South Carolina Biographies--W.M. Ellis

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Source: Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (Roane County Biographies), published 1887 

W. M. Ellis, an old and prominent farmer of Roane County, was born at the mouth of
Pond Creek, in that part now in Loudon County, May 4, 1818. His father, Francis
Ellis, was born In South Carolina, where he married Sarah Breedlove, and, about
1815, located where our subject was born, and the next year after the latter's 
birth, he pur- chased and moved upon the farm where our subject lives, but living
on the opposite side of the river. He was a most successful farmer. Stoves, 
however, were a rare commodity in his household. He died October 24, 1839, and 
his wife, surviving him many years, died at the age of one hundred. Our subject
is the third son and fifth child, and remained at home until his marriage, 
except two years during the removal of the Cherokee Indians. March 26, 1839, he
married Lucy Bowlin, a native of Roane County. After his father's death our 
subject purchased the portion of the estate lying south of the Tennessee River,
containing 400 acres, and has made this his residence ever since. Three sons of
ten sons, and three daughters are deceased. The two eldest sons, William and 
John, enlisted in the Second Confederate Tennessee Cavalry, the former being
killed in February, 1862, the other serving until the close. The family are 
members of the Methodist Church.