Edward Ellis1

M, #13083, b. 7 December 1843, d. 18 March 1920
Edward Ellis|b. 7 Dec 1843\nd. 18 Mar 1920|p13083.htm|Bradford Ellis|b. 12 Mar 1811\nd. 24 Jun 1885|p7782.htm|Elizabeth Ellis|b. 5 Dec 1814\nd. 4 Dec 1859|p7781.htm|John Ellis|d. 11 Nov 1858|p7798.htm|Elizabeth (?)||p7799.htm|James Ellis|b. 14 Aug 1775\nd. 1 Mar 1836|p7770.htm|Elizabeth Morrison (?)||p7773.htm|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Robert Lynn Adams.
Relationship=1st cousin 2 times removed of Robert George Adams.
Last Edited=8 Nov 2008
     Edward Ellis was born on 7 December 1843 at Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., Iowa.1 He was the son of Bradford Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis.1 Edward Ellis was enumerated on the Census of 11 June 1850. Edward is listed as age 9 and born in Iowa. He has attended school within the year..2 He was enumerated as Edward Ellis on the Census of 18 June 1860. He is age 18 and was born in Iowa. He has attended school in the last year.3

Edward Ellis married Sarah C. Palmer on 13 February 1862 when he was 18.1,4

Edward Ellis began military service on 4 January 1864 as a Private, at age 22, in Company C, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Iowa.5,6

Edward Ellis ended military service on 9 August 1865 at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.5

Edward Ellis was listed as the head of household as Edward Ellis on the 1870 Census recorded 25 July 1870 at Van Buren Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 1 Jun 1870. He is age 28 and a farmer. He was born in Iowa. He has real property valued at $800; personal property valued at $502. Also living in the household were Sarah C. Ellis, Isaac E. Ellis, James William Ellis, Mary J. Ellis and Lewis Freeman Ellis.7

Edward Ellis was a farmer on 27 June 1900 at Roscoe Twp., Davis Co., Iowa.8

Edward Ellis was not able to read or write on 27 June 1900.8

Edward Ellis and Sarah C. Ellis appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Davis Co., Iowa, at Roscoe Twp., enumerated 27 June 1900. Their son Ernest and Clifford was listed as living with them.8

Edward Ellis died on 18 March 1920 at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, at age 76 years, 3 months and 11 days.1,9 He was buried Knights of Pythias Lodge (KP) Cemetery, Pulaski, Davis Co., Iowa, To see others buried at the same cemetery, go to the preceeding link for Knights of Pythias Lodge (KP) *Cemetery.9

Children of Edward Ellis and Sarah C. Palmer

Citations

  1. [S378] USGenWeb Van Buren Co., Iowa, online http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi, EDWARD ELLIS
              Was born December 7, 1843 near Keosauqua, Ia., and died at the hospital at Mt. Plasant [sic-s/b Pleasant], Iowa, March 18, 1920, being 76 years, 3 months and 11 days old at the time of his death. He was the eldest son of Bradford and Elizabeth Ellis, deceased. Only one brother, Wm. Ellis, near Keosauqua, Ia., remains out of a family of nine children, four girls and five boys.
         He was born and lived on his father's farm until he was united in marriage to Sarah C. Palmer, Feb. 13, 1862. He spent two years in Kansas and then returned to Iowa and located on a farm near Cantril, afterwards moving to his farm near Waneta in 1881, where he resided till he retired from the farm and located in Pulaski in 1901. At this place his wife died in 1904.
         To this union were born eleven children, six of whom are living, Isaac of Rolla, Mo.; William and Osborne of Pulaski, Iowa; Frank and Clifford of Hutchinson, Kan.; and Ernest of Isabelle, Kan.; Mrs. Mary Campbell, Etta, George, Cora and Freeman deceased.
         He was a veteran of the Civil War when he served his country for nearly two years and was honorably discharged at the close of the war.
         Funeral services were conducted at the home of his son Osborne Ellis after which the body was laid to rest in the [rest of obituary missing] (Photocopy of this obit found on page 207 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in Mar 2001. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given.) (Originally posted 11 Apr 2001).
  2. [S382] 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 368, Roll M432_189, Dwelling and Family # 22, Lines 14 - 24.
  3. [S381] 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., IA, Keosauqua Post Office, Page 189, Dwelling # 252, Family # 255, Lines 7 - 13.
  4. [S656] Edward Ellis household, 1900 U. S. Census, Davis, Iowa population schedule, Roscoe Twp, Number of years of present marriage is 38.
  5. [S283] Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com, Name: Edward Ellis ,
    Residence: Van Buren County, Iowa
    Enlistment Date: 04 January 1864
    Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
    Side Served: Union
    State Served: Iowa
    Unit Numbers: 175 175
    Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 January 1864 at the age of 22
    Enlisted in Company C, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 04 January 1864.
    Mustered out Company C, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 09 August 1865 in Atlanta, GA

    Database: American Civil War Soldiers downloaded August 20, 2004 5:43 PM
    Source Information:
    Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364.
  6. [S372] Van Buren Co., Iowa GenWeb, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/, Civil War Volunteer Roster ~ Van Buren Co. Iowa ~
    Extracted from 1878 History of Van Buren County, Iowa
    Edward Ellis enlisted in an unknown company of the Third Cavalry on Jan. 4, 1863. Edw. Ellis enlisted in Company C., Third Cavalry on Jan. 4, 1864.
  7. [S374] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 2, Post Office Keosaqua, Family and Dwelling # 9, lines 6 - 11.
  8. [S656] Edward Ellis household, 1900 U. S. Census, Davis, Iowa population schedule, Roscoe Twp.
  9. [S405] Davis Co., Iowa Cemetery Project, online http://showcase.netins.net/web/daviscoiacemeteries/, Last: Ellis
    First: Edward
    Middle:      
    Birth: 12/7/1842
    Death: 3/18/1920
    Age:     
    Comments: Civil War
    Cemetery: Pulaski (K. P.).
  10. [S374] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 2, Post Office Keosaqua and Page 2 lines 6 - 11.
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