CHIEF YEOMAN GEORGE H ELLIS KILLED SANTIAGO
I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFO ON CHIEF YEOMAN GEORGE H ELLIS, AGE AGOUT 25, WHO WAS THE ONLY US DEATH IN THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO CUBA, HE WA KILLED ABOARD THE USS BROOKLYN, HIS HEAD WAS DECAPITATED BY A SHELL FROM THE SPAINISH SHIM VISCAYA. HIS BODY WAS NOT THROWN OVERBOARD, THIS IS NOTED IN THE AFTER BATTLE REPORTS, HE WAS TO BE GIVEN A CHRISTIAN BURIAL, PER COMMODORE SCHLEY.HERE IS THE QUESTION, WHERE WAS HE BURIED, SANTIAGO? SHIPPED BACK TO THE USA? HIS WIFE AND INFANT SON LIVED IN BROOKLY NY, AND WORKED AT HE BROOKLYN NAY YARD UP UNTIL ATLEAST THE 1920'S , WAS HE BURIED AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD/ OR IN A CEMETAY IN BROOKLYN AREA? I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING ON HIS GRAVE SITE,TRYING TO FIND ANY DECENDENTS OF HIS SON, NAMED GEORGE HARVEY ELLISB. 5 DEC 1897 IN NY, HE WAS A RADIO OPERATOR AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD IN 1920, LIVING WITH HIS RE-MARRIED MOTHER SARAH SWEENEY, BUT I HAVE NO NEWER INFO. DID GEORGE JR. MARRY? HAVE CHILDREN? ANY LIVING TODAY?HELP HELP HELP.
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