Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Ely, Lester February 15, 1834 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Ely, Lester, Warren, was born in Theresa, Feb. 15, 1834, a son of Alva and 
Harriet (Davidson) Ely.  His grandfather was Samuel Ely, who was a son of 
Simeon, whose father came from England and settled in Mass.  Simeon Ely was 
born in Mass., and came to Warren; his wife was Ruth, who bore him five 
chilren.  Samuel Ely was also born in Mass. and died in Warren in 1851, aged 
seventy-seven; his wife was Fannnie Cooley, who bore him five children; she 
died in 1861, aged eighty-nine.  Alva Ely was born in Warren, Dec. 2, 1802, 
and married Harriet Davidson.  He died in 1885, and his wife five years 
earlier.  They had eleven children.  Lester Ely was raised in Jefferson and 
came to Warren when nineteen.  In 1862 he bought 126 acres of land where he 
now resides, and now owns 187 acres.  He is a Democrat, and has been 
assessor.  He married Jan. 1, 1861, Mary, daughter of John and Susan 
Ousterhout, and has had five children, Alice, wife of Rufus Backus; Mary, wife 
of Rev. D.D. O'Dell, a Baptist minister; George, of Omaha, William, of Omaha, 
Opal.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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