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From: Peggy Ward <>
Subject: [NCNASH-L] Ellis
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 16:52:49 -0400

To Nash Co. NC List:

Does anyone recognize any one on this list?

These names were given to me by relatives but I have no dates except for
my
mother-in- law and her mother. ( Ellis-- This is my Husband's side of
the family)

This is what I have:

John William Ellis
.....M. Polly ?

..Children: (those I have, there are more)
....John Daniel Ellis Wilson Co. NC
....William Henry Ellis Wilson Co. NC
....Bertha Ellis Wilson Co. NC
....James (Jim) Ellis
....Mary Ann "Molly" Ellis

John Daniel Ellis
m. Frances Pearl Hinnant d/o Needham Hinnant and Celia( Cealy) Rose(?)
In the 1870 Wilson Co. NC Spring Hill Township census record I found
This.( I know it is the right ..........family)

......Hinnant Needham m 30 yrs. farm labor
..............Celia f 27 yrs.old keeping house
.............Frances f 4 ( Frances was known by family to be
101 when she died 6/9/1965)
........................................Don't know who is in error, but
this is her
..............John m 4/12
.....Hinnant Milbry f 17 farm labor (living with them. I
believe a relative.)
In a 1900 Census I found:

In 1880 Census Celia had died and Needham later married Celia's sister
who had come to live with them to take care of the Children. She was 21.
her name was Patience. Other children are listed but I want list here
unless you fine you need them.

Ellis John D. Head w m Dec. 1860 39 m 12 years
...........( can't make out the D. too good, but I know by names of
chldren that it is the ....................right family)
.......Frances wife w f March 1866 34 m 12 years
.......William J. son w m Oct. 1888 11
...... Geneva daug. w f Oct.1889 10
.......John son w m ? March 1898 2

(this "Above" is my mother-in-laws family Pearl Ellis she was born in
1906; these are her brothers and sister to this time. My mother-in-law
was one of the youngest if not the youngest. I have names of others I
will post later in this letter)

Other children Of Frances and John Daniel Ellis ( most of these I have
met at one time or other, most of the children of John Daniel and
Frances Ellis are
no longer living.)

1.George Ellis moved to Virginia ( Hopewell) and lived there untill he
died. about 1994?
...m Annie Jones?
...Children:
.......Glenn Ellis
........Etta Mae
..........m. A.P. Boyette ( buried in Baliey, Nc cemetery)
........Rudolph Ellis
........Sarah Ann Ellis
..........m. Frankie Solesbe

2. Robert Ellis lived in Hopewell, Va.
....m Mary ( She is still livind in Hopewell) He died, in the 70's I
believe.
.. Children:
.........Barbara Ellis ( Tinnie) f
.........J.T. Ellis m
.........Libba Ellis f
.........Janet Ellis f
.........Jackey Ellis ? male
I believe there is atleast one more

3.Willie (William J.) Lived in Wilson and Rocky Mount NC
..m 1 Alley Hawley
..Children: Lee Ellis
..............m. Carl Narron
.......... Ithal Ellis
........... m. Ruth

..m 2 Maggie
...Children:
......Charles Ellis
......Frances Ellis
......James Harrell Ellis

4.Johnny Ellis b.March 1889 ? I believe they lived in Wilson, NC
......m. Nola Barnes
....... Children:
............ Donald Edward Ellis
.............Thelma Ellis
.............Lioyd Ellis ( died young motor cycle accident)

5.Mary Ellis
.....m. Walter Atkinson
..Children:
..........Doris Atkinson ( they live in Micro, NC)
.........m. Carl Smith
Children:
.......... Daughter ( worked at Westing House in Raleigh, NC
.......... L. C. Smith Works in Raleigh for State. Lives in Micro, NC

6.Frances Pearl Ellis
.....m. James Thomas Ward
......Children:
............1.James Etchell Ward b. 1932 d. ? I believe 1994 or maybe
1995
.............m.1 Gilly Ann
.............m.2 Wilma Polk
No children of his own.

............2.Lewis Russell Ward b. 1935
...............m. 1 Bessie Norwood
.........Children:
.................Lewis Russell ward
.................Michael Ward

..............m. 2 Elsie
......................No children this marriage

...........3.Kenneth Eugene Ward ( My Husband, We have 4 Children, I
want list, but if there is a connect I will give them to you then.)
............m. Peggy ann Williams ( me)

...........4. Elsie Ward
.............m Brooks Baines
...Children:
..........Sherrie Baines
..........Greg Baines

..........5. Connie Mack Ward
.............m. Susan Brock
...Children:
.............Shane Ward
.............Brock Ward

..........6. Mary Elln Ward
.............m. 1 Dan Narron ( died)
..Child:
.................Tammy Narron

.............m 2 Herman Stroude

....Child:
................Lee Stroude

Brother of John Daniel Ellis: s/o John William Ellis ( there were 10
Children, I only have 5.)

...........William Henry Ellis ( It may have been william Henry with the
10 children and not
.......................................John William Ellis; Above info
from James Amber Ellis as told to my
...........................................husband, I was not with him
when he got the info.
...........................I do know that he said his father left his
wife and 5 children and went to .....................Macon ? Georgia,
and had 9 more kids by another wife, came back to NC with them
.................................in later years.)
............m. Gurtude Usshey (Ussey)

............Children:
...............James Ambers Ellis
................m. Lilla Mae "Lilly" Parham d/o Bessie Grisson & Earnest
Parham
..................Children:
.........................Eugene Ellis
.........................Put (died in Heart surgey0
.........................Charles ( lives in Henerson, NC
..........................There may be more. I don't havbe them.

This may be total outside your line, but giving you the info is the only
way we will know.

Please let me know what you think. Sorry I do not have more dates to go
on.

Peggy

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