Earl Lee Elliott+¹ B: 12 Nov 1924, D: 21 Nov 2013
Betty Ruth Elliott¹ B: 16 Oct 1927, D: 30 Nov 2009
Joseph Elliott¹ B: 29 Aug 1933, D: 23 Jun 1988

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	16 Jun 1900, Perry Twp., Pike County, Ohio^G	Ephriam G. Elliott, Melinda A. Carter, William H. Elliott, Eva M. Elliott, John Walter Elliott, Charles Elliott and Grace Elliott²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

16 Jun 1900, Perry Twp., Pike County, Ohio^G

Ephriam G. Elliott, Melinda A. Carter, William H. Elliott, Eva M. Elliott, John Walter Elliott, Charles Elliott and Grace Elliott²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1900	Perry Twp., Pike County, Ohio^G	farm laborer²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1900

Perry Twp., Pike County, Ohio^G

farm laborer²

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, ShirleeDBrown71 Holton family & southern Ohio connections.

Last Edited

17 Jun 2016

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹

Family

TMG ID:85722, (6 Aug 1886 - 20 Nov 1964)

Father*

Seth Shoemaker¹ B: 8 Nov 1832, D: 15 Feb 1917

Mother*

Rebecca Jane Haynes¹ B: 1 Dec 1843, D: 22 Dec 1921

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Lucy P. Shoemaker was born on Friday, 6 Aug 1886, at Pike County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Friday, 20 Nov 1964 at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G, at age 78 years, 3 months and 14 days.¹
Interred after 20 Nov 1964 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G. Plot: Section 7 - Lot 85.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Lucy P. Shoemaker was the daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Taylor (née Shoemaker).¹
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Smalley (née Shoemaker).¹
Name-Married: on Sunday, 3 Mar 1907, her married name became Mrs. Elliott (née Shoemaker).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Lucy and Henry M. Taylor were married.¹
Marriage	Lucy and (?) Smalley were married.¹
Marriage	Sunday, 3 Mar 1907, Lucy, age 20 years, 6 months and 25 days, and George Ellsworth Elliott, age 24 years, 8 months and 21 days, son of: Ephriam G. Elliott and Melinda A. Carter, were married at Pike County, Ohio^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Lucy and Henry M. Taylor were married.¹

Marriage

Lucy and (?) Smalley were married.¹

Marriage

Sunday, 3 Mar 1907, Lucy, age 20 years, 6 months and 25 days, and George Ellsworth Elliott, age 24 years, 8 months and 21 days, son of: Ephriam G. Elliott and Melinda A. Carter, were married at Pike County, Ohio^G.²

Child of: Lucy P. Shoemaker and (?) Smalley

Clarence E. Smalley¹ B: 28 Jun 1905, D: 20 Sep 1997

Children of: Lucy P. Shoemaker and George Ellsworth Elliott

Charles Sigle Elliott¹ B: 1909, D: 1955
Mildred Elva Elliott¹ B: c 1913, D: 1956
George W. Elliott¹ B: 3 May 1914, D: 6 Jul 1967
Dorothy Ellen Elliott+¹ B: 25 Mar 1916, D: 28 Aug 1961
Bessie Alma Elliott¹ B: 24 Oct 1918, D: 11 May 1967
Theodore H. Elliott¹ B: 1921, D: 1993
Earl Lee Elliott+¹ B: 12 Nov 1924, D: 21 Nov 2013
Betty Ruth Elliott¹ B: 16 Oct 1927, D: 30 Nov 2009
Joseph Elliott¹ B: 29 Aug 1933, D: 23 Jun 1988

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, ShirleeDBrown71 Holton family & southern Ohio connections.

Last Edited

17 Jun 2016

Seth Shoemaker¹

Family

TMG ID:85723, (8 Nov 1832 - 15 Feb 1917)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Seth Shoemaker was born on Thursday, 8 Nov 1832, at Highland County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 15 Feb 1917 at Pike County, Ohio^G, at age 84 years, 3 months and 7 days.¹
Interred after 15 Feb 1917 at East Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Seth and Rebecca Jane Haynes were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Seth and Rebecca Jane Haynes were married.¹

Child of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes

Lucy P. Shoemaker+¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Rebecca Jane Haynes¹

Family

TMG ID:85724, (1 Dec 1843 - 22 Dec 1921)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Rebecca Jane Haynes was born on Friday, 1 Dec 1843, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 22 Dec 1921 at Pike County, Ohio^G, at age 78 years and 21 days.¹
Interred after 22 Dec 1921 at East Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Shoemaker (née Haynes).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Rebecca and Seth Shoemaker were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Rebecca and Seth Shoemaker were married.¹

Child of: Rebecca Jane Haynes and Seth Shoemaker

Lucy P. Shoemaker+¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Henry M. Taylor¹

TMG ID:85725, (15 May 1876 - Dec 1964)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Henry M. Taylor was born on Monday, 15 May 1876, at Pike County, Ohio^G.¹
Interred in Dec 1964 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G. Plot: Section 7 - Lot 85.¹
Died in Dec 1964 at age 88 years and 6 months.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Henry and Lucy P. Shoemaker, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Henry and Lucy P. Shoemaker, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Clarence E. Smalley¹

Family

TMG ID:85726, (28 Jun 1905 - 20 Sep 1997)

Father*

(?) Smalley¹

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Step-father

George Ellsworth Elliott B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Clarence E. Smalley was born on Wednesday, 28 Jun 1905, at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 20 Sep 1997 at Madison County Hospital, London, Madison County, Ohio^G, at age 92 years, 2 months and 23 days.¹
Interred after 20 Sep 1997 at Dennison Chapel Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Clarence E. Smalley was the son of: (?) Smalley and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Clarence and Ethel V. Little were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Clarence and Ethel V. Little were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

17 Jun 2016

(?) Smalley¹

Family

TMG ID:85727

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Lucy P. Shoemaker, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Lucy P. Shoemaker, daughter of: Seth Shoemaker and Rebecca Jane Haynes, were married.¹

Child of: (?) Smalley and Lucy P. Shoemaker

Clarence E. Smalley¹ B: 28 Jun 1905, D: 20 Sep 1997

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Ethel V. Little¹

TMG ID:85728, (3 Apr 1905 - 10 Jan 1980)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Ethel V. Little was born on Monday, 3 Apr 1905, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 10 Jan 1980 at Fayette County Memorial Hospital, Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio^G, at age 74 years, 9 months and 7 days.¹
Interred after 10 Jan 1980 at Dennison Chapel Cemetery, Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Smalley (née Little).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Ethel and Clarence E. Smalley, son of: (?) Smalley and Lucy P. Shoemaker, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ethel and Clarence E. Smalley, son of: (?) Smalley and Lucy P. Shoemaker, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

George W. Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85729, (3 May 1914 - 6 Jul 1967)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: George W. Elliott was born on Sunday, 3 May 1914.¹
Died on Thursday, 6 Jul 1967 at Palm Beach County, Florida^G, at age 53 years, 2 months and 3 days.¹
Interred after 6 Jul 1967 at Greenfield Hospital, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G. Plot: Section 7, "Veterans Row."¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

George W. Elliott was the son of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Divorce	On this date, the divorce between Ruth Isabel (neé Ely) Elliott and George W. Elliott.¹
Marriage	Nov 1946, George, age 32 years and 5 months, and Ruth Isabel Ely, age 28 years and 8 months, daughter of: John Burgess Ely and Stella Marie Frost, were married at Highland County, Ohio^G, 2^nd marriage for Ruth.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Divorce

On this date, the divorce between Ruth Isabel (neé Ely) Elliott and George W. Elliott.¹

Marriage

Nov 1946, George, age 32 years and 5 months, and Ruth Isabel Ely, age 28 years and 8 months, daughter of: John Burgess Ely and Stella Marie Frost, were married at Highland County, Ohio^G, 2^nd marriage for Ruth.¹

Other Major Events

Military: George W. Elliott, military service, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II.¹
On this date, the divorce between Ruth Isabel (neé Ely) Elliott and George W. Elliott.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

20 Mar 2018

Dorothy Ellen Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85730, (25 Mar 1916 - 28 Aug 1961)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Dorothy Ellen Elliott was born on Saturday, 25 Mar 1916, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Monday, 28 Aug 1961 at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G, at age 45 years, 5 months and 3 days.¹
Interred after 28 Aug 1961 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Dorothy Ellen Elliott was the daughter of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Cox (née Elliott).¹
Name-Married: on Saturday, 15 Feb 1936, her married name became Mrs. Chain (née Elliott).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Dorothy and Russell Theodore Cox were married.¹
Marriage	Saturday, 15 Feb 1936, Dorothy, age 19 years, 10 months and 21 days, and Ernal Chain, age 20 years, 2 months and 27 days, son of: Walter Warrick Chain and Edna Setty, were married at Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Dorothy and Russell Theodore Cox were married.¹

Marriage

Saturday, 15 Feb 1936, Dorothy, age 19 years, 10 months and 21 days, and Ernal Chain, age 20 years, 2 months and 27 days, son of: Walter Warrick Chain and Edna Setty, were married at Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

Children of: Dorothy Ellen Elliott and Ernal Chain

Felicia Ann Chain¹ B: 8 Jul 1939, D: 3 Jan 1992
John William Chain¹ B: 28 Aug 1941, D: 24 Dec 2006

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

16 Jun 2016

Bessie Alma Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85731, (24 Oct 1918 - 11 May 1967)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Bessie Alma Elliott was born on Thursday, 24 Oct 1918.¹
Died on Thursday, 11 May 1967 at age 48 years, 6 months and 17 days.¹
Interred after 11 May 1967 at Hardins Creek Cemetery, Bridges, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Bessie Alma Elliott was the daughter of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Bowers (née Elliott).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Bessie and Robert Paul Bowers, son of: (?) Bowers and Mary Jane Harper, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Bessie and Robert Paul Bowers, son of: (?) Bowers and Mary Jane Harper, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

16 Jun 2016

Earl Lee Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85732, (12 Nov 1924 - 21 Nov 2013)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Earl Lee Elliott was born on Wednesday, 12 Nov 1924, at Fayette County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 21 Nov 2013 at Columbus City, Franklin County, Ohio^G, at age 89 years and 9 days.¹
Interred after 21 Nov 2013 at Fairview Cemetery, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Earl Lee Elliott was the son of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 18 Jan 1947, Earl, age 22 years, 2 months and 6 days, and Bernice Marie Robinson, age 23 years, 6 months and 21 days, daughter of: (?) Robinson and Lucretia Banks, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 18 Jan 1947, Earl, age 22 years, 2 months and 6 days, and Bernice Marie Robinson, age 23 years, 6 months and 21 days, daughter of: (?) Robinson and Lucretia Banks, were married.¹

Child of: Earl Lee Elliott and Bernice Marie Robinson

Steven A. Elliott¹ B: 2 Sep 1957, D: 23 Nov 2014

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

16 Jun 2016

Betty Ruth Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85733, (16 Oct 1927 - 30 Nov 2009)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Betty Ruth Elliott was born on Sunday, 16 Oct 1927, at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Monday, 30 Nov 2009 at Columbus City, Franklin County, Ohio^G, at age 82 years, 1 month and 14 days.¹
Interred after 30 Nov 2009 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Betty Ruth Elliott was the daughter of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 31 May 1947, her married name became Mrs. Robinette (née Elliott).¹
Name-Married: on Sunday, 21 Sep 1969, her married name became Mrs. Hudnell (née Elliott).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 31 May 1947, Betty, age 19 years, 7 months and 15 days, and Marion Bryce Robinette, age 23 years, 10 months and 10 days, son of: Charles Albert Robinette and Rachel Viola Knisley, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 31 May 1947, Betty, age 19 years, 7 months and 15 days, and Marion Bryce Robinette, age 23 years, 10 months and 10 days, son of: Charles Albert Robinette and Rachel Viola Knisley, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Aug 2016

Joseph Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85734, (29 Aug 1933 - 23 Jun 1988)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Joseph Elliott was born on Tuesday, 29 Aug 1933, at Ohio^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 23 Jun 1988 at Athens, Athens County, Ohio^G, at age 54 years, 9 months and 25 days.¹
Interred after 23 Jun 1988 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Joseph Elliott was the son of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Charles Sigle Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85735, (1909 - 1955)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Charles Sigle Elliott was born in 1909.¹
Died in 1955 at age 46 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Charles Sigle Elliott was the son of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Mildred Elva Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85736, (c 1913 - 1956)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mildred Elva Elliott was born circa 1913.¹
Died in 1956.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mildred Elva Elliott was the daughter of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Theodore H. Elliott¹

Family

TMG ID:85737, (1921 - 1993)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Ellsworth Elliott¹ B: 10 Jun 1882, D: 9 Apr 1938

Mother*

Lucy P. Shoemaker¹ B: 6 Aug 1886, D: 20 Nov 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Theodore H. Elliott was born in 1921.¹
Died in 1993 at age 72 years.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Theodore H. Elliott was the son of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Marion Bryce Robinette¹

Family

TMG ID:85738, (21 Jul 1923 - 19 Jan 1977)

Relationship:

6th cousin of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

Charles Albert Robinette¹ B: 10 May 1886, D: 29 Jun 1957

Mother*

Rachel Viola Knisley¹ B: 20 Dec 1899, D: 20 Oct 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Marion Bryce Robinette was born on Saturday, 21 Jul 1923, at Austin, Ross County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 19 Jan 1977 at Columbus City, Ohio^G, at age 53 years, 5 months and 29 days.¹
Interred on Saturday, 22 Jan 1977 at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Marion Bryce Robinette was the son of: Charles Albert Robinette and Rachel Viola Knisley.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Buck"¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 31 May 1947, Marion, age 23 years, 10 months and 10 days, and Betty Ruth Elliott, age 19 years, 7 months and 15 days, daughter of: George Ellsworth Elliott and Lucy P. Shoemaker, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

9 Jun 2016

Charles Albert Robinette¹

Family

TMG ID:85739, (10 May 1886 - 29 Jun 1957)

Father*

Lorin Robinette² B: 8 Apr 1842, D: 20 Feb 1926

Mother*

Amanda Seymour²

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Charles Albert Robinette was born on Monday, 10 May 1886, at Vinton County, Ohio^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 29 Jun 1957 at Clarksburg, Ross County, Ohio^G, at age 71 years, 1 month and 19 days.¹
Interred after 29 Jun 1957 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Charles Albert Robinette was the son of: Lorin Robinette and Amanda Seymour.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Alfred"²

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 2 Dec 1916, Charles, age 30 years, 6 months and 22 days, and Rachel Viola Knisley, age 16 years, 11 months and 12 days, daughter of: George Washington Knisley and Lily May Gillenwaters, were married at Ross County, Ohio^G.^1,3

Children of: Charles Albert Robinette and Rachel Viola Knisley

Everett Allen Robinette+¹ B: 13 Jul 1917, D: 4 Sep 1981
Gertrude Robinette¹ B: 7 Oct 1918, D: 8 Mar 1983
Carl Robinette¹ B: 22 May 1920, D: 28 Nov 1966
Lillie Mae Robinette+¹ B: 3 Apr 1922, D: 14 Jan 1996
Marion Bryce Robinette¹ B: 21 Jul 1923, D: 19 Jan 1977
Charles Robinette+¹ B: 13 Dec 1927, D: 11 Dec 1985
Helen Louise Robinette+¹ B: 4 May 1930, D: 24 Sep 2006
Donald E. Robinette+¹ B: 4 Sep 1932, D: 17 Oct 2014
James H. Robinette¹ B: 7 Nov 1934, D: 15 Jul 1960
Bessie Ann Robinette+¹ B: 7 May 1938, D: 13 Nov 1966
Mary Jane Robinette+¹ B: 3 Jun 1939, D: 25 Dec 2008
Edith L. Robinette+¹ B: 4 Jul 1942, D: 16 Aug 1994

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File - Submitted 5/4/2013 by Lauren Baum.

Last Edited

15 Jun 2016

Rachel Viola Knisley¹

Family

TMG ID:85740, (20 Dec 1899 - 20 Oct 1964)

Relationship:

5th cousin 1 time removed of John Phillip Wagner

Father*

George Washington Knisley¹ B: 2 Feb 1868, D: 17 Aug 1953

Mother*

Lily May Gillenwaters¹ B: Jul 1875, D: 1964

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Rachel Viola Knisley was born on Wednesday, 20 Dec 1899, at Ohio^G.^2,1
Died on Tuesday, 20 Oct 1964 at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio^G, at age 64 years and 10 months.¹
Interred after 20 Oct 1964 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Rachel Viola Knisley was the daughter of: George Washington Knisley and Lily May Gillenwaters.¹
Born: Rachel Viola Knisley was born on Thursday, 20 Dec 1900, at Ohio^G.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Mam"¹
Name-Married: on Saturday, 2 Dec 1916, her married name became Mrs. Robinette (née Knisley).^1,3

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 2 Dec 1916, Rachel, age 16 years, 11 months and 12 days, and Charles Albert Robinette, age 30 years, 6 months and 22 days, son of: Lorin Robinette and Amanda Seymour, were married at Ross County, Ohio^G.^1,3

Children of: Rachel Viola Knisley and Charles Albert Robinette

Everett Allen Robinette+¹ B: 13 Jul 1917, D: 4 Sep 1981
Gertrude Robinette¹ B: 7 Oct 1918, D: 8 Mar 1983
Carl Robinette¹ B: 22 May 1920, D: 28 Nov 1966
Lillie Mae Robinette+¹ B: 3 Apr 1922, D: 14 Jan 1996
Marion Bryce Robinette¹ B: 21 Jul 1923, D: 19 Jan 1977
Charles Robinette+¹ B: 13 Dec 1927, D: 11 Dec 1985
Helen Louise Robinette+¹ B: 4 May 1930, D: 24 Sep 2006
Donald E. Robinette+¹ B: 4 Sep 1932, D: 17 Oct 2014
James H. Robinette¹ B: 7 Nov 1934, D: 15 Jul 1960
Bessie Ann Robinette+¹ B: 7 May 1938, D: 13 Nov 1966
Mary Jane Robinette+¹ B: 3 Jun 1939, D: 25 Dec 2008
Edith L. Robinette+¹ B: 4 Jul 1942, D: 16 Aug 1994

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

11 Jun 1900, Pleasant Twp., Madison County, Ohio^G

George Washington Knisley, Lily May Gillenwaters, Pleasant Harrison Knisley and Clarence David Knisley²

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File - Submitted 5/4/2013 by Lauren Baum.

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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