John G. Jellison Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: JELLISON Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 931 JOHN G. JELLISON, manager of the E. H. Winchester estate of 270 acres in the town of Portsmouth, was born in Kennebunk, Me., September 27, 1855, ason of Charles and Emily (Wood0 jellison. His parents, who were natives of Maine, are both now deceased and their remaines rest in the cemetery at Kennebunk. The father was a stone mason, which trade he followed most of his life. They had a family of seven children, of whom six are now living. John G. Jellison attended the common schools of his native state until reaching the age of sixteen years. He then took up farm work, in which he has since been engaged. Coming to Rockingham county at the age of seventeen, he found work on the Daniels farm, where he remained for four years and seven months. He then obtained employ- ment as coachman for Mr. Winchester, retaining that position for six years, at the end of which time he was advanced to his present position and for thirty-one years has been manager of the farm. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Jellison was married in 1878 to Cora J. Norton of Greenland, a daughter of Andrew and Hannah J. (Spinney) Norton, her father being a butcher and cattle-dealer. He is still living at the age of eighty- six years; his wife is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jellison attend the Congregational church at Rye. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.