Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ely, J K 1837 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

J. K. Ely, farmer, P. O. Mazon, son of James G. and Rebecca E. Ely, was born 
in Oneida County, N. Y., December 2, 1837. He was educated in Rock River 
Seminary, became qualified for teaching, which he followed in LaSalle and 
Grundy counties for seven years. He enlisted at Chicago on the 12th of August, 
1862, in Company H, Eighty-eight Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he 
continued until discharged at the close of the war. Took part in the battles 
of Stone River, Chickamaugua, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and Dalton, and 
marched with Sherman to Atlanta, Ga., where he was wounded July 20, 1864, 
after which he saw no more field service. September 5, 1864, he married Miss 
Lovina J. Mossman, daughter of William and Mary Mossman, of Iowa. She was born 
April 12, 1845. They have a family of two sons and four daughters - Rubie M., 
Lena G., May R., Nellie V., John M. and William Ray. Mr. Ely owns 320 acres of 
valuable land in Sections 4 and 5, of Mazon Township. His father, James Ely, 
died in 1844, his mother, Rebecca, is now living with our subject. He is a 
Republican and Justice of the Peace of Mazon Township. Mrs. Ely is a member of 
the Congregational Church. Mr. Ely first settled in Nettle Creek Township in 
1847.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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