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Clisby Riggs Ellis

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Clisby Riggs Ellis

Birth
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Death
25 Sep 1891 (aged 67)
Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Clisby (q.v. Clisbe, Clisbey) Riggs Ellis, s. of William Ellis and Mary "Polly" Elliott, b. July 4, 1824 at Lincoln County, TN. He was named for the brother of his paternal grandmother Sarah (Riggs) Ellis. Clisby d. Sept. 25, 1891 at Shelby County, IL probably that part that was Ash Grove Twp.

On Mar. 27, 1851 of record at Shelby County, IL, Clisby m. 1) Sarah A. Rankin, b. circa Jan. 14, 1827 by whom he had three known children (William, Samuel and Margaret), each dying in infancy. Wife Sarah d. June 14, 1857.

On Dec. 2, 1857 of record at Shelby County, IL, Clisby m. 2) Nancy Mahan, b. Feb. 8, 1838 and d. Dec. 6, 1916. They had eleven children, surname Ellis: Mary E. (Waters); Rhoda C. (d.y.); Sarah Belle (Rankin); Martha Ann; Ellen C.; Melissa Jane (Clawson); Nancy Vina; David C.; Alla G. "Tina"; George W.; and an unnamed infant (d.y.)

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Clisby (q.v. Clisbe, Clisbey) Riggs Ellis, s. of William Ellis and Mary "Polly" Elliott, b. July 4, 1824 at Lincoln County, TN. He was named for the brother of his paternal grandmother Sarah (Riggs) Ellis. Clisby d. Sept. 25, 1891 at Shelby County, IL probably that part that was Ash Grove Twp.

On Mar. 27, 1851 of record at Shelby County, IL, Clisby m. 1) Sarah A. Rankin, b. circa Jan. 14, 1827 by whom he had three known children (William, Samuel and Margaret), each dying in infancy. Wife Sarah d. June 14, 1857.

On Dec. 2, 1857 of record at Shelby County, IL, Clisby m. 2) Nancy Mahan, b. Feb. 8, 1838 and d. Dec. 6, 1916. They had eleven children, surname Ellis: Mary E. (Waters); Rhoda C. (d.y.); Sarah Belle (Rankin); Martha Ann; Ellen C.; Melissa Jane (Clawson); Nancy Vina; David C.; Alla G. "Tina"; George W.; and an unnamed infant (d.y.)

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