He was a son of:
Rev James Eells Jr
1778 – 1856
and
Mehitabel Hetty Parmelee
1785 – 1849
He was married twice.
Marriage 1:
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Mary Maria Howard
1823 – 1859
Their children were:
Howard Parmelee Eells Sr
1855 – 1919
Emma Paige Eells
1857 – 1932
Marriage 2:
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Mary Witt
1835 - 1916
Their children were:
Idaka Eliza Witt Eells
1869 – 1871
Stillman Witt Eells
1873 – 1937
William Willie Hamilton Eells
1874 – 1875
Winifred Winnie Douglass Eells
1874 – 1875
5th child Eells
BIOGRAPHY:
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from The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
EELLS, DAN PARMELEE (16 Apr. 1825-14 Aug. 1903), a banker and financier born in Westmoreland, N.Y. to the Rev. James and Mehitable (Parmelee) Eells, moved with his family to Ohio in 1831, settling in Amherst in 1837. Eells entered Oberlin College in 1843, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. in 1844, but left college in 1846 to support himself, teaching and then working as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house. He continued studying by correspondence, however, graduating from Hamilton in 1848. Eells became a bookkeeper in the Commercial Branch of the State Bank of Ohio in Cleveland in 1849, a teller in 1853, and a cashier in 1858. When the bank reorganized as the Commercial Natl. Bank of Cleveland in 1865, Eells became vice-president, and was president from 1868 until his retirement in 1897. Eells was a director of 32 firms, and held interests in oil, iron, steel, cement, coke, gas, and railroads.
Eells was active civic and religious organizations. He was a trustee of several colleges; president and trustee of the Cleveland YMCA; president of the Cleveland Bible Society; treasurer of the Protestant Orphans' Asylum and the Home for Aged Women; and treasurer and vice-president of the CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY and the BETHEL UNION. In 1882, Eells bought land and built the Willson Ave. Presbyterian Church, renamed the Eells Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1903. In Sept. 1849, Eells married Mary M. Howard, who died in 1859. He married Mary Witt in Jan. 1861. Eells's (first) son was Howard Parmelee Eells. Eells is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
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The phrase on their grave monument is:
"Sic itur ad astra"
"Ad astra" is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote "sic itur ad astra" ("thus you shall go to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus)
Retired banker, director of the Mahoning Coal Railroad, and a director of the United States Express Company.
Rev James Eells Jr
1778 – 1856
and
Mehitabel Hetty Parmelee
1785 – 1849
He was married twice.
Marriage 1:
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Mary Maria Howard
1823 – 1859
Their children were:
Howard Parmelee Eells Sr
1855 – 1919
Emma Paige Eells
1857 – 1932
Marriage 2:
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Mary Witt
1835 - 1916
Their children were:
Idaka Eliza Witt Eells
1869 – 1871
Stillman Witt Eells
1873 – 1937
William Willie Hamilton Eells
1874 – 1875
Winifred Winnie Douglass Eells
1874 – 1875
5th child Eells
BIOGRAPHY:
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from The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
EELLS, DAN PARMELEE (16 Apr. 1825-14 Aug. 1903), a banker and financier born in Westmoreland, N.Y. to the Rev. James and Mehitable (Parmelee) Eells, moved with his family to Ohio in 1831, settling in Amherst in 1837. Eells entered Oberlin College in 1843, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. in 1844, but left college in 1846 to support himself, teaching and then working as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house. He continued studying by correspondence, however, graduating from Hamilton in 1848. Eells became a bookkeeper in the Commercial Branch of the State Bank of Ohio in Cleveland in 1849, a teller in 1853, and a cashier in 1858. When the bank reorganized as the Commercial Natl. Bank of Cleveland in 1865, Eells became vice-president, and was president from 1868 until his retirement in 1897. Eells was a director of 32 firms, and held interests in oil, iron, steel, cement, coke, gas, and railroads.
Eells was active civic and religious organizations. He was a trustee of several colleges; president and trustee of the Cleveland YMCA; president of the Cleveland Bible Society; treasurer of the Protestant Orphans' Asylum and the Home for Aged Women; and treasurer and vice-president of the CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY and the BETHEL UNION. In 1882, Eells bought land and built the Willson Ave. Presbyterian Church, renamed the Eells Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1903. In Sept. 1849, Eells married Mary M. Howard, who died in 1859. He married Mary Witt in Jan. 1861. Eells's (first) son was Howard Parmelee Eells. Eells is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
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The phrase on their grave monument is:
"Sic itur ad astra"
"Ad astra" is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote "sic itur ad astra" ("thus you shall go to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus)
Retired banker, director of the Mahoning Coal Railroad, and a director of the United States Express Company.
He was a son of:
Rev James Eells Jr
1778 – 1856
and
Mehitabel Hetty Parmelee
1785 – 1849
He was married twice.
Marriage 1:
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Mary Maria Howard
1823 – 1859
Their children were:
Howard Parmelee Eells Sr
1855 – 1919
Emma Paige Eells
1857 – 1932
Marriage 2:
------------------
Mary Witt
1835 - 1916
Their children were:
Idaka Eliza Witt Eells
1869 – 1871
Stillman Witt Eells
1873 – 1937
William Willie Hamilton Eells
1874 – 1875
Winifred Winnie Douglass Eells
1874 – 1875
5th child Eells
BIOGRAPHY:
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from The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
EELLS, DAN PARMELEE (16 Apr. 1825-14 Aug. 1903), a banker and financier born in Westmoreland, N.Y. to the Rev. James and Mehitable (Parmelee) Eells, moved with his family to Ohio in 1831, settling in Amherst in 1837. Eells entered Oberlin College in 1843, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. in 1844, but left college in 1846 to support himself, teaching and then working as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house. He continued studying by correspondence, however, graduating from Hamilton in 1848. Eells became a bookkeeper in the Commercial Branch of the State Bank of Ohio in Cleveland in 1849, a teller in 1853, and a cashier in 1858. When the bank reorganized as the Commercial Natl. Bank of Cleveland in 1865, Eells became vice-president, and was president from 1868 until his retirement in 1897. Eells was a director of 32 firms, and held interests in oil, iron, steel, cement, coke, gas, and railroads.
Eells was active civic and religious organizations. He was a trustee of several colleges; president and trustee of the Cleveland YMCA; president of the Cleveland Bible Society; treasurer of the Protestant Orphans' Asylum and the Home for Aged Women; and treasurer and vice-president of the CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY and the BETHEL UNION. In 1882, Eells bought land and built the Willson Ave. Presbyterian Church, renamed the Eells Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1903. In Sept. 1849, Eells married Mary M. Howard, who died in 1859. He married Mary Witt in Jan. 1861. Eells's (first) son was Howard Parmelee Eells. Eells is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
---------------------------------
The phrase on their grave monument is:
"Sic itur ad astra"
"Ad astra" is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote "sic itur ad astra" ("thus you shall go to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus)
Retired banker, director of the Mahoning Coal Railroad, and a director of the United States Express Company.
Rev James Eells Jr
1778 – 1856
and
Mehitabel Hetty Parmelee
1785 – 1849
He was married twice.
Marriage 1:
------------------
Mary Maria Howard
1823 – 1859
Their children were:
Howard Parmelee Eells Sr
1855 – 1919
Emma Paige Eells
1857 – 1932
Marriage 2:
------------------
Mary Witt
1835 - 1916
Their children were:
Idaka Eliza Witt Eells
1869 – 1871
Stillman Witt Eells
1873 – 1937
William Willie Hamilton Eells
1874 – 1875
Winifred Winnie Douglass Eells
1874 – 1875
5th child Eells
BIOGRAPHY:
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from The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
EELLS, DAN PARMELEE (16 Apr. 1825-14 Aug. 1903), a banker and financier born in Westmoreland, N.Y. to the Rev. James and Mehitable (Parmelee) Eells, moved with his family to Ohio in 1831, settling in Amherst in 1837. Eells entered Oberlin College in 1843, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. in 1844, but left college in 1846 to support himself, teaching and then working as a bookkeeper in a Cleveland commission house. He continued studying by correspondence, however, graduating from Hamilton in 1848. Eells became a bookkeeper in the Commercial Branch of the State Bank of Ohio in Cleveland in 1849, a teller in 1853, and a cashier in 1858. When the bank reorganized as the Commercial Natl. Bank of Cleveland in 1865, Eells became vice-president, and was president from 1868 until his retirement in 1897. Eells was a director of 32 firms, and held interests in oil, iron, steel, cement, coke, gas, and railroads.
Eells was active civic and religious organizations. He was a trustee of several colleges; president and trustee of the Cleveland YMCA; president of the Cleveland Bible Society; treasurer of the Protestant Orphans' Asylum and the Home for Aged Women; and treasurer and vice-president of the CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY and the BETHEL UNION. In 1882, Eells bought land and built the Willson Ave. Presbyterian Church, renamed the Eells Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1903. In Sept. 1849, Eells married Mary M. Howard, who died in 1859. He married Mary Witt in Jan. 1861. Eells's (first) son was Howard Parmelee Eells. Eells is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
---------------------------------
The phrase on their grave monument is:
"Sic itur ad astra"
"Ad astra" is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote "sic itur ad astra" ("thus you shall go to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus)
Retired banker, director of the Mahoning Coal Railroad, and a director of the United States Express Company.
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