On February 15, 1904 in the pink bedroom of the Orville (Tonk) Mills family home,
  which still stands though unoccupied, located just north of the Santa Fe tracks in
  Lake City, Kansas, Elizabeth Mills was born. Dr. Bond who lived five miles south-
  east of Lake City was the attending physician. Traveling on horseback he only
  attended at the birth, then rode home the next day. Mrs. G.G. Shigley, wife of the
  local merchant, actually cared for Mother and me during the first crucial days of my
  life.
     Orville Mills was married to mary Haviland and to this union two daughters were
  born, Celia Mills PUrdy 1893 and Mary Mills Lake 1904, before the untimely death of
  their wife and mother. On November 5, 1896 Lora Agnes McColl and Orville Mills were
  united in marriage. To this union five children were born; William Cloud, Orva, Ethyl,
  Elizabeth and Orville Jr. (Red). We seven children were raised in moderate circumstances
  for those days. We all enjoyed growing up in Barber County among ranch people. We
  very much enjoyed working with the cattle. I spent many happy days in the saddle 
  helping (or being in the way of) my Dad and brother Bill. I also spent many happy days
  with our shetland ponies. One team was broke to the buggy which caused many thrills
  and spills.
     All the children except Elizabeth and Orville Jr. completed their elementary
  education at Lake City under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Seaman,
  John Breneman, Miss Wirsig and Miss Lucy Breed being a few of the outstanding
  instructors in Elizabeth's memory. In 1916 when Elizabeth was ready for the sixth
  grade the family moved to Manhattan, Kansas for the purpose of providing higher
  education for the older children, except Celia and Mary who had already graduated 
  from the Medicine Lodge High School. In December of 1918 sister Orva succumbed with 
  the flu and is buried in Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Kansas.
     In the spring of 1927 I graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. degree
  in Home Economics and Education. I taught Vocational Homemaking in the Holcomb
  Consolidated School system from the fall of 1927-1930. It was during this time that
  I met Wilfred M. Elliott and we were married June 8, 1930 in Medicine Lodge at the
  home of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Lake (Mary). Our first home was on a farm in Wallace County,
  Kansas. In 1931 we had 18,000 bushels of wheat and received an average of 26 cents per
  bushel. That was the beginning of the Great Depression for us. Our first daughter,
  Elizabeth Ann, was born December 10, 1931 at the hospital in Syracuse, Kansas. Having
  faith of a true farmer that conditions would improve we again planted crops only to
  have severe drought. Two years of drouths were followed by the severe dust storms of
  the 30's.
     We left Western Kansas in January 1933. Came to Barber County, living on the
  Clauson Place at the junction of Bear and Dog Creeks. The depression had really set
  in by this time and Wilfred did trucking to support the family. Mary Louise Elliott
  ws born April 4, 1933 and Barbara Frances Elliott was born July 13, 1925. Elizabeth
  Ann and Mary Louise each attended elementary school in Lake City. Wilfred served on
  both the Lake City Grade and High School Boards during the time we lived in the Lake
  City area.
     In March 1941, we purchased a farm near White City, Kansas where our family of
  three daughters grew to womanhood. Elizabeth Ann received her PhD from University of 
  Wisconsin in 1970. Mary Louise and Barbara Frances each completed two years work at
  Kansas State and then opted for MRS degrees (Married) in June, 1955. We now have
  10 grandchildren of whom we are very proud.
     Although our home has not been in Barber County for 38 years Wilfred and I still
  enjoy visiting with our many relatives and friends remaining there.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 168 
     Submitted by: Elizabeth Mills Elliott and Wilfred M. Elliott