Biographies:  J. F. ELLIS, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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J. F. Ellis was born in Jerusalem, Yates county, New York, June 5, 1843.  
He came to Eau Claire in 1866 and studied law.  He began his practice in 
1870.  Was county superintendent of schools for two years, and for six 
years a member of the school board.   


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 273.