Dusek Tree - Person Sheet
Dusek Tree - Person Sheet
NameCharlotte (Lottie) Gray Elliot 
Moved (Migrated)Spring 1888686
Residence1900, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA447
Residence1910, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA527
Residence1920, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA
Residence1930, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA687
MemoCerebro Vascular Hemorrhage, Arterio Sclerosis, Influenza Pneumonia
ReligionPresbyterian690
FatherWilliam Elliot
MotherGray
Spouses
Residence1870, Rooks Creek, Livingston Co., Illinois, USA685
Residence1900, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA447
Residence1910, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA527
Residence1920, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA
Residence1930, Waterville, Douglas Co., Washington, USA687
MemoCerebral Hemorrhage, arterio sclerosis
ReligionPresbyterian684
FatherThomas Clark (-1852)
MotherMary Rooke (1817-1914)
ChildrenGrace Charlotte (Twin) (1884-1958)
Elliot Rooke (Twin) (1884-1968)
Harry Thomas (1885-1956)
Mary Anabel (1887-1986)
Myra Mann (1890-1972)
Obituary notes for Charlotte (Lottie) Gray Elliot
Charlotte Clark
WATERVILLE -- Mrs. Charlotte Clark, 95, a pioneer resident of Waterville, died Friday in a Waterville hospital following a short illness.
Born in Kelso, Scotland, Feb. 3, 1862, Mrs. Clark came to the United States in 1892 (correct date is 1882), settling on a homestead north of Waterville in 1898 (correct date is 1888). She was married to Thomas H. Clark at Halsey, Ore., in July, 1893 (correct date is 1883). In 1910 she moved into the town of Waterville.
Mrs. Clark was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Rebekah Lodge, and Women’s Council. Surviving are: three daughters, Grace Simmons, Valier, Mont., Anabel Zones, Waterville, and Myra Hansen, Wenatchee; one son, Elliot Clark, Waterville, seven grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.
Thomas Funeral Home, Waterville, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
MRS. CHARLOTTE CLARK -- Services will be held Monday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. from the Federated Church in Waterville, with Rev. William Brooks officiating. Friends caring to see Mrs. Clark kindly do so at the funeral chapel before service time. Interment will be in the Waterville Cemetery. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home in Waterville.690
WATERVILLE -- Mrs. Charlotte Clark, 95, a pioneer resident of Waterville, died Friday in a Waterville hospital following a short illness.
Born in Kelso, Scotland, Feb. 3, 1862, Mrs. Clark came to the United States in 1892 (correct date is 1882), settling on a homestead north of Waterville in 1898 (correct date is 1888). She was married to Thomas H. Clark at Halsey, Ore., in July, 1893 (correct date is 1883). In 1910 she moved into the town of Waterville.
Mrs. Clark was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Rebekah Lodge, and Women’s Council. Surviving are: three daughters, Grace Simmons, Valier, Mont., Anabel Zones, Waterville, and Myra Hansen, Wenatchee; one son, Elliot Clark, Waterville, seven grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.
Thomas Funeral Home, Waterville, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
MRS. CHARLOTTE CLARK -- Services will be held Monday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. from the Federated Church in Waterville, with Rev. William Brooks officiating. Friends caring to see Mrs. Clark kindly do so at the funeral chapel before service time. Interment will be in the Waterville Cemetery. Arrangements by Thomas Funeral Home in Waterville.690
Notes for Charlotte (Lottie) Gray Elliot
Father and Mother born in Scotland per US Census records.
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ANABEL CLARK ZONES: A Journalism Report
By April Zones, 1975
Thomas H. and Charlotte Clark left Oregon's Willamette Valley in the fall of 1887 for Prineville. They spent the winter with Mr. Clark’s parents. Anabel was born there at Prineville on October 4th, 1887. Early in the spring of 1888, the Clark family left for Waterville in Washington Territory. They came over the Colockum Pass in a covered wagon. In places, it was so steep that the wagon had be be tied to the top of a tree to hold it back. As the wagon went down the steep hill, the tree bent, thus affording a gentle decent. They boarded a ferry in the approximate vicinity of Rock Island. The ferry broke loose, but the Indians helped catch it so it wouldn't go down river. When the Clarks arrived at Waterville on May 8, 1888, they stayed with a former neighbor, the Silas Pearls, until they got their homestead shack built.
The lumber for the homestead was hauled from the Badger Mountain Mill, located on the old Arndt place, on top of Badger Mountain. A small 12' by 14' shack was built 2 miles north and 4 1/2 miles west of the town of Waterville. Anabel remembers the floor space was increased by hanging the chairs on the wall. Furniture was brought from Oregon, including the trundle bed Anabel and her older sister slept in. Bedding and clothing also came from Oregon.
An Indian trail from Yakima to Chelan went right up the ditch in front of the house. This caused Charlotte to worry a lot about her children as they were playing outside.
Thomas used a 12" - 14" plow to break out about 20 acres of land. He planted wheat and some barley. Until the land began to produce, Clark would walk to Ellensburg every Monday morning to do carpentry work. He would return home on Saturday night.
Mrs. Clark always raised a big garden to put food on the table. She always included a special variety of pea, which she roasted for coffee. One time Thomas went to the Nash store at the foot of Badger Mountain and bought a pig for $5. He carried it home in the pocket of his overcoat. The store used to be in the area of the John W. Viebrock home.
When the land began to produce, there was enough work to do at home. The farm had increased to about 200 acres. The wheat was harvested with a binder at first. The binder cut the grain and tied it up into bundles. The bundles were most often gathered and left to dry in shocks. As the farm progressed, Thomas and a neighbor, Henry Laymance, (Rose Wainscott's father) went together and bought a thrashing machine. Horses were hooked onto a treadmill, which furnished the power to thrash the wheat. The wheat was then sacked and hauled in a wagon down Corbaley Canyon to Orondo. It was sold for 50¢ a bushel, which was considered a good price.
The Clarks' water supply was hauled from Pine Canyon. Later, the neighbors dug a community well on the Wainscott farm north of town. It was closer to haul water from there.
By this time, the Clark family had increased to seven: Mr. and Mrs. Clark, twins — Elliot and Grace, Anabel, Myra, and Harry. The five children walked half a mile to school. Mr. Silas A. Pearl donated a plot of ground for the school house, so it was named the Pearl School. In those days, they had 3 month sessions of school, in the spring and also in the fall. Miss M. A. Pryor, who later married Walter Mann of Waterville, was Anabel's first teacher. Usually they had a different teacher for each 3 month session. Anabel went to the Pearl School for the first 8 grades and then to Waterville for High School. She rode horseback to school while the weather was good. During the winter, she roomed and boarded at the Pete Freesinger home.
At this time Waterville boasted 6 churches, 4 saloons, 2 drug stores, 4 grocery stores, a harness shop, hardware, 3 hotels and, of course, a school. All the walks were board walks, and the streets were dirt. Mr. Freesinger was a druggist.
The high school teachers were E. F. Elliot, Miss Harrington, and a little Bohemian, Miss Hauruska. Anabel Graduated in 1908.
After graduating from high school, Anabel went to Cheney Normal and one summer to Bellingham Normal. She graduated from Cheney in 1916. She then returned to Waterville and taught in the Pearl School, the Baird School, and also the school at Waterville. Among her pupils were Harry and Mildred Jones, Irene and Nellie Jensen, Hulet and Nel Hutchins, Keith Wilcox, and Dr. Winstanley, presently of Wenatchee.
Anabel's parents retired from farming and moved to town in 1911. They lived on the corner of Central and Ash.
Anabel married John W. Zones on November 11, 1919. After many busy years as a farm wife, mother, and an active member of the community, Anabel also retired to the old Clark home, at the corner of Central and Ash.
A forward look, and a backward glance tells you that Anabel's youngest grandchild, Mary Ann Zones, will graduate from Waterville in 1983, a full 75 years after Anabel's graduation.
By April Zones, 1975
Thomas H. and Charlotte Clark left Oregon's Willamette Valley in the fall of 1887 for Prineville. They spent the winter with Mr. Clark’s parents. Anabel was born there at Prineville on October 4th, 1887. Early in the spring of 1888, the Clark family left for Waterville in Washington Territory. They came over the Colockum Pass in a covered wagon. In places, it was so steep that the wagon had be be tied to the top of a tree to hold it back. As the wagon went down the steep hill, the tree bent, thus affording a gentle decent. They boarded a ferry in the approximate vicinity of Rock Island. The ferry broke loose, but the Indians helped catch it so it wouldn't go down river. When the Clarks arrived at Waterville on May 8, 1888, they stayed with a former neighbor, the Silas Pearls, until they got their homestead shack built.
The lumber for the homestead was hauled from the Badger Mountain Mill, located on the old Arndt place, on top of Badger Mountain. A small 12' by 14' shack was built 2 miles north and 4 1/2 miles west of the town of Waterville. Anabel remembers the floor space was increased by hanging the chairs on the wall. Furniture was brought from Oregon, including the trundle bed Anabel and her older sister slept in. Bedding and clothing also came from Oregon.
An Indian trail from Yakima to Chelan went right up the ditch in front of the house. This caused Charlotte to worry a lot about her children as they were playing outside.
Thomas used a 12" - 14" plow to break out about 20 acres of land. He planted wheat and some barley. Until the land began to produce, Clark would walk to Ellensburg every Monday morning to do carpentry work. He would return home on Saturday night.
Mrs. Clark always raised a big garden to put food on the table. She always included a special variety of pea, which she roasted for coffee. One time Thomas went to the Nash store at the foot of Badger Mountain and bought a pig for $5. He carried it home in the pocket of his overcoat. The store used to be in the area of the John W. Viebrock home.
When the land began to produce, there was enough work to do at home. The farm had increased to about 200 acres. The wheat was harvested with a binder at first. The binder cut the grain and tied it up into bundles. The bundles were most often gathered and left to dry in shocks. As the farm progressed, Thomas and a neighbor, Henry Laymance, (Rose Wainscott's father) went together and bought a thrashing machine. Horses were hooked onto a treadmill, which furnished the power to thrash the wheat. The wheat was then sacked and hauled in a wagon down Corbaley Canyon to Orondo. It was sold for 50¢ a bushel, which was considered a good price.
The Clarks' water supply was hauled from Pine Canyon. Later, the neighbors dug a community well on the Wainscott farm north of town. It was closer to haul water from there.
By this time, the Clark family had increased to seven: Mr. and Mrs. Clark, twins — Elliot and Grace, Anabel, Myra, and Harry. The five children walked half a mile to school. Mr. Silas A. Pearl donated a plot of ground for the school house, so it was named the Pearl School. In those days, they had 3 month sessions of school, in the spring and also in the fall. Miss M. A. Pryor, who later married Walter Mann of Waterville, was Anabel's first teacher. Usually they had a different teacher for each 3 month session. Anabel went to the Pearl School for the first 8 grades and then to Waterville for High School. She rode horseback to school while the weather was good. During the winter, she roomed and boarded at the Pete Freesinger home.
At this time Waterville boasted 6 churches, 4 saloons, 2 drug stores, 4 grocery stores, a harness shop, hardware, 3 hotels and, of course, a school. All the walks were board walks, and the streets were dirt. Mr. Freesinger was a druggist.
The high school teachers were E. F. Elliot, Miss Harrington, and a little Bohemian, Miss Hauruska. Anabel Graduated in 1908.
After graduating from high school, Anabel went to Cheney Normal and one summer to Bellingham Normal. She graduated from Cheney in 1916. She then returned to Waterville and taught in the Pearl School, the Baird School, and also the school at Waterville. Among her pupils were Harry and Mildred Jones, Irene and Nellie Jensen, Hulet and Nel Hutchins, Keith Wilcox, and Dr. Winstanley, presently of Wenatchee.
Anabel's parents retired from farming and moved to town in 1911. They lived on the corner of Central and Ash.
Anabel married John W. Zones on November 11, 1919. After many busy years as a farm wife, mother, and an active member of the community, Anabel also retired to the old Clark home, at the corner of Central and Ash.
A forward look, and a backward glance tells you that Anabel's youngest grandchild, Mary Ann Zones, will graduate from Waterville in 1983, a full 75 years after Anabel's graduation.