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ENNIS

    The Ennises of Baldwin County are of Scotch-Irish descent. The first to come
over were from Scotland and settled in North Carolina. E. Nathaniel Ennis came
from North Carolina and settled in Hancock County, Georgia, about 1775. He had
one son by his first marriage, Charles Ennis, born in 1800. He married young and
settled in East Baldwin, about seven miles from Milledgeville, in about 1818. He
became a good farmer, operated a saw mill, grist mill, and gin, and served
Baldwin County for twenty years as sheriff. His wife was Miss Ella Morman of
Wilkinson County, and was related to the Bells of that county. There were born
to them fourteen children, ten boys and four girls. The boys were P. M., E. N.,
Sr., W. R., Erasmus Bell, George Troupe, Thaddius, Benj. T., Chas. I., Chas.
II., and Francis Ennis. The girls were Annie Alice, Smithie Ann, Sarah Jane,
Nancy Bell Ennis. Sheriff Charles Ennis died in 1873.

    P. M. Ennis, the eldest son of Charles and Ella Ennis, married a Miss Minor,
of Hancock County, bought and settled part of his father's farm on Town Creek,
and continued to operate the mill and gin. There were born to this union seven
children. The five boys were W. C., E. A., P. T., E. N.,Jr., and Marcellus
Ennis. The girls were Eliza and Epsie Ennis.

    W. C. Ennis married Eliza Barnes of Baldwin County and settled on a farm
near his father's. He served Baldwin County as Sheriff for sixteen years. He
served in the Confederate army, and after the war organized, and was captain of
the Salem Greys, which were disbanded in 1876. He also served as lieutenant of
the Baldwin Blues under Capt. Herty and might have served as Captain. He died a
resident of Milledgeville, about 1906. There were born to W. C. and Eliza Ennis,
five children. The sons were: Chas. Ernest, J. H. and W. R. Ennis. The daughters
were: O'Nora and Cora Ennis.

    J. H. Ennis married Miss Tommie Harper of Hancock County, and settled in
Milledgeville. He was captain of the Baldwin Blues until the spectacular hunt of
the U. S. for Villa on Mexican soil. He was serving Baldwin County in the
Legislature at the same time, and had to give up his captaincy. He has served
Baldwin a number of terms as representative and one term in the state senate. He
is now serving Baldwin in the legislature, and Milledgeville as Mayor. He is a
prosperous farmer, merchant and saw-mill man. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Ennis, one son, H. B. Ennis.

    H. B. Ennis married a Miss Kathleen Allsbrook, of South Carolina, and later
married Mils. Marcelle Mahre, of Paris, France. He served his country on the
Mexican Border, and in France in the World War. He was selected as one of the
two boys from Georgia, as a member of the guard, at Versailles. He is now
reorganizing the Baldwin Blues, of which he has been made Captain.

    Charles Ennis was killed by boiler explosion when about twenty years old.

    Ernest Ennis is Chief of Police in Dublin, Georgia.

    W. R. Ennis was proprietor of drug store in Milledgeville for a number of
years. He is now in drug business in Lakeland, Florida.

    Miss O'Nora Ennis was a member of the faculty of G. M. College for a number
of years. She is now teaching at Gordon Institute, Barnesville, Georgia.

    Miss Cora Ennis married Mr. J. B. Holt, of Washington County, and they lived
in that county until his death about ten years ago. She is now teaching at
Midway Junior High School, Baldwin County.

    The next in line of P. M. Ennis' sons was E. A. Ennis who married Miss Emma
Haygood, of Washington County. They are still living on the farm in that county,
where she was born. To them were born sixteen children, ten boys and six girls,
all of whom are still living except the oldest girl.

    The next in line of P. T. Ennis' sons was P. T. Ennis, who married Miss
Elizabeth Haygood, of Washington, County, and settled at his father's old home
place, in East Baldwin. He served his county one term as tax receiver. He
organized, and was captain of the Blount Volunteers which disbanded after his
death in 1891. He was a merchant-farmer. There were born to him and his wife,
six children. The sons were Has, Dosh, who died at two years old, and O. M.
Ennis. The daughters were: Evie, who married Dr. Perlen, of Washington County,
and died about three years later; Bessie, who married W. J. Marshell, and now
lives in Rome, and is the mother of one boy four years old, and one girl one
year old; Annie Lee, who has been in the civil service department since the
World War, working three years in Washington and later transferred to Atlanta.

    O. M. Ennis, the only son who lived to be grown, went to Washington County
in 1901, to do clerical work, for his uncle. He married Miss Marie Gilmore of
that County, in 1905. He moved back to Baldwin, and settled in Midway in 1915.
He is a merchant-farmer, has served on the board of education for several years,
and now county commissioner. To him and his wife were born four children: Oscar
Marion and S. Gordon G. Ennis now in school at G. M. College; Frances, a student
at G. S. C. W., and Evelyn Margaret Ennis, just four months old.

    The next in line of P. M. Ennis' sons was E. N. Ennis, Jr., who married Miss
Russell, of Baldwin county, and settled in East Baldwin, on a farm. He was a
farmer-merchant and saw mill operator. He represent-Baldwin County two terms in
the legislature. To him and his wife were born two children. One died young, the
other, Willie Ennis, married J. H. Harbin, of Mc-Rae, Ga. They now live on a
farm in Washington County and are the parents of one son.

    E. N. Ennis' wife died young and he later married Miss Boyer, of Hancock
County. To this union, were born four children. Hines T. Ennis, who married Miss
Eliza Duggan, of Sandersville, and is now engaged in the automobile business in
Milledgeville. Ellen married A. W. Smith, of Washington County, who is now
engaged in the mercantile business in Sandersville.

    Mary Sue married Mr. Landorn of North Carolina. They now live in
Milledgeville where he is in the automobile business. Alice Ennis now teaches at
Midway Junior High School. E. N. Ennis moved to Washington County in 1901, where
he now resides, and operates a large farm and saw mill.

    One of P M. Ennis' daughters, Eliza, married G. W. Campbell, of Telfair
County, where they resided until her death. To this union were born five
children: Walter, Charles, Oscar, Epsie, and Evie Ennis.

    The other daughter of P. M. Ennis married T. E. Pugh, of Baldwin County. To
this union were born five children: P. M. and Dr. T. E. Pugh, of Sparta; Lily,
(who died shortly after becoming grown) ; Essie, who married Mr. G. Hooten, a
farmer of Baldwin County, and is the mother of two small girls; Ethel, who
maried Mr. R. Ivey, farmer of Baldwin County; ty, and died young leaving two
small daughters.

    The next in line of the first settler, Chas. Ennis, sons was E. N. Ennis,
Sr., who served under Gen. Myrick during the Civil War. He married Miss Davis,
of Baldwin County. After the war he settled on the farm in East Baldwin and
became a prosperous farmer. He lived there until his death. To him and his wife
were born ten children. Chas. Ennis, a farmer of Baldwin County, married Miss
Blizzard of Baldwin County. To them were born thirteen children.

    Next in line of E. N. Ennis', Sr. sons was Jim Ennis, farmer of Baldwin
County, who married Araminta Echols, and to whom were born six children:
Opheila, who married Mr. Hansel Stanley; Cora, who married Mr. Winsley; Jimmie
Pearl, who married Mr. Torrance; Lollie, who married Mr. Winsley (who was a
brother of Cora's husband); Harvey, who married Miss Kitchens; and Ormie, who
died in boyhood.

    The third son was Robert Ennis, who settled in Wrightsville, Ga., and
married Miss McAfee. He died young leaving two daughters.

    Fourth son was Myrick Ennis, a farmer, who died unmarried.

    The fifth son, Sam Ennis, was a farmer and unmarried.

    The five daughters were: Eliza, who married Lanis Palmer, a farmer of
Baldwin County; Nancy, who married Joe Tucker, farmer of Baldwin County; Emma,
who married E. Erby, farmer of Hancock County; Lula, who married Mr. Bothwell, a
farmer of Baldwin County. To this union were born two children: Robert Lee,
superintendent of a cotton mill in New Orleans; and Annie, who married Mr.
Burk-hart. She died young, leaving one daughter, Annie Mae, who is attending G.
S. C. W.

    The fifth daughter was Dora, who married T. E. Pugh, after the death of his
first wife. To this union was born one girl, Arline.

    The next in line of the first settler, Chas. Ennis' sons was W. R. Ennis,
who married Miss Speights, of Hancock County. He was a farmer and settled in
West Baldwin, later moving to Midway. He was cited for bravery during his
services in the Confederate army. He was a prosperous farmer and a good citizen.
To him and his wife was bom one daughter, Annie, who married Mr. Tyler, of
Texas. She died young leaving one son, Chas. Tyler, who now lives at Belton, Texas.

    Erasmus Bell Ennis, the next son of Chas. Ennis, died young.

    The next son was George Troupe Ennis, who did excellent service in the
Govenor's Horse Guard, Hampton's Cavalry. He was killed in action.

    The next son of said Chas. Ennis was Thaddius Ennis, who married and moved
to Montgomery County. To him and his wife were born two sons and a daughter. One
of the sons was named Chas. Ennis, and now lives at Glenwood, Ga. He is a
prosperous farmer and has several children. The other son, Erasmus A. Ennis, is
now practicing law at Vidalia, Ga. He is married, but has no children.

    The first settler, Chas. Ennis, had two sons named Chas., both of whom died
young. He desired to perpetuate the name Chas., but grew discouraged after two
attempts, so named no more of his sons for himself. There was another son,
Francis Marcellus, who died young.

    The oldest daughter of said Chas. Ennis was Annie Alice. She married Clem
Butts of Laurens County, and they had several children. One of their daughters
married E. Fowler of Washington County. She was the mother of Andrew, John,
Chas., Ras., and Ennis Fowler, all of whom are prosperous farmers of either
Baldwin, Washington, or Montgomery Counties.
    The second daughter, Smithie Anne, married Rev. Leonard, a Baptist minister
of Baldwin County. In 1895, she was killed, by a negro with an axe, in her home
in East Baldwin. She had no children.

    The third daughter, Sarah Jane, married Thomas Hall, a farmer of Baldwin
County. She died without heirs.

    Nancy Bell, the fourth daughter, married Thomas Prosser, of Washington
County. She was the mother of the present Chas. Prosser, who lives on the line
of Hancock and Washington counties. He is a prosperous farmer and mill owner.
His daughter, Laura Bell, married D. T. Butts, of Milledgeville.

    Benjamin T. Ennis, the only living son of Chas. Ennis, resides in East
Baldwin. He has one son, named Gilbert, who is overseer on the farm of J. H. Ennis.

    Capt. P. T. Ennis, the grandson of the first settler, and father of the
present O. M. Ennis, was in Savannah with his company attending the Chatham
Artillery Centennial in 1886, when the horses to the carriage of Jefferson Davis
ran away, and threw Miss Winnie Davis out. One of the men from Capt. Ennis'
company knocked one of the horses down with his rifle, and thus, no doubt, saved
the ex-president from getting hurt. The Centennial address on this occasion was
made by Governor McDaniel.

Written by O. M. ENNIS.



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Part V

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA

BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED

ANDERSON. S. C.
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