Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Ellis, George W. 1841 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   GEORGE W. ELLIS was born in Greene County. Ind., in 1841, and is the twelfth
of the following family born to William and Martha (Robertson) Ellis, who were
among the pioneers of this county: Elizabeth, James, Winnie, John, Margaret,
Sarah, William, Joel, Robert, Martha, Mary. George W., Stephen, Lucy, Rebecca.
Nancy and Rhoda. William Ellis, father of the subject of this sketch, was born
October 14, 1803, in Tennessee; was married to Martha Robertson, who was born in
Georgia, July 13, 1805, a daughter of Stephen and Winnie Robertson, and three
years after his marriage emigrated to Brown County, Ind. In about 1833, they
settled in Greene County, where Mr. Ellis took a prominent part in public
affairs, and where he died, September 20, 1878, preceded his wife ten years.
George W. Ellis is one of the leading men of Stockton Township. He was raised on
his father's farm, secured a fair education, and in 1860 was joined in marriage
with Miss Mary J., daughter of George B. and Margaret (Rector) Denton, who were
early settlers in Greene County from Virginia, also early settlers of Jasper
County, Ind., and to their marriage have been born this family: John W., Nancy
E., Sarah M., Martha, Mollie C, George T., Joseph R., Andy M., May, Daisy Y. and
Winnie B. Mrs. Ellis is one of the following family, and the parents reside in
Kansas; Mary J., John W., Thomas J., Joseph A., Charity E., Charles W., Margaret
A., Alice C, Christina F. and Statira.

Additional Comments:
Stockton Township Biographies

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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