Ellis Family Cemetery

Arthur M. Ellis

Co. M. 1 U.S. Inf." (Government marker, signifying service in Philippine Insurrection. Arthur Milburn, 25 December 1875 - 18 November 1929, a son of Daniel Jr. and Eliza Collins Ellis, and my grandfather, also served in the Spanish-American War and World War 1. His wife,Elizabeth Crowe Ellis (20 November 1888 - 2 September 1987), is buried in the Happy Valley Cemetery, Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Eliza Ellis

1862 - 1919 (Maiden name Collins, wife of Daniel Ellis, Jr.).

Daniel Ellis

1854 - 1934 (School teacher Daniel Ellis, Jr., second child of Daniel Ellis, born 9 February 1854, was the fifth to die, on 27 August 1934).

William Rhea Ellis

April 17, 1856 - May 8, 1898, "Farewell my wife and children all. From you a father Christ doth call. Our Darling" (Middle name sometimes cited as "Rutledge," he was Daniel Ellis' third child, and the first to die). The marker shows the symbol of "The Three Link Fraternity," the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The three links in the chain contain F, L, and T, standing for Friendship, Love, and Truth.

Dan'l Ellis

Co. A, 13 Tenn. Cav." (Government marker. Daniel Ellis was born 30 December 1827 and died 6 January 1908).

J. H. Ellis, M.D

Born May 7, 1863 (Stone is broken and death date and inscription unreadable. Dr. Joseph Hooker Ellis was Daniel Ellis' sixth child and the third to die, of "paralysis," on 17 February 1914. His wife, Emma Simerly Ellis (1868 - 1962) and son Bruce (1888 - 1932) are buried in the Simerly Cemetery at Rittertown, near Hampton.

Mary J. Ellis

November 24, 1871 - August 28, 1940 (Maiden name Holly, wife of U.S. Grant Ellis, married 21 September 1890).

U. S. Grant Ellis

July 20, 1866 - October 16, 1956 ("Uncle Grant," a teacher, Carter County school superintendent, county surveyor, and member of the state legislature, was the youngest of Dan Ellis' seven children, and the last to die).

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