John Ellis #33445231
Our 3rd great grandfather....
HEADSTONE:
John Ellis
Son of Stephen Ellis and Diana Lowery
Married Sarah Sarah Johnson
In Columbus Co GA
Nov 5, 1793
Departed this life
April 1840
FOOTSTONE:
He endured bravely the hardships of pioneer life and with unselfish devotion to his family, gave to his nine children the benefits of education and Christian training, which fitted them for lives of usefulness in the community where they lived, bequeathing to them a good home which is more to be desired than great riches.
SOURCE: Research of Delores Bateman Tousinau
John and Sarah Johnson Ellis both of Virginia. John and Sarah moved to Georgia and on to what was then Pike County then to Louisiana in the territorial period. The Ellis families of Copiah and adjoining counties are of the same family—George, John, Reuben, Stephen and
William Ellis are some of the members as well as William Millsaps of Browns Wells, T. J. Millsaps of Hazlehurst, Mrs. Sally Wadsworth widow of Rev. William Wadsworth, and Dr. George E. Ellis of Utica, MS.
Sons
1 Stephen Ellis
2 Ezekiel Parke Ellis lived on Magees Creek and taught school. He was 12 years younger than brother Stephen. He married the youngest daughter of Col. Thomas Cargill Warner, a veteran of the War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1814-1815, and a judge of the probate court of Washington Parish, LA.
Ezekiel later became a lawyer and was a judge of his district for many years. He died in Amite City, LA in 1884 at the age of 79. His children:
1 . John Ellis – lawyer and orator, a member congress from the 2nd LA District form 1875-1885. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1889.
2 Stephen D. Ellis - lawyer at Amite City, LA and Surveyor of the Customs of the Port of New Orleans under President Cleveland
3 Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis – senior judge of civil district court of New Orleans.
4 Mary Elizabeth Ellis married Rev. John A. Ellis of the Mississippi Conference.
Contributor: burch_79 (48671296)
Our 3rd great grandfather....
HEADSTONE:
John Ellis
Son of Stephen Ellis and Diana Lowery
Married Sarah Sarah Johnson
In Columbus Co GA
Nov 5, 1793
Departed this life
April 1840
FOOTSTONE:
He endured bravely the hardships of pioneer life and with unselfish devotion to his family, gave to his nine children the benefits of education and Christian training, which fitted them for lives of usefulness in the community where they lived, bequeathing to them a good home which is more to be desired than great riches.
SOURCE: Research of Delores Bateman Tousinau
John and Sarah Johnson Ellis both of Virginia. John and Sarah moved to Georgia and on to what was then Pike County then to Louisiana in the territorial period. The Ellis families of Copiah and adjoining counties are of the same family—George, John, Reuben, Stephen and
William Ellis are some of the members as well as William Millsaps of Browns Wells, T. J. Millsaps of Hazlehurst, Mrs. Sally Wadsworth widow of Rev. William Wadsworth, and Dr. George E. Ellis of Utica, MS.
Sons
1 Stephen Ellis
2 Ezekiel Parke Ellis lived on Magees Creek and taught school. He was 12 years younger than brother Stephen. He married the youngest daughter of Col. Thomas Cargill Warner, a veteran of the War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1814-1815, and a judge of the probate court of Washington Parish, LA.
Ezekiel later became a lawyer and was a judge of his district for many years. He died in Amite City, LA in 1884 at the age of 79. His children:
1 . John Ellis – lawyer and orator, a member congress from the 2nd LA District form 1875-1885. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1889.
2 Stephen D. Ellis - lawyer at Amite City, LA and Surveyor of the Customs of the Port of New Orleans under President Cleveland
3 Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis – senior judge of civil district court of New Orleans.
4 Mary Elizabeth Ellis married Rev. John A. Ellis of the Mississippi Conference.
Contributor: burch_79 (48671296)
John Ellis #33445231
Our 3rd great grandfather....
HEADSTONE:
John Ellis
Son of Stephen Ellis and Diana Lowery
Married Sarah Sarah Johnson
In Columbus Co GA
Nov 5, 1793
Departed this life
April 1840
FOOTSTONE:
He endured bravely the hardships of pioneer life and with unselfish devotion to his family, gave to his nine children the benefits of education and Christian training, which fitted them for lives of usefulness in the community where they lived, bequeathing to them a good home which is more to be desired than great riches.
SOURCE: Research of Delores Bateman Tousinau
John and Sarah Johnson Ellis both of Virginia. John and Sarah moved to Georgia and on to what was then Pike County then to Louisiana in the territorial period. The Ellis families of Copiah and adjoining counties are of the same family—George, John, Reuben, Stephen and
William Ellis are some of the members as well as William Millsaps of Browns Wells, T. J. Millsaps of Hazlehurst, Mrs. Sally Wadsworth widow of Rev. William Wadsworth, and Dr. George E. Ellis of Utica, MS.
Sons
1 Stephen Ellis
2 Ezekiel Parke Ellis lived on Magees Creek and taught school. He was 12 years younger than brother Stephen. He married the youngest daughter of Col. Thomas Cargill Warner, a veteran of the War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1814-1815, and a judge of the probate court of Washington Parish, LA.
Ezekiel later became a lawyer and was a judge of his district for many years. He died in Amite City, LA in 1884 at the age of 79. His children:
1 . John Ellis – lawyer and orator, a member congress from the 2nd LA District form 1875-1885. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1889.
2 Stephen D. Ellis - lawyer at Amite City, LA and Surveyor of the Customs of the Port of New Orleans under President Cleveland
3 Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis – senior judge of civil district court of New Orleans.
4 Mary Elizabeth Ellis married Rev. John A. Ellis of the Mississippi Conference.
Contributor: burch_79 (48671296)
Our 3rd great grandfather....
HEADSTONE:
John Ellis
Son of Stephen Ellis and Diana Lowery
Married Sarah Sarah Johnson
In Columbus Co GA
Nov 5, 1793
Departed this life
April 1840
FOOTSTONE:
He endured bravely the hardships of pioneer life and with unselfish devotion to his family, gave to his nine children the benefits of education and Christian training, which fitted them for lives of usefulness in the community where they lived, bequeathing to them a good home which is more to be desired than great riches.
SOURCE: Research of Delores Bateman Tousinau
John and Sarah Johnson Ellis both of Virginia. John and Sarah moved to Georgia and on to what was then Pike County then to Louisiana in the territorial period. The Ellis families of Copiah and adjoining counties are of the same family—George, John, Reuben, Stephen and
William Ellis are some of the members as well as William Millsaps of Browns Wells, T. J. Millsaps of Hazlehurst, Mrs. Sally Wadsworth widow of Rev. William Wadsworth, and Dr. George E. Ellis of Utica, MS.
Sons
1 Stephen Ellis
2 Ezekiel Parke Ellis lived on Magees Creek and taught school. He was 12 years younger than brother Stephen. He married the youngest daughter of Col. Thomas Cargill Warner, a veteran of the War of 1812 under Gen. Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1814-1815, and a judge of the probate court of Washington Parish, LA.
Ezekiel later became a lawyer and was a judge of his district for many years. He died in Amite City, LA in 1884 at the age of 79. His children:
1 . John Ellis – lawyer and orator, a member congress from the 2nd LA District form 1875-1885. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1889.
2 Stephen D. Ellis - lawyer at Amite City, LA and Surveyor of the Customs of the Port of New Orleans under President Cleveland
3 Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis – senior judge of civil district court of New Orleans.
4 Mary Elizabeth Ellis married Rev. John A. Ellis of the Mississippi Conference.
Contributor: burch_79 (48671296)
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