Ellis Cemetery; Tangipahoa Parish, La. Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Edie McKinney Talley Updated by Belford E. Carver, November 16, 2001. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Source: Cemetery Records: Louisiana, Vol I, pp. 10 - 14. Documented and compiled by Mrs. Zuma Fendlason Magee and Mrs. Thelma S. Bateman. 1962 Contributed by Mrs. Dixie Sylvest Moss. Located in Tangipahoa Parish, La. on the Old Ellis Property, about 1 and 1/2 miles north of Amite, La. east of Duncan Ave. Copied Aug. 30, 1962 by Mrs. J. C. Copes III, 3505 Adams Ave., Baton Rouge, La. and Mrs. Doyle L. Batemant 2735 Washington Ave., Baton Rouge, La. Lucas D. Isom Clifton 1st Lt. - 3 Tenn. Inf. Mexican War Son of Mr. & Mrs. Everett D. Isom Corp. Co. A 18 LA Cav. CSA 1887 - 1887 Died July 19, 1880 Dewitt D. Isom Henry R. Davis 1857 - 1928 Son of Gen'l. C. H. Davis Died 1907, Age 60 Amanda I. Davis Gen'l. C. H. Davis 2nd. Wife of Stephen D. Ellis Died Sept. 1871 May 9, 1847 Age 75 yrs. Aug. 22, 1877 (Masonic Emb.) "BABY" Mary M. Davis Infant Son of Stephen D. Ellis & Daughter of Gen'l C. H. Davis Amanda I. Davis Died Feb. 1910 Born & Died Aug. 17, 1877 Age 66 yrs. John Gentry Francis Landry Co. ? [Type is too faint to read] Co. ? [Type is too faint to read] Ky. Inf. CSA La. Inf. CSA Aug. 15, 1862 No Dates Willie Harrell J. W. A. Hamilton Pvt. CSA Co. H 19 Tenn. Inf. CSA Died Aug. 3, 1862 Died Aug. 1862 "Peace" Private Burbanks Cornelius ? VanHauton Tenn. Vol. CSA Pvt. 2 N.Y. Mil. War 1812 Aug. 1862 Died Dec. 1878 Mary Jane Slay Emma Caroline Connor Wife of S. S. Connor Daughter of Sidney Syminton Connor Died Mar. 22, 1866 and Mary Jane Slay Age 29 years 1863 - 1943 Eveline Patterson "In Memory of Zilla Rheams, Wife of Tobias Rheams Wife of John W. Addison" Nov. 8, 1817 June 10, 1836 Mar. 9, 1890 Nov. 20, 1880 (Brick and concrete vault above ground) Judge John W. Addison "Mother" Died Feb. 22, 1839 - Aged 60 years Mary Jane Brumfield Chalanap Capt. 16th La. Reg. CSA 1861 - 1862 June 16, 1848 "An Honest Man, The Noblest Work Aug. 25, 1884 of God." (Masonic Emblem) John Hugonel Desire Clementz Born in New Orleans, La. Died Jan 31, 1876 Died Amite, La. Aged 44 yrs. Dec. 1, 1907 - Aged 85 years (Masonic Emb.) Catherine A. McNeil Catherine Ingaba Weber Wife of H. D. Tate Died Feb. 13, 1876 Oct. 1, 1810 Age 3 mos. 15 days Dec. 15, 1874 May Deacon Tate Dr. John Hamilton Ellis Daughter of Hugh D. Tate & Son of T. C. W and M. V. H. Ellis Cahterine McNeill Husband of Mary Lent Aug. 28, 1848 1865 - 1920 June 20, 1904 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Monument: "In Loving Memory of our Parents" Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis and Martina Virginia Hamilton "I Am the Ressurection [sic] and the Life." John XI - XXV Small Markers: Martina V. Hamilton Ellis Thomas C. W. Ellis Born Clark Co,., Fla. Eldest son of Ezekiel Park Ellis & Daughter of Wm. R. Hamilton & Tabitha Emily Warner Maria Theresa Andrews Nov. 26, 1836 Dec. 17, 1841 Aug. 2, 1918 Feb. 2, 1891 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josephann Alsworth Stephen Dudly Ellis Wife of Stephen D. Ellis Son of E. P. & Tabitha W. Ellis June 8, 1847 Mar. 3, 1845 Dec. 20, 1870 Jan. 19, 1926 "OLLIE" Ellen Olivia Ellis Daughter of E. P. Ellis and Tabitha Emily Warner Born Clinton, La. Feb. 8, 1852 Died New Orleans, La. mar. 5, 1873 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Double Monument: E. P. Ellis 1807 - 1884 T. E. Warner 1811 - 1890 Small Markers At Foot: Ezekiel Parke Ellis Tabitha Emily Warner Son of John Ellis & Daughter of T. C. Warner & Sarah Johnson Tabitha F. Cargill (Masonic Emb.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sara Cleay Warner Lucy Cothran Wife of John H. Goff Wife of Dr. T. C. W. Ellis Daughter of T. W. Warner & Daughter of Dr. John Cothran & T. F. Cargill Susan Boulware 1798 - 1877 Dr. Thomas Cargill Warner Ellis Wesley P. Kinchen Son of T.C.W. Ellis & Died Nov. 25, 1896 Martina Hamilton Ellis Aged 34 yrs. Beloved Husband of Myra Eugenie Nippert 1868 - 1940 Harriet H. Fauber Ambrose D. Henkel Wife of A. D. Henkel June 26, 1815 July 5, 1823 July 3, 1883 Dec. 12, 1888 Double Marker: Hal Shaw Porter William W. Rheams Apr. 1, 1874 Jan. 29, 1881 (Living) July 20, 1957 Thomasine Warner Rheams Apr. 16, 1881 Mary Margaret Warner Mar.7, 1961 Wife of Hal Shaw Porter June 20, 1873 - Nov. 18, 1958 Thomas E. Warner, Jr. P. O. Warner Co. C 20 La. Inf. CSA Born & Died - No dates 1842 -1898 Joseph C. Hawks Sarah Warner Harrell Lt. 1st La. Cav. CSA 1862 - 1865 1855 - 1935 Born in England Died Ne New Orleans, La. Eldridge Dodson Harrell Mar. 1907 - Age 60 yrs. 1839 - 1914 (Masonic Emb.) Maud Sands Addison Robert Stephen Ellis Wife of Robert Stephen Ellis Son of T. C. W. Ellis and Daughter of May Dunbar and Martina Hamilton Henry Sands Addison June 20, 1871 Sept. 20, 1871 July 24, 1945 Feb. 20, 1960 Marcella L. Palmer Janet Blanche Urquart 1960 - 1960 Born Coronado, Calif. Aug 9, 1933 Died New Orleans, La. Nov. 30, 1941 Rev. John A. Ellis Mary Margaret Ellis Son of Hicks Ellis and Daughter of Ezekiel Parke Ellis and Tabitha Gunn Tabitha Emily Warner Born Rutherford Co., Tenn. Wife of Rev. John A. Ellis Apr. 27, 1830 Aug. 4, 1842 Died Moss Point, Miss. Oct. 30, 1927 Feb. 15, 1893 Charles B. Ward Palmer Clinton Ward Palmer Son of Clinton Ward Palmer and Son of William Joseph Palmer and Maria E. Caceras Y. Valdez Catherine Reid Palmer Husband of Maud Addison Ellis Beloved husband of Born in Talca, Chile Maria E. Caceras Y Valdez June 2, 1892 Born in Charleston, S.C. Died in Tela, Honduras July 15, 1861 Oct. 5, 1937 Died in Ponchatoula, La. Enlisted in British Army in 1914, May 23, 1935 1915 commissioned 2nd Lt. in 7th His work in Panama Canal and Chile, Suffolk Regt. with which he served South America will stand as through out the war, advancing to monuments to his ability as a Civil rank of Major. He served in Loas, Engineer. Flanders, The Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Mons, Lens, Salonica, and Gallipoli. Thomas Stephen Ellis Ezekial John Ellis Son of E. John Ellis and Son of E. P. Ellis and Josephine Chamberlin Tabitha E. Warner Born in New Orleans, La. 1840 - 1889 Mar. 15, 1870 Died in New Orleans, La. Nov. 15, 1944 Josephine Emily Margaret Ellis Wife of E. John Ellis Daughter of Ezekial & Daughter of Harvey Chamberlin and Tabitha Warner Ellis Juliette McKean 1848 - 1916 No dates "AUNT MAG" John Leonard Emerson Lillian Ellis Emerson Sone of Edward O. Emerson and Daughter of E. John Ellis and Lucy Johnson Josephine Chamberlin July 18, 1868 Mar 9, 1868 Jan. 31, 1939 Sept. 12, 1958 Harvey Eugene Ellis "In memory of Our Son of E. John Ellis & Beloved Son & Brother" Josephine Chamberlin Stephen D. Ellis Born in New Orleans, La. Sept. 30, 1910 Nov. 19, 1875 July 14, 1934 Died May 10, 1955 Sara Olivia Ellis Lillian Emerson Ellis Daughter of Maud A. & Daughter of Maud A. & Robert S. Ellis, Sr. Robert S. Ellis, Sr. Oct. 13, 1903 Dec. 10, 1908 Jan. 19, 1911 Nov. 20, 1910 Infant Daughter of "In Loving Memory" Maud A. & Robert S. Ellis, Sr. James Whiteside Ellis No dates Jan. 17, 1915 Jan. 3, 1954 1 - grave marked with a small concrete slab, no inscriptions 13 - graves unmarked except for a few bricks ********************************************************* ELLIS FAMILY CEMETERY Located in a field between the last two residences (north side) on Ellis Road, Amite, LA. Aluminum gate facing Ellis Road at southwest corner. Cemetery is about 1500 to 2000 feet inside the field, surrounded by wrought iron fence. Has some very old and beautiful trees in it. It cannot be seen from the road as the lane to it curves and also due to trees and scrubs. Well maintained. Updated by Belford E. Carver, November 16, 2001. Beginning at first row nearest the iron gate: May Elizabeth Ellis, Apr 22, 1912 - May 5, 1990, w/o Charles Harrell Weathersby, mother of Harrell, Ben, and Robert. D/o Maud Sands Addison and Robert Stephen Ellis. Charles Harrell Weathersby, Jan 22, 1902 - Feb 11, 1970, h/o May Elizabeth Ellis, and father of Harrell, Ben, and Robert. S/o Robert Lodwic Weathersby and Ellen Harrell. Lloyd Addison Ellis, Mar 20, 1901 - Mar 6, 1964. Father of Lloyd Addison Ellis, Jr., and Louise Ellis Bunch. S/o Robert Stephen Ellis., Sr., and Maud Sands Addison. Dr. Mary Brent Whiteside, Oct 14, 1876 (in) Atlanta, GA, died Jul 13, 1962 Margaret Burton Whiteside, w/o Harvey Eugene Ellis, Aug 14, 1884, (in) Atlanta, GA, Mar 22, 1965. (Next to Harvey Eugene Ellis) Frank Burton Ellis, United States District Judge, Feb 10, 1907 - Nov 5, 1969 (Next to Harvey Eugene Ellis) Robert Stephen Ellis, Jr., Sep 29, 1899 - May 19, 1966, h/o Eleanor Ogden Kemp, s/o Maud Addison and Robert Stephen Ellis Carroll Buck, Apr 28, 1893 - Jun 14, 1975, h/o Martina Hamilton Ellis, s/o Sarah Ann Cappel and William Powell Buck (Next to Martina) Martina Hamilton Ellis, Sep 4, 1898 - Feb 10, 1996, w/o Carroll Buck, d/o Maud Addison and Robert Stephen Ellis (Next to Carroll) Maud Addison Ellis, d/o Robert Stephen Ellis and Maud Sands Addison, w/o Charles B. Ward Palmer, born in Belle Grove, Amite, Jul 16, 1902 - died in New Orleans, Apr 27, 1991 (Next to Charles B. Ward Palmer) Mrs. Clinton Ward Palmer, born Marie E. Caceres Y. Valdez, d/o Juan Caceres and Isabella Valdez, w/o of Clinton Ward Palmer, Sr., born in Provincia Del Rio Maule, Chile, SA, Mar 4, 1873 - died Baton Rouge, LA, Oct 3, 1962. (Next to Clinton Ward Palmer) Mary Heloise Raacke, Sep 28, 1906 - Mar 11, 1992, m/o Norbert E., Jr., and R. Stephen, d/o Robert Stephen Ellis and Maud Sands Addison (Next to C. B. Grant) (Double) Ezekiel Parke Ellis, Jan 14, 1897 - Dec 10, 1979, s/o T. C. W. Ellis, Jr., and Lucy Cothran Lelia Marguerite Rightor, Sep 20, 1900 - Mar 13, 1979, d/o Henry Rightor and Ella Beck Ernest (Additional information to previous recording) William W. Rheams, date of death, Sep 4, 1964 (double with Thomasine Warner Rheams) John Gentry is Co. A, 6 Regt. Private Burbanks, died Aug. 1862 Francis Landry is Co. E, 30 Regt. Cornelius P. VanHauton (correction to middle initial) The listing of Marcella L. Palmer, 1960-1960, has a headstone: Marcelle Louise Palmer, Jul 22, 1960 - Jul 23, 1960 End -BEC-