Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Ellis, Henry I. 1875 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Henry I. Ellis, president of the Ellis Construction Company, of Wichita,
claims the Empire State as his native domain, having been born at Buffalo, N.
Y., on May 13, 1875. His parents were Gottlieb and Mary (Burger) Ellis, the
father being a native of France and the mother claiming Germany as the land of
her birth. Young Ellis was educated at the public schools of Buffalo, and at the
age of fifteen began to learn the carpenter's trade, for which he had displayed
an early aptitude. After having served his apprenticeship he followed the trade
for seven years, but in 1905 the call of the West appealed to him and he came to
Wichita. Here he entered the employ of the Wurster Construction Company, and was
superintendent of this company until July, 1909, when he organized the H. I.
Ellis Construction Company. Since that time, among other notable works that the
company has undertaken, has been the erection of the Michigan building, the
Huber building, the Giwosky building, the Grace Presbyterian church and other
buildings. Mr. Ellis also had charge of the construction and erection of the
Boston Store building, the Murdock building, the Young Men's Christian
Association building and the Western Biscuit building. In the fraternal orders
Mr. Ellis belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He was married in 1904 to Miss
Kate Reilly, of St. Louis, Mo., and from this union there has been issue one
child, Mary U.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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