Miss Ellen ABBOTT, who left here with John MCCOLLUM over a year ago, has returned to the community of her home at Trezevant.  She has been given a home with her uncle, G.M. HOLMES.  She was deserted by MCCOLLUM several months ago at Brinkley, Ark., where she has been living until now.

Source: Carroll County Democrat, 12 Feb 1897, pg. 1