Ellice Bainter was born 23 October 1799 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. She was the daughter of George Bainter and Lydia Sprague who were married 9 August 1796 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent.
In 1819, she married James Otis while in Muskingum County. Their daughter Lydia Mable Otis was born 5 Dec 1822 in Washington County. James and his older family members may not have registered on the 1820 census due to moving from New York to settle in Ohio. James is registered in Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio on the 1830 census; his father and sister Minerva were in the same township. By the 1840 census, James had his family in Grand Township of Marion County, where he was recorded on 28 September 1850 as an age 56 farmer born Vermont, his wife Ellice age 50, sons Henry C. age 20 and John B. 17 all born in Ohio. The census marshall must have been in error, as Ellice Otis has a cemetery stone showing her death date as 25 Dec 1849 and age 50 years and two months, which is the date in Marion County mortality lists. The cemetery for Barnabas Otis and Ellice Otis is Pawpaw Cemetery in Marion County.
James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis parented six children, the oldest being Lydia Mabel born 1822, James H. 1824, Henry John 1826, William Green 1829, Henry Clay 1829, and John B. 1832--all born in Washington County, Ohio--one lost in infancy. In a biography, William Green Otis said there were six siblings, one dying in infancy--by omission, that would have been Henry John Otis (see Sources).
Ellice Bainter Otis had three ancestors in the 1776 War for Independence: James Sprague (1761-1845, died at Otsego, Muskingum County, Ohio; Major Joshua Sprague (1729-1816, died at Coal Run, Washington County, Ohio; Ebenezer Spooner (1724-1800, died in Vermont).
SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD, Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis
Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, 1886, page 244:
WILLIAM GREEN OTIS (biographical report) . . . was born in Washington County, Ohio, October 28, 1829, a son of James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis, the father a native of Vermont, who served in the War of 1812, and the mother born in Zanesville, Ohio. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent. James Otis was a son of Barnabus OTIS, a descendant of the Puritans who came to America on the Mayflower, he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. James OTIS were the parents of six children--Lydia M., James H., William G., Henry Clay, John B. and one who died in infancy. . . . William G. was nine years of age when his parents removed to Marion County, where he was reared. (William G. OTIS traveled to Iowa in 1848 and 1849, then moved to Clarke County, Iowa in September, 1850).
MEMORIAL STONE: Photographs sent 25 Feb 1999 by Ron Osburn, 1027 Raymond Rd, Hanford, CA 93230. One photograph is of the headstone for Ellice, wife of James Otis who died December 25, 1849. This is a beautiful headstone:
ELLICE
wife of
JAMES OTIS
Dec. 25 1849
E 50 y r 2 m
PAWPAW Cemetery is in Marion County, Ohio, Grand Township, about one-half mile north of the interestection of Hwy 37 running north and Hwy 309.
In 1819, she married James Otis while in Muskingum County. Their daughter Lydia Mable Otis was born 5 Dec 1822 in Washington County. James and his older family members may not have registered on the 1820 census due to moving from New York to settle in Ohio. James is registered in Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio on the 1830 census; his father and sister Minerva were in the same township. By the 1840 census, James had his family in Grand Township of Marion County, where he was recorded on 28 September 1850 as an age 56 farmer born Vermont, his wife Ellice age 50, sons Henry C. age 20 and John B. 17 all born in Ohio. The census marshall must have been in error, as Ellice Otis has a cemetery stone showing her death date as 25 Dec 1849 and age 50 years and two months, which is the date in Marion County mortality lists. The cemetery for Barnabas Otis and Ellice Otis is Pawpaw Cemetery in Marion County.
James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis parented six children, the oldest being Lydia Mabel born 1822, James H. 1824, Henry John 1826, William Green 1829, Henry Clay 1829, and John B. 1832--all born in Washington County, Ohio--one lost in infancy. In a biography, William Green Otis said there were six siblings, one dying in infancy--by omission, that would have been Henry John Otis (see Sources).
Ellice Bainter Otis had three ancestors in the 1776 War for Independence: James Sprague (1761-1845, died at Otsego, Muskingum County, Ohio; Major Joshua Sprague (1729-1816, died at Coal Run, Washington County, Ohio; Ebenezer Spooner (1724-1800, died in Vermont).
SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD, Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis
Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, 1886, page 244:
WILLIAM GREEN OTIS (biographical report) . . . was born in Washington County, Ohio, October 28, 1829, a son of James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis, the father a native of Vermont, who served in the War of 1812, and the mother born in Zanesville, Ohio. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent. James Otis was a son of Barnabus OTIS, a descendant of the Puritans who came to America on the Mayflower, he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. James OTIS were the parents of six children--Lydia M., James H., William G., Henry Clay, John B. and one who died in infancy. . . . William G. was nine years of age when his parents removed to Marion County, where he was reared. (William G. OTIS traveled to Iowa in 1848 and 1849, then moved to Clarke County, Iowa in September, 1850).
MEMORIAL STONE: Photographs sent 25 Feb 1999 by Ron Osburn, 1027 Raymond Rd, Hanford, CA 93230. One photograph is of the headstone for Ellice, wife of James Otis who died December 25, 1849. This is a beautiful headstone:
ELLICE
wife of
JAMES OTIS
Dec. 25 1849
E 50 y r 2 m
PAWPAW Cemetery is in Marion County, Ohio, Grand Township, about one-half mile north of the interestection of Hwy 37 running north and Hwy 309.
Ellice Bainter was born 23 October 1799 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. She was the daughter of George Bainter and Lydia Sprague who were married 9 August 1796 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent.
In 1819, she married James Otis while in Muskingum County. Their daughter Lydia Mable Otis was born 5 Dec 1822 in Washington County. James and his older family members may not have registered on the 1820 census due to moving from New York to settle in Ohio. James is registered in Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio on the 1830 census; his father and sister Minerva were in the same township. By the 1840 census, James had his family in Grand Township of Marion County, where he was recorded on 28 September 1850 as an age 56 farmer born Vermont, his wife Ellice age 50, sons Henry C. age 20 and John B. 17 all born in Ohio. The census marshall must have been in error, as Ellice Otis has a cemetery stone showing her death date as 25 Dec 1849 and age 50 years and two months, which is the date in Marion County mortality lists. The cemetery for Barnabas Otis and Ellice Otis is Pawpaw Cemetery in Marion County.
James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis parented six children, the oldest being Lydia Mabel born 1822, James H. 1824, Henry John 1826, William Green 1829, Henry Clay 1829, and John B. 1832--all born in Washington County, Ohio--one lost in infancy. In a biography, William Green Otis said there were six siblings, one dying in infancy--by omission, that would have been Henry John Otis (see Sources).
Ellice Bainter Otis had three ancestors in the 1776 War for Independence: James Sprague (1761-1845, died at Otsego, Muskingum County, Ohio; Major Joshua Sprague (1729-1816, died at Coal Run, Washington County, Ohio; Ebenezer Spooner (1724-1800, died in Vermont).
SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD, Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis
Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, 1886, page 244:
WILLIAM GREEN OTIS (biographical report) . . . was born in Washington County, Ohio, October 28, 1829, a son of James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis, the father a native of Vermont, who served in the War of 1812, and the mother born in Zanesville, Ohio. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent. James Otis was a son of Barnabus OTIS, a descendant of the Puritans who came to America on the Mayflower, he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. James OTIS were the parents of six children--Lydia M., James H., William G., Henry Clay, John B. and one who died in infancy. . . . William G. was nine years of age when his parents removed to Marion County, where he was reared. (William G. OTIS traveled to Iowa in 1848 and 1849, then moved to Clarke County, Iowa in September, 1850).
MEMORIAL STONE: Photographs sent 25 Feb 1999 by Ron Osburn, 1027 Raymond Rd, Hanford, CA 93230. One photograph is of the headstone for Ellice, wife of James Otis who died December 25, 1849. This is a beautiful headstone:
ELLICE
wife of
JAMES OTIS
Dec. 25 1849
E 50 y r 2 m
PAWPAW Cemetery is in Marion County, Ohio, Grand Township, about one-half mile north of the interestection of Hwy 37 running north and Hwy 309.
In 1819, she married James Otis while in Muskingum County. Their daughter Lydia Mable Otis was born 5 Dec 1822 in Washington County. James and his older family members may not have registered on the 1820 census due to moving from New York to settle in Ohio. James is registered in Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio on the 1830 census; his father and sister Minerva were in the same township. By the 1840 census, James had his family in Grand Township of Marion County, where he was recorded on 28 September 1850 as an age 56 farmer born Vermont, his wife Ellice age 50, sons Henry C. age 20 and John B. 17 all born in Ohio. The census marshall must have been in error, as Ellice Otis has a cemetery stone showing her death date as 25 Dec 1849 and age 50 years and two months, which is the date in Marion County mortality lists. The cemetery for Barnabas Otis and Ellice Otis is Pawpaw Cemetery in Marion County.
James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis parented six children, the oldest being Lydia Mabel born 1822, James H. 1824, Henry John 1826, William Green 1829, Henry Clay 1829, and John B. 1832--all born in Washington County, Ohio--one lost in infancy. In a biography, William Green Otis said there were six siblings, one dying in infancy--by omission, that would have been Henry John Otis (see Sources).
Ellice Bainter Otis had three ancestors in the 1776 War for Independence: James Sprague (1761-1845, died at Otsego, Muskingum County, Ohio; Major Joshua Sprague (1729-1816, died at Coal Run, Washington County, Ohio; Ebenezer Spooner (1724-1800, died in Vermont).
SOURCE: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD, Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis
Publishing Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, 1886, page 244:
WILLIAM GREEN OTIS (biographical report) . . . was born in Washington County, Ohio, October 28, 1829, a son of James and Ellice (Bainter) Otis, the father a native of Vermont, who served in the War of 1812, and the mother born in Zanesville, Ohio. Her father was a wheelwright by trade, and was the first mechanic in Zanesville--of German descent. James Otis was a son of Barnabus OTIS, a descendant of the Puritans who came to America on the Mayflower, he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. James OTIS were the parents of six children--Lydia M., James H., William G., Henry Clay, John B. and one who died in infancy. . . . William G. was nine years of age when his parents removed to Marion County, where he was reared. (William G. OTIS traveled to Iowa in 1848 and 1849, then moved to Clarke County, Iowa in September, 1850).
MEMORIAL STONE: Photographs sent 25 Feb 1999 by Ron Osburn, 1027 Raymond Rd, Hanford, CA 93230. One photograph is of the headstone for Ellice, wife of James Otis who died December 25, 1849. This is a beautiful headstone:
ELLICE
wife of
JAMES OTIS
Dec. 25 1849
E 50 y r 2 m
PAWPAW Cemetery is in Marion County, Ohio, Grand Township, about one-half mile north of the interestection of Hwy 37 running north and Hwy 309.
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