Ellis, James W.

ELLIS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/21/2007 at 07:13:01

Who's Who in Iowa, 1920.

ELLIS, James W.
Fire insurance and real estate, Maquoketa, Iowa; born Danville, Indiana, November 25, 1848; member, Congregational Church; Democrat; educated district school; married Mary M. Forbes, October 16, 1870, Iron Hills, Iowa; children: Charles F., Francis E., Lulu Belle, Jessie V., Nellie E.,; author: "By-Gone Days", "Campaigning With Custer", "My Life On The Plains", "History of Jackson County, Iowa", and several serial stories; Justice of the Peace many years; Soldiers Relief Commission two years; President, district township school board, 20 years; represented Jackson County in the 33rd and 34th Iowa General Assemblies; member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Past Grand and Past Chief Patriarch; member Knights of Pythias; past state commander, Union Veterans Union; Life member and treasurer, Boardman Library; Director County Red Cross; Masonic bodies and Shrine; D. O. K. K.; awarded silver service in 1907 for staging home coming; erected monument over grave of Col. Cox, pioneer lawmaker.

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