Richard was a merchant, partnered with his brother John, in the firm "John and Richard S. Ellis of Pedlar Mills, VA." He married Emily Douglass Dec. 3, 1818, and had issue;
James Douglass, died in infancy, Richard Shelton, Emily Douglass, who married David H. Tapscott, John Thomas, killed at Gettysburg, Charles William, died in infancy, and Sally Jane Ellis, who married William B. Davis of Bedford Co, VA.
Note: The original grave of this Ellis family member was located in the Ellis Family Cemetery at Red Hill Plantation in Western Amherst County. In the 1930's, Rev. Josiah Richard Ellis had all of the remains of the family members removed and re-interred at Amherst Cemetery. The grave is unmarked.
James Douglass, died in infancy, Richard Shelton, Emily Douglass, who married David H. Tapscott, John Thomas, killed at Gettysburg, Charles William, died in infancy, and Sally Jane Ellis, who married William B. Davis of Bedford Co, VA.
Note: The original grave of this Ellis family member was located in the Ellis Family Cemetery at Red Hill Plantation in Western Amherst County. In the 1930's, Rev. Josiah Richard Ellis had all of the remains of the family members removed and re-interred at Amherst Cemetery. The grave is unmarked.
Richard was a merchant, partnered with his brother John, in the firm "John and Richard S. Ellis of Pedlar Mills, VA." He married Emily Douglass Dec. 3, 1818, and had issue;
James Douglass, died in infancy, Richard Shelton, Emily Douglass, who married David H. Tapscott, John Thomas, killed at Gettysburg, Charles William, died in infancy, and Sally Jane Ellis, who married William B. Davis of Bedford Co, VA.
Note: The original grave of this Ellis family member was located in the Ellis Family Cemetery at Red Hill Plantation in Western Amherst County. In the 1930's, Rev. Josiah Richard Ellis had all of the remains of the family members removed and re-interred at Amherst Cemetery. The grave is unmarked.
James Douglass, died in infancy, Richard Shelton, Emily Douglass, who married David H. Tapscott, John Thomas, killed at Gettysburg, Charles William, died in infancy, and Sally Jane Ellis, who married William B. Davis of Bedford Co, VA.
Note: The original grave of this Ellis family member was located in the Ellis Family Cemetery at Red Hill Plantation in Western Amherst County. In the 1930's, Rev. Josiah Richard Ellis had all of the remains of the family members removed and re-interred at Amherst Cemetery. The grave is unmarked.
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