H. M. Elliston, Dallas County Native, Passes

Former Tax Assessor Was Third Generation Resident of the Region

Harrison Marsh Elliston, 67, a son of Dallas County Pioneers and a former Dallas County Tax Assessor, died Friday at his home, 4309 Bowser. He had been retired several years.
Mr. Elliston went with the county tax department in 1898 at the age of 25 as a clerk under Alfred Jackson and stayed with the department for twenty years. From 1912 until 1918 he served as Tax Assessor and then retired to private life soon after.
Born near Farmers Branch, Mr. Elliston traced his Dallas County forbearers back two generations. His grandfather, John W. Elliston came to Dallas County in 1848 from Kentucky and his father, Mark Elliston was a well-known Dallas County merchant and farmer.
Mark Elliston fought in Troop A. of the Ninth Texas Confederate Cavalry during the War Between the States and set up his residence in Dallas County in 1867, two years after the war ended. He farmed until 1889 when he moved to Garland and entered the dry-goods business, where he operated a prosperous business.
H. Marsh Elliston served two years as secretary-treasurer of the Texas Cotton Co-operative Association from 1930-32. He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Dallas and several years ago belonged to the Knights of Pythias, although he had not been active in the organization recently.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Crump Elliston of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. O. P. Thomas of Abilene.

The Dallas Morning News - December 21, 1940
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams