Ella is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
Found variations of first name (Ellen vs. Ella and census record referred to her as “Mahaly” which may be middle name)
Sources
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6H7-KGC : 12 April 2016), Mahaly Rucker in household of Nathan Rucker, Illinois, United States; citing p. 35, family 240, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,748.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVN-5MP : 19 August 2017), Ellen M Rucker in entry for Nathaniel W Rucker, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 156, sheet 474A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0229; FHL microfilm 1,254,229.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS48-DCX : accessed 13 April 2019), Elles M Hill in household of Oscar D Hill, Decatur Township, Precincts 2-3 Decatur city Ward 3, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 10A, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,323.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXL-HZJ : accessed 13 April 2019), Ella Hill in household of Oscar Hill, Springfield Ward 4, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 14A, family 417, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 325; FHL microfilm 1,374,338.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH9-Y8C : accessed 13 April 2019), Ella M Hill in household of Ray C Hill, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing ED 142, sheet 24A, line 15, family 527, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 384; FHL microfilm 1,820,384.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS1M-H8Y : accessed 13 April 2019), Ella M Hill in household of Ray C Hill, Oakley, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 5B, line 97, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 539; FHL microfilm 2,340,274.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWRV-4DT : 15 March 2018), Ella M Hill in household of Ray C Hill, Decatur Township, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-42, sheet 24A, line 19, family 458, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 845.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3T-4K7 : 9 March 2018), Ella M. Hill, 25 Feb 1945; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,984,081.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWKT-LRR : accessed 13 April 2019), entry for Mahala Ellen RUCKER (21RN-FVV); submitted by debastewart2667154 [identity withheld for privacy].
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