Ella Adelaide (Marsh) Ullman (1848 - 1916)

Born 15 Apr 1848 in Manhattan, New York City, New York

Wife of Edward Augustus Wilcox — married 4 Jan 1875 in Bibb, Georgia, United States

Wife of Hezekiah Charles Ullman — married 7 Sep 1881 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1916 at age 68 in Manhattan, New York City, New York

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Biography

Charles met Ella Adelaide Marsh (1847–1915) after she married his friend and client John Fairbanks, a wealthy New Orleans sugar mill and plantation owner. The Fairbankses had a son, John, and shortly thereafter John Senior died of tuberculosis. Ella, born into a wealthy southern Catholic family, was overprotected and knew little of her husband's business. Consequently, she was swindled out of her fortune by her husband's partners. Even the efforts of Charles Ullman, acting on her behalf, failed to regain any of the family fortune for her. Distraught and lonely, she met and married a courtly Georgian, Edward Wilcox, who turned out to be an alcoholic. After they had a son, Norris, she divorced Wilcox, and Charles acted as her lawyer in the suit. The pretty southern belle soon became romantically involved with Charles and agreed to move to Denver with him to pursue mining investments. They arrived in Denver in 1881 with her son, John. (Norris was left in Georgia with relatives and was never sent for by his mother.) They were married and had a child, Robert, in 1882, and then a second son, Douglas, a year later. Charles purchased several mining interests in the Rocky Mountains and he re-established his law practice. Charles Ullman abandoned the family when Douglas was five years old, however, and he and his older brother Robert were brought up by their mother, who gave them the family name Fairbanks, after her first husband.

"Daughter of Robert Marsh and Ella Finch, both born in the US. Ella was widowed, and resided in NYC. She died at 50 West 45th St, Manhattan, NY, NY, aged 68 years. She was interred at Woodlawn on 26 Dec 1916. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch Death cert #36014 GS Film Number 1322400 - Findagrave.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks

• https://www.geni.com/people/Ella-Fairbanks/6000000010262679123

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4T-G6V : 19 March 2020), Ella Marsh in entry for Mary Marsh, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZFF-QYR : 13 September 2017), Ella Fairbanks in household of Charles Ullman, Orangetown, Rockland, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 54, sheet 154D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0924; FHL microfilm 1,254,924.
• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Z2-5DL : 18 January 2020), Ella A. Fairbanks in entry for Hezekiah C. Ulman, 14 Aug 1881; citing Marriage, Sidney, Cheyenne, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,940,949.
• Ancestry.com. Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WCZ-4YL : 3 June 2020), Robert Marsh in entry for Ella A. Fairbanks, 23 Dec 1916; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,400.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-34CR : 17 July 2020), Ella Adelaide Marsh Ulman, 1916; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHV-ZVH8 : 3 August 2020), Ella Adelaide Marsh Fairbanks, ; Burial, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Woodlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 188133844, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.