Joseph J. Ellis (1848 - 1939)

Born 28 Feb 1848 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet V. (Harbin) Ellis — married 25 Nov 1875 in Gordon, Georgia, USA

Died 27 Apr 1939 at age 91 in Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States

Biography

When Joseph J. Ellis was born on February 28, 1848, in Georgia, his father, John, was 39 and his mother, Lucinda, was 35. He married Harriet V. Harbin (1850–1900) on November 25, 1875, in Gordon, Georgia.^[1] He died on April 27, 1939, in Texas at the age of 91, and was buried in Kaufman, Texas.^[2]

Death Notice:^[3]
[Dallas] Joseph J. Ellis, Confederate veteran of Sterling Price Company, died Thursday at Mesquite. Survived by one son, Love Ellis, Terrell; two daughters, Mrs. Moon and Mrs. T. H. Pitcher, Oregon. Burial Dry Creek Cemetery, Terrell.

Death Notice:^[4]
J. J. Ellis, 91, father of T. L. Ellis died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. N. Moon in Mesquite Thursday. Burial in Dry Creek Cemetery. He is survived by three children, T. L. Ellis of Terrell, Mrs. T. N. Moon of Mesquite and Mrs. H. E. Pilcher of Oregon. He was born in Georgia February 28, 1849, but had lived in Texas for the past 57 years. He formerly lived near Poetry.

BURIAL^[5]
Dry Creek Cemetery
Kaufman County, Texas, USA

Sources

1. ↑ County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. Title: Record of Marriages, Book A, 1864-1881, "Mr Vernon J J Ellis to Horter Harbin" p360-361
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/260165283313/facts
3. ↑ Dallas Morning News, April 28, 1939
4. ↑ Terrell Tribune, April 28, 1939
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11168493/joseph-j-ellis

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 12, Gordon, Georgia; Roll: M432_71; Page: 16A; Image: 37

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Silaquoy, Gordon, Georgia; Roll: M653_124; Page: 344; Family History Library Film: 803124

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Seventh, Gordon, Georgia; Roll: 149; Family History Film: 1254149; Page: 165A; Enumeration District: 113

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: 1650; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1241650

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: T624_1570; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1375583

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 3, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: T625_1825; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 36

• Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982; child: Lucinda C Moon, d/o Carrie Ellis & Joseph J Ellis

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Lucindia C Moon, d/o Harret Hardin & Joseph Ellis