Greene-Sullivan County IN Archives Biographies.....Ellis, Josiah 1844 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   JOSIAH ELLIS, an enterprising farmer of Stafford Township, was born in
Sullivan County, Ind., October 27, 1844. He is one of twelve children of whom
John W. and Sarah (Ching) Ellis are the parents. Our subject received a common
school education, such as the advantages of his times and circumstances
afforded. While a young man, he was engaged in the hotel business at Carlisle
with his rather, although his principal occupation has been farming, and that,
since April, 1869, he has carried on in Greene County, where he now lives. On
February 1, 1872, he was united in wedlock to Florence Beck, but on September 30
following, he was called upon to mourn her loss in death. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Pleasantville, Ind., and supports all laudable
enterprises of his community. His farm consists of 170 acres of good land well
cultivated and improved. He is the present Assessor of his township, and as a
Democrat, is always interested in public affairs. An upright and hard working
citizen, Mr. Ellis enjoys the high respect of all who know him.

Additional Comments:
Stafford Township Biographies

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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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