James
Blair
(Blair)
Ellis
Born in McAlester, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jackson W. Ellis
and Cordelia C (Smith) Ellis
Husband of
Mahala Mae (Hignite) Ellis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
[private wife (1920s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (unknown - unknown)], [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], Jessie Ellis, Judy (Ellis) Hamilton and Junior Ellis
Died
at age 71
in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2016
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Biography
He was born on 11 June 1899 in McAlester, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, USA and was the son of Cordelia C. (Smith, c1862-1901) and Jackson "Jack" W. Ellis, Sr. (1859-1929).
By 1939 (James) Blair Ellis had first married to Mahala Mae Hignite (c1911-1952).
(James) Blair Ellis married secondly about 1953 to Mae Forrester.
He died in Oct 1970 at the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
Sources
- Cherokee Dawes roll#28; card#6 for Blair Ellis as 1/2 Cherokee blood
- 1900 USA Census
Acknowledgements
- Wikitree profile was created by granddaughter, Cindy J. (Cole) Cruzan
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C J Cole
Grandpa Ellis was barely 2 years old when his mother Cordelia Smith Ellis died. He had two older sisters and two older brothers. Around the age of 8 he was at Haskell Indian School in Lawrence KS.
posted 29 Dec 2018 by C J Cole
[thank C J]
Blair had two older sisters and two older brothers. He was the baby of the family.
This is my grandpa, my mom’s dad. He was always involved in our family. He died from diabetes complications. His dad, Jackson Ellis, Of the Cherokee Nation tribe, was a Indian guard and sheriff among other careers. His mother was the daughter of Principal Chief N J Smith of the Eastern Band Cherokees. His parents met when his mother Cordelia Smith was attending school at the Indian women’s seminary.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Blair by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Blair:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Blair by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Blair:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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James Blair Ellis, my personally known grandpa, is seemingly both Ellis 9908 and Ellis 9502 but his mother, my great grandmother, Cordelia Smith Ellis 103961has the wrong birthplace and birthdate. Cordelia Smith Ellis was born in 1862 in Beaverdam NC to Principal Chief Nimrod Jarrett and Mary Robert’s Smith, their first child.
Ellis-9908 and Ellis-9502 do not represent the same person because: Many James Ellis’s at that time and area. Mother’s birthday is different. Not enough specific info on one of the profiles to keep to keep from being confused with different James Ellis’s and there was at least two other Cordelia Ellis with a birth year of 1856 and the correct mother was definitely born as the first child of EBC Principal Chief N J Smith in 1862
I think if you look again you'll find that both mother are duplicates and that they have the same father.
Ellis-9908 and Ellis-9502 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same wife
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by N Gauthier
Ellis-9908 and Ellis-9502 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, these profiles needs better sources.
Ellis-9908 and Ellis-9502 do not represent the same person because: I personally knew Blair Ellis...he never used his first name. He was my grandfather. He died when I was around 12 years old. He lived on our land and property for his last two addresses. My grandfathers grave is in DeSoto Ks with his first wife Mahala Hignite Ellis. His father was Captain Jack W. Ellis, a Cherokee, with the Indian police in Indian Territory OKla. and his mother Cordelia Smith Ellis, daughter of principal chief N J Smith of the Eastern Band Cherokees
Ellis-9908 and Ellis-9502 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates
Rejected matches › James Ellis (abt.1897-)
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