Elias Walter Pearl Lively [2793]
- Born: 8 Aug 1888, Fayette County, West Virginia
- Marriage: Etta Pearl Sannar [20216]
- Died: 1 Sep 1971, Wallowa, Oregon at age 83
- Buried: Wallowa County Cemetery, Oregon
 General Notes:
He is known to the family as Uncle Walt and had to escape to Oregon.
He escaped to Oregon from the sheriff. The incident leading to his escape involved a very nearsighted preacher who assumed that Walt, or one of Walt's friends, slipped a button into the collection plate. The preacher then proceeded to direct a "hellfire and damnation" sermon at Walt and his friends. Not taking kindly to his sermon, they waited outside the church. It was at night and proceeded to throw the preacher into Paint Creek at Lively West Virginia.
The Preacher reported this to the sheriff who "quote went looking for Walt."
There are numerous stories about Walt. To me he was always friendly, smiling, a great story teller, and a fanatic fisherman. His wife Pearl was the sweetest woman I have known.
--Richard Hopkins on his Hopkins family page (www.gbnf.com) has Elias Walter Pearl Lively listed as Walter Fisher Lively.
Elias married Etta Pearl Sannar [20216] [MRIN: 965], daughter of William Isaac Sannar [20215] and Eliza Ann Julia Carper [6598]. (Etta Pearl Sannar [20216] was born in Promise, Wallowa, Oregon.)
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