He was born a Dwigans but was known to also use his mother's maiden name of Eliot. Note on the wedding certificate attached he is an Eliot Dwigans.

I will use the surname on his tombstone for this memorial.

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E Estilla Walker in the 1900 United States Federal Census-

Name: E Estilla Walker
Age: 20
Birth Date: Feb 1880
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1900: Dallas, Taylor, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Niece
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How children: 2

Household Members:
Name Age
Frank H Raper 58
Louis F Raper 19
E Estilla Walker 20
Mary E Walker 3
Nina M Walker 1


Edie E Elliott in the 1910 United States Federal Census-

Name: Edie E Elliott
Age in 1910: 30
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1910: Washington, Adams, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alonzo R Elliott
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Native Tongue: English
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 5
Number of Children Born: 5
Number of Children Living: 5

Household Members:
Name Age
Alonzo R Elliott 43
Edie E Elliott 30
Mary Elliott 13 (nee' Walker)
Nina Elliott 11 (nee' Walker)
Anita Elliott 4
Alva Elliott 2
May Elliott [5/12]


Estella E Elliott in the 1920 United States Federal Census-

Name: Estella E Elliott
Age: 39
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1920: Wichita Ward 5, Sedgwick, Kansas
Street: North Charles
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Alonzo R Elliott
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: None

Household Members:
Name Age
Alonzo R Elliott 53
Estella E Elliott 39
Anneta B Elliott 13
Alvin H Elliott 12
May E Elliott 10
Ivan W Elliott 7
Wiota A Elliott 5


NOTE- They divorced after 1920 and remarried on 14 May 1923.

1930 United States Federal Census -

Name
Age in 1930
Birth Year 1867
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Iowa
Marital Status *Widowed*
Relation to Head of House Boarder
Home in 1930 Perrys Mill, Blount, Tennessee


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Alonzo R Eliot in the Iowa, Marriage Records-

Name: Alonzo R Eliot
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1866
Nativity: California (sic)
Marriage Date: 17 May 1904
Marriage Place: Page, Iowa, USA
Father: John C Eliot (sic)
Mother: Martha Hutcheson (sic)
Spouse: Ada E Walker
Maiden name: Raper
Her father: Austin Raper
Her mother: Eddie Powell

*A second marriage for both.*


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His children with second wife Eda Estelle Raper Walker:

Anita Beatrice, 1906-
Father: Alonzo Robert Elliott
Gender: Male
Spouse: Adie (sic) Estella Raper
Child: Anita Beatrice Elliott

SOURCE- Alonzo Robert Elliott in the Iowa, Select Marriages Index,


Alva Harold
Birth 17 SEP 1907 • Iowa
Death 23 FEB 1998 • Angwin, Napa, California,

May E. 1910-

Ivan Wilbur about 1913-

Wiota Adel, 1914-1969
Birth 13 MAR, 1914 • Lenox, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Death 16 NOV, 1969 • San Francisco, San Mateo, California
Husband: Elmer Leroy Piper, 1915-1973
One Child: Richard Allen Piper
Birth 14 MAR 1935 • Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
Death 19 JUL 1978 • Torrance, California

The names Anita and Wiota are from towns in Cass County, IA, where he had lived.

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Military-

Enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 14 Jan 1889, Sgt, co. K, US 13th infantry, discharged 13 Jan 1894.

Enlisted 14 Jan 1894, NYC, Sgt, co, F (?), 13th infantry, discharged 13 Apr 1897, NYC.

Enlisted 9 Sept 1899, De Moines, IA, co A, 40th infantry, discharged (mustered out) 29 Jun 1901 , San Francisco, CA.

He was in the Veteran's Hospital most of the time from 25 Oct 1926 to 28 Feb 1930. Wife- Mrs Estelle Eliot.

Enumerated as Alonzo R. Dwigans (Alias Eliot) [sic].

Disabilities when admitted to the home-

Mitral insufficiency, blindness partial right. Epilepsy (obs. for).


Source- U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Johnson City, TN.

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1900 United States Federal Census for Alonzo R Dwigans
Military and Naval Forces
Philippine Islands
Dapitan
District 0193

Alonzo R. Dwigans
Sergeant
City and state: New York, NY
White
Male
B. July, 1866
Married
11 years
B. Iowa
Father b. Australia (sic)
Mother b. Iowa
Co. A
40th US infantry

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Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index-

Name: Alonzo R Eliot
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1866
Birth Place: Tipton, Iowa
Age: 77
Death Date: 30 Nov 1943
Death Place: Rural, Walland, Blount, Tennessee
Burial Date: 4 Dec 1943
Burial Place: Blount Co, Tennessee
Cemetery Name: East Maryville
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Residence Place: Walland, Blount, Tennessee
Father's name: James Eliot
Father's Birth Place: Iowa
Spouse's Name: Mary Harmon
FHL Film Number: 2137342



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It would appear from the records that we have of his life that he had trouble maintaining stability. It couldn't have helped that he lost his dad at such a young age, plus was the oldest child in a family without a father. I do know that Wiota ended up in a psychiatric hospital later in life. She may have even died there. My mom remembers her as being very "mentally unbalanced." Wiota and Elmer Piper eventually divorced. Wiota and Elmer's son, Dick, showed signs of instability throughout his life. He couldn't seem to settle into an occupation. He kept coming up with crazy ideas and schemes, and his dad had to keep telling him to come back to earth, so to speak. Dick died young. I think he was in his early 40s.

SOURCE- Courtesy of a grand niece.

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Marriage discrepancy-

I know you're not related, but have you run across the fact that he married Eda Estella Raper first under the Eliot name and then under the Dwigans name. He also gave 2 different sets of parents for the 2 records. I sort of get the feeling that according to the 1900 census he may have been married before Eda in or about 1889. First wife perhaps not divorced or dead?

FROM: Carolyn Jensen
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6 Dec 2016