JESSE M. ELLIS

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Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 6/1/2009 at 06:13:53

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

Jesse M. Ellis, far., Sec. 17; Centerville; born Jan. 13, 1823, in Scott Co., Ky.; when an infant, came with his parents to Indiana, in 1854, to Van Buren County in 1855; moved to Appanoose County; owns 185 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. Married Nancy Ellis in 1845; born in 1825, in Kentucky; have four children - Harriet E., Tabitha j., William B. and Michael J. Was elected County Supervisor in 1861 and served two years; has been Township Treasurer. Democrat.