Bradford Ellis1

M, #7782, b. 12 March 1811, d. 24 June 1885
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Last Edited=21 Dec 2006
     Bradford Ellis was born on 12 March 1811 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky.2,3,1 He was the son of John Ellis and Elizabeth (?).1

Bradford Ellis migrated in 1815 from Kentucky to Harrison Co., Indiana.2

Bradford Ellis married (first) Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of James Ellis and Elizabeth Morrison (?), on 27 December 1832 at Harrison Co., Indiana, when he was 21.1,4

Bradford Ellis migrated in 1836 from Indiana to Van Buren Co., Iowa.2

Bradford Ellis was listed as the head of household as Bradford Ellis on the 1850 Census recorded 11 June 1850 at Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 1 Jun 1850. He is age 37 and was born in KY. He is a farmer and owns real property valued at $1200. He cannot read and write. Also living in the household were his wife, Elizabeth Ellis, his son, Edward Ellis, his son, John J. Ellis, his son, James Wesley Ellis , his daughter, Emily Ellis, his daughter, Elizabeth J. Ellis, his daughter, Tabitha Ellis, his daughter, Patsy Ellis, his daughter, ? Ellis.5

Bradford Ellis was listed as the head of household as Bradford Ellis on the 1860 Census recorded 18 June 1860 at Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 1 Jun 1860. He is age 52 and a farmer. He was born in Kentucky. Also living in the household were, his son, Edward Ellis, his son, William Bradford Ellis, his son, Nelson Ellis, his son, John J. Ellis , his daughter, Nancy A. Ellis.6

Bradford Ellis married (second) Mary Sellers on 14 October 1860 at Van Buren Co., Iowa, when he was 49.1,4

Bradford Ellis was listed as the head of household as Bradford Ellis on the 1870 Census recorded 25 July 1870 at Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa. The official date of this census was 1 Jun 1870. He is a white male age 56 who was born in Indiana. He is a farmer with real property valued at $6000. Also living in the household were Mary Ellis, William Bradford Ellis, Nancy A. Ellis, Nelson Ellis and Angeline Drennen.7 Living nearby was Edward Ellis. The John J. Ellis household was also nearby.8

Bradford Ellis was 1878 Des Moines Twp., Van Buren County, IA
Biographical Directory of Citizens

Ellis, Bradford, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Keosauqua; owns 280 acres of land, valued at about $30 per acre; born in Bourbon Co., Ky., March 11, 1812; left Kentucky in 1815, and came with his parents to Harrison Co., Ind., left that State in 1836, and arrived in this county in April, of the same year. The name of his first wife was Elizabeth Ellis, who died Dec. 4, 1859. On Oct. 14, 1860, he married Mary Sellers, who was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., May 16, 1825; his family consists of twelve children, eight of whom are now living--Martha, Edward, Eliza J., John J., Wesley, William, Nancy and Nelson. Democrat; Religion, Liberal.
in 1878.4

Bradford Ellis died on 24 June 1885 at Van Buren Co., Iowa, at age 74 years, 3 months and 12 days.3,1 He was buried at Boston Cemetery, Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa, on 25 June 1885.9,3

On 2 July 1885 at Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Bradford Ellis was born in Bourbon county Kentucky, March 12, 1811, and died June 24, 1885, aged 74 years 3 months and 12 days.

He moved from Kentucky with his parents in 1815, to Harrison county Indiana. In 1833, he was married to Elizabeth Ellis, with whom he moved in 1836 to Des Moines township, Van Buren county, Iowa, where he has resided ever since. His wife died in 1859. In 1860 he married Miss Mary Sellers, who with seven of his children are left to mourn his departure. By his first marriage he had 12 children. Father Ellis was a gentleman after the old school; a good neighbor and citizen, sociable at his home, patient in his affliction and hopeful in his death. The funeral service was conducted at his home by Rev. C. W. Shepherd June 25, and his body was followed to the Boston cemetery b a very large procession which evidenced the esteem in which he was held by his neighbors.3

Bradford Ellis was shown as the fatherof James Wesley Ellis on the Death Certificate for James Wesley filed 29 January 1927 at Scotland Co., Missouri.10

Children of Bradford Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis

Citations

  1. [S145] Unknown author, Ellis Cousins Newsletter, Winter 1990, page 14.
  2. [S334] Citizens Van Buren County, IA, Ellis, Bradford, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Keosauqua; owns 280 acres of land, valued at about $30 per acre; born in Bourbon Co., Ky., March 11, 1812; left Kentucky in 1815, and came with his parents to Harrison Co., Ind., left that State in 1836, and arrived in this county in April, of the same year. The name of his first wife was Elizabeth Ellis, who died Dec. 4, 1859. On Oct. 14, 1860, he married Mary Sellers, who was born in Dearborn Co., Ind., May 16, 1825; his family consists of twelve children, eight of whom are now living--Martha, Edward, Eliza J., John J., Wesley, William, Nancy and Nelson. Democrat; Religion, Liberal.
  3. [S510] Keosauqua Republican, 2 July 1885.
  4. [S334] Citizens Van Buren County, IA, 1878 Des Moines Twp.
  5. [S382] 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 368, Roll M432_189, Dwelling and Family # 22, Lines 14 - 24.
  6. [S381] 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., IA, Keosauqua Post Office, Page 189, Dwelling # 252, Family # 255, Lines 7 - 13.
  7. [S374] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 1 (Stamped 227), Family and Dwelling #8, line 40 and Page 2, Post Office Keosaqua and Page 2 lines 1 - 5.
  8. [S374] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 1 (Stamped 227) line 40 and Page 2, Post Office Keosaqua and Page 2 lines 1 - 14.
  9. [S171] USGenWeb, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/, IaGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project, iowagravestones.org, Boston Cemetery, Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa.
  10. [S580] James Wesley Ellis, Ellis, James Wesley DC.
  11. [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).
  12. [S200] John Ellis was head of household two houses from Bradford Ellis and one house from Edward Ellis. His age is appropriate to be the son of Bradford and the brother of Edward.
  13. [S379] USGenWeb Van Buren Co., Iowa, online http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi, WILLIAM B. ELLIS
         William Bradford Ellis was born March 24, 1852, on the old Ellis homestead five miles southwest of Keosauqua, which place was his home during his entire life, and passed away after an illness of ten months, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 1921, aged 69 years, 8 months and 26 days. He was the last of 12 children. His parents, Bradford Ellis and wife, were among the early pioneers of Van Buren county. On November 12, 1874, he was united in marriage to Angeline Drennen. To this union were born six children: a son Archie and daughter Bessie died in infancy, a daughter Minnie lived to brighten their home eighteen years, dying July 1, 1893. He leaves to mourn their loss a loving wife, two daughters, Mrs. Nora Barker of Talona, Mo., Mrs. Lena Daughrity, of Eloris, Iowa and a son Chas.
         (Photocopy of this obit found on page 222 of Obit Book "A" of the Van Buren County Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in March 2001. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given.).
  14. [S374] 1870 US Census Population Schedule, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Page 1 (Stamped 227) line 40 and Page 2, Post Office Keosaqua and Page 2 lines 1 - 5.