Daughter of Jonathan Hottle and Elizabeth Cunningham

Married Pearl Lee Ellis Dec 15, 1902 in Rutledge, Knox, MO

Children:

LeRoy F b Mar 5 1915 Missouri

Mildred b May 19 1917 Montana

Ray Thomas b Mar 22 1921 Montana

George William b Jul 22 1925 Missouri

Jennie and Pearl were step siblings.

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The 1920 Fergus Co, Montana census registers Pearl, Jennie, Leroy and Mildred.

The 1930 Knox Co. Missouri census registers Pearl, Jennie, LeRoy, Mildred, Ray and George.

Jennie and her sons, Ray and George, are buried in the same cemetery.

Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950

Leroy F. Ellis

Marriage 23 Mar 1937 Lewistown, Fergus, Montana

Age: 22 Birth Year: 1915

mtParents: Pearl Ellis and Jennie Hottle

Ethel M. Umstead Age:20 Birth Year: 1917

Parents: Roy O. Umstead and Elsie Williams

Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950

Marriage 29 Jun 1935 Fergus Co., , Montana

Ed Styer

Age: 21 - 1914

Parents Francis E. Styer Alta Halfacre

Spouse: Mildred Ellis Age: 18 - 1917

Parents: Father: P. L. Ellis Jennie Hotite (Hottle)

(All above information contributed by Treva Poe)

Occupation: Housewife

MT d/c 1976

(Contributor: Pam Witherow)

MRS. JENNIE ELLIS OF ROY DIES IN CITY

PASSES AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL EARLY ON THURSDAY FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS --- RAN NICK'S CAFE IN ROY --- FUNERAL HERE 3:30 P.M. ON SATURDAY.

Mrs. Jennie E. Ellis, 54, wife of Pearl Ellis, well known agent for the Continental Oil Co., at Roy, and herself a greatly beloved resident of that community, died at the St. Joseph's hospital at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning following a prolonged illness.

Mrs. Ellis was born in Rutledge, Mo., Dec. 26, 1882, and besides her husband is survived by four children, LeRoy of Lewistown; Mrs. Mildred Styer, Ray and George, all of Roy; and one grandchild, Alta May Styer age 9 months. There are also two brothers and two half-brothers surviving. They are Leonard Ellis of Lewistown, Lloyd Ellis of Strongheart, Ill.; Logan Hottle of Los Angeles and Thomas Hottle of Brampton, N. D.

Funeral service will be held from the Creel chapel 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. R. O. Shannon of the Baptist church in charge.

Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Christian church of Millport, Mo. She came to Central Montana with her husband in the spring of 1916, and homesteaded in the Roy section, where she lived for several years, later moving to Hanover and then to Winnett. For the past two years she had made her home at Roy, where she conducted the well known Nick's cafe.

Lewistown Daily News, Lewistown, Montana, Fri 07 May 1937, Page 3, Column 2

(Contributor: Pam Witherow)