William R. Ellis Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Clifton, Biographical Sketches, Page 1003

WILLIAM R. ELLIS, farmer, Sec. 31; P. O. Annaton; was born in 1833, in Pulaski 
Co., Va.; was a son of Washington and Agnes Ellis; lived with parents till 21 
years of age.  Came to Wisconsin at the age of 15, with his parents, in 1848, 
locating at Ellenboro, Grant Co., Wis.; labored on a farm for wages three years, 
and, in 1859, he married Elizabeth Cox, a daughter of John and Agnes Cox, who 
were farmers by occupation.  His wife was one of a family of five children; 
William Ellis being one of a family of ten.  He had ten children - John M., 
Abraham L., Emma A., William H., Lily B., Elzaphan, James H., Phebe E., Earnest 
O. and Reatha S.  Is the owner of 160 acres of land, valued at $3,000.  Enlisted 
in the 25th W. V. I., Co. H, under Capt. Swan; served three years.  He then 
returned to Grant Co., locating in Clifton, in 1865, where he has since lived; 
has been prosperous as a farmer; has one child deceased, Elzaphan.  Has one son, 
John Ellis, who was married in 1880, to Miss Anna Hildreth, of Mineral Point.  
Has been Road Overseer one term.  Republican in politics; and a member of the 
Disciples’ Church.