Eller Family Association

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William Thomas Eller

William Thomas Eller

Male 1869 - 1936  (67 years)

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  • Name William Thomas Eller 
    Born 27 Aug 1869 
    Gender Male 
    Died 04 Dec 1936 
    Person ID I587  George Michael Eller
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 

    Father James Madison Eller,   b. 17 Jun 1840, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1920, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Nancy Louisa Vannoy,   b. 05 Oct 1847,   d. 15 Dec 1920  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F143  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nora Electa Robinette,   b. 11 Aug 1884,   d. 27 Sep 1973  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 02 Oct 1902 
    Children 
     1. Vernon Gilbert Eller,   b. 29 Apr 1904,   d. 02 May 1986  (Age 82 years)  [Natural]
     2. Viola Eller,   b. 06 Nov 1905  [Natural]
     3. Clyde Thomas Eller
     4. Electra Eller
     5. Ernest Alonzo Eller,   b. 28 Sep 1915, Wilkes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 2004, Millers Creek, Wilkes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     6. Edna Eller
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 
    Family ID F313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eller, William Thomas (1869-1936)
    Eller, William Thomas (1869-1936) & Nora Robinette (1884-1972)

    Headstones
    Eller, William Thomas (1869-1936) and wife Nora Robinette
    Eller, William Thomas (1869-1936) and wife Nora Robinette

  • Notes 
    • He went to school at New Hope Academy. He taught school a few years. Hewent to Roaring River, N.C. to work in a store owned by Thomas Church, uncle of Nora Robinette, who lived on Stoney Fork Creek at Hendrix in Wilkes County, N.C. Miss Robinette was visiting her uncle when she met Thomas Eller. Their courtship was mostly by letter. They courted about two years before he got to go see her regularity. They were married 2 October 1902, at a home wedding performed by the Reverend Bradshaw of North Wilkesboro, N.C. Tom and Nora moved to a farm near New Hope Church in 1917.

      Thomas made a profession of faith, joined he church and was baptized at Beaver Creek. Later he was elected Deacon of New Hope Baptist Church and served as Clerk of the Church for several years.

      He was a farmer and raised cattle and hogs. He sold milk to the dairy when it was hauled to North Wilkesboro, N.C.

      In 1930, his health became bad. He was in the Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem and also a patient at Davis Hospital in Statesville, N.C. He was confined to his bed most of the time afterwards until his death on December 4, 1936. He was buried in the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in the back where he had requested to be buried. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Eller, Nora Robinette.