Jellison, Eliza

JELLISON

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 12:10:29

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.668

JELLISON, ELIZA, farmer, Jefferson Township, Sec. 11, P. O. Lothrop; born in Liverpool, England, in 1838, and came to America with her parents when sixteen years of age, and located in this county in 1854; she was first married to W. T., son of Dr. Ball, in 1855, a native of Indiana; was married a second time to J. Merryman, a native of Virginia, in the year 1863, who died in 1872, and left a family of three children: Emaliza E., Josephine I. and John E.; she was married to her present husband, John Jellison, July 1, 1879, a native of Ohio, who enlisted in the late war in Co. H, Second Regiment Illinois State Artillery, Jan. 22, 1862, and was discharged July 29, 1865; her first husband, W. T. Ball, was killed by the Indians in Montana Territory in August, 1862; she owns an improved farm of 100 acres.