Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Dr. J. Ward December 20, 1890
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Chicago Daily Tribune  December 21, 1890
Dr. J. Ward Ellis, the dentist, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at his 
home, No. 9 Bryant avenue, after a sickness of three months. The funeral will 
take place at the First Baptist church, South Park avenue and Thirty-first 
street, at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Excelsior Lodge, I.O.O.F. and Wabansia 
Lodge F, and A, M will participate in the services.  The interment will be at 
Oakwoods Cemetery.

Dr. Ellis was born in Norwich, Conn, February 1828.  He received his education 
in his native town and began the practice of dentistry at that place.  He moved 
to Westmoreland, N.Y. shortly afterward and in 1851 went to California.  He 
opened an office at Stockton, Cal and practiced at that place several years.  He 
located in Chicago in 1857 and pursued the practice of his profession in this 
city up to the time of his illness.

He was a prominent Odd-Fellow and had held the office of Grand Master, Grand 
Representative, and other positions of honor in that order.  He was also 
prominent in the Masonic fraternity and was a member of the Knights of Pythias.  
Dr. Ellis was elected President of the California Pioneers' Association when 
that organization was first formed and held the position at the time of his 
death.  He leaves a wife and one son.

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Buried in the Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illnois

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