Biographical Sketch of Boyle L. Ellett, M.D., Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Boyle L. Ellett, M. D., a prominent and enterprising druggist of St. Clair, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Indian Prairie, Franklin County, September 14, 1839, the ninth of ten children (six now deceased) of William R. and Susan Frances (Barnes) Ellett. The parents were natives of Virginia, where they were reared, married and lived in Charlotte County, until about 1832 or 1833, when they immigrated to Franklin Co., Mo., and settled on a tract of land in Central Township, where they resided until their deaths; the mother dying in 1844 or 1845, and the father the following year. Boyle L. Ellett, after the death of his parents, lived with his brother-in-law, Dr. Richard W. Booth, attend- ing the common schools of his native county and Westminster College, at Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo. He lived with the Doctor until twenty one years of age, when he graduated from the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, and soon after enlisted in the Missouri State Guards, subsequently entering the Confederate army, where he remained in serv- ice until the close of the war, though he received an honorable dis- charge on account of disability in September, 1863, after which time he served as clerk in the commissary department at Louisburg, Ark. At the close of the strife he returned home, but was so broken down in health he was unable to do but little work until 1870, when he located at St. Clair and established himself in the drug business, in connec- tion with which he has done a great deal of medical practice of the place. In 1874 he was appointed postmaster of St. Clair, which posi- tion he held until 1881, being reappointed in 1885. March 16, 1881, Mr. Ellett was married to Mary L., daughter of Rufus and Sarah (Kanada) Moseley, who was born near St. Clair, Franklin Co., Mo., in 1861. Dr. Ellett is an active, energetic and enterprising business man, and has succeeded in building up a good trade. He is a Democrat politically, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge in 1860, and, though an active advocate of his party, has never been a political aspirant. He and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church South, and he has been Sunday-school superintendent for the past fourteen years. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================