Re: CALLING ALL ELLIS'S
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In reply to:
CALLING ALL ELLIS'S
Donald Perry 7/10/03
My father was William Percy Ellis, born 1908 in CA. His father was Edward Winslow Ellis born 1878, Joplin, Missouri, married to Laura Matilda Davis in CA. Edward Ellis' father was Henry Clay Ellis, born 1831 in KY. died 1898 in St. Joseph Missouri. He married Johanna Snyder , 1876 in Joplin, MO. I have never been able to trace Henry any further. What I do know is that he was born into a wealthy Ellis family from Kentucky. He fought in the civil war as a confederate, while his brothers fought for the north. He was highly decorated. After the war he studied law, became a lawyer in Joplin, also opened a grocery store there. Became a judge in St. Joseph, Mo. This information was given to me by my grandmother Laura before she passed away. I have no knowledge of where in Kentucky he was from or who his family was.