Alfred Ellis (1804 - 1872)

Born 5 Nov 1804 in Teays Valley, VA

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Died 23 Sep 1872 at age 67 in Putnam County, WV

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Biography

Alfred Ellis was born on 5 Nov 1804, the last born son of James and Celia Ellis. Alfred Ellis apparently lived all his life in Teays Valley in Putnam County. His wife, Mary Morris, came from the Kelly’s Creek area of Kanawha County. Mary Morris married Alfred Ellis in 1827. He and Mary had nine children with our ancestor James Thomas Ellis being born in 1832 in Teays Valley, Putnam County, Virginia (West Virginia.)

Sources

• The Strength of Our People by Norva Balser Warner - My signed copy includes a printout of the author's family tree which is used for some documentation.
• Our Ellis-Shawver Ancestors, Revised 2015, revised again in 2019 prepared by Robert L. Ellis
• "United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DL-4Q4 : accessed 23 June 2015), Alfred Ellis, Putnam county, part of, Putnam, Virginia, United States; citing family 662, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Reco
• "Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2K-Q627 : accessed 23 June 2015), Alfred Ellis, 1872; Burial, Hurricane, Putnam, West Virginia, United States of America, Ellis Cemetery I; citing record ID 72549305, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Alfred Ellisrds Administration, n.d.).