John W. Elliston, 64, Will Be Buried Today

Rites for John W. Elliston, 64, of 3215 Maple, native of Dallas County, who died suddenly of a heart attack Monday near Irving, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Weiland Funeral Home. The Rev. G. H. Mood of the Haskell Avenue Methodist Church will officiate, assisted by Dr. W. C. Martin of the First Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Mr. Elliston will be buried at Marsh Cemetery at Farmers Branch about 300 years from where he was born. His grandfather, Harrison Marsh, settled in the Farmers Branch area in 1843. Mr. Elliston spent most of his life in Dallas county. He was connected with the Sheriff's department under the administrations of Ben Brandenburg and Schhuyler Marshall.
Mr. Elliston suffered an attack while driving an automobile and died before a doctor could reach him.
Surviving are his wife; a son, Mark Elliston; a brother, Marsh Elliston, former Tax Assessor here, and a sister, Mrs. O. P. Thomson of Abilene.
Pallbearers will be John T. Orr, Oscar Dooley, Sam Savone, Porter Cochran, Frank Sweeney and Ben Linskie.

The Dallas Morning News - December 12, 1934
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

FATHER
JOHN W. ELLISTON
DEC 30, 1870
DEC 10, 1934

Marsh Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas