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Husband: Charles David ELLIS
Born: 12 Dec 1853 - Roane Co, TN
Died: 3 Sep 1886 - Seba, Benton Co, AR
Buried: - Centerton Cemetery, Benton Co, AR Father: William Monroe "Monroe" ELLIS (1818-1902)
Mother: Lucy BOWLING- (1824-1911)
Note: Charlie was shot and killed by Dr. Robert O. Chambers. Despite Ellis family lore to the contrary, Dr. Chambers lived at least until 1924, many, many years after Charlie's death. Chambers did have a brother, also a doctor, who died of natural causes not long after Charlie was killed. This fact, coupled with some legal terminology in a trial document about Chambers' body being before the court, evidently gave rise to the story of Charlies' killer's earlier demise.
Married Mary HAGGARD on 24 Jul 1871 - Roane Co, TN
Charles "Charlie" Ellis:
1. He appeared on the Post Oak Springs, District 13 census on 14 Aug 1860 in Roane Co, TN. Older brother William O. and William's new wife Euracha (married within the preceding year) are also living with Charlie, his parents, Monroe and Lucy ELLIS, and quite a few of their children:
Household 1747/1614
line 30 - RODGERS, John, 58, Laborer
Betsey, 49
William M., 25, male, Laborer, $150 personal property, real property box is blank, b NC (as are all in household), marked as having attended school within the year (faint tick precedes this in preceding box - more as if the attendance fact is being checked than to indicate marriage within the year as the preceding column is meant to indicate. The same goes for John D., following - school within the year evident and faint check as if to confirm.)
John D. [?], 20, m, Laborer
Mark A., 15, Laborer
Samh [?], female, 6
lines 37 ff
ELLIS, Wm. M., 48, male, Farmer, $5500 personal property, real property box is blank, b NC (as Lucy, Wm O, and Euraky are all reported to be here)
Lucy, 33, female, over 21 but cannot read or write
Wm. O., 18, male, married within the year
Euraky W., 21, female (this is Wm. O's wife, Euracha DELOZIER), married within the year
The family appears on the same census page (Original page 13) as Francis M. and Parthena ELLIS. Francis is Monroe's nephew, son of his brother Cale.
John ELLIS, Monroe and Lucy's son, is on the page following Wm Monroe and Lucy, so the household listing continues there (original p 231, line 1 ff):
ELLIS, John, 17, Farming, b TN (as are the rest in the household)
Phillip, 15, farming, attended school within the year
Hannah C, 12, attended school within the year
Sarah E, 11, attended school within the year
Benjamin, 8, attended school within the year
**Chas [or "Charl" ] [ Charles David Ellis], 6, m**
Thomas, 4, m
Frank, 2, m
Susanah, 4/12, f
On this second page, near the ELLIS family is a DELOZIER family - James and Mary, likely related to Euarcha who is a DELOZIER.
Note about birth locations reported in this census: good evidence suggests that Monroe, Lucy, and all their children were born in Roane County, TN. Monroe's father, Francis ELLIS, was, however, born in NC.
- 2. Following the Civil War, Charlie appeared on the District 11, Bernardsville Twp census in 1870 in Roane Co, TN - still with his parents:
- 1870 census
- Family 90:
- William M Ellis, head, age 52, farmer, b TN
- Lucy, age 46, b TN,
- **Charles [Charles David Ellis*] 19**
- Thomas A 15
- Francis (m) 13
- Susan 10
- Jefferson 8
- James 6
- Sam 5/12
- all b TN.
- 3. After a time in Arkansas, Charlie and his wife Mary HAGGARD appeared on the District 11 census in 1880 in Roane Co, TN:
- **Charles ELLIS Self M Male W 26 TN Farmer TN TN **
- Mary ELLIS Wife M Female W 22 TN Keeping House TN TN [Mary HAGGARD, dau of Robert Gilliland HAGGARD and Mary McPHERSON]
- Mollie ELLIS Dau S Female W 7 TN TN TN
- Susie ELLIS Dau S Female W 6 TN TN TN
- Frank ELLIS Son S Male W 5 AR TN TN
- Laura ELLIS Dau S Female W 3 AR TN TN
- Gillum ELLIS Son S Male W 8M TN TN TN
- Charlie and Mary are close neighbors to Charlie's parents, Monroe and Lucy Ellis, who are the household enumerated just before them for this census. A portion of the land the Roane County, Tennessee ELLIS family owned can be seen | here |.
Wife: Mary HAGGARD
Married 1st Charles David ELLIS: 24 Jul 1871 - Roane Co, TN
Born: 16 Jan 1853 - Roane Co, TN
Died: 1909 - Roane Co, TN
Buried: 1909 - Winton's Chapel Cemetery, Roane Co, TN (She is buried beside her son Gillie Ellis and Claude Allen Keylon, her daughter from her second marriage to James Harvey KEYLON.
(see Roane County, Tennessee cemetery photo album listings | here |.
Note: I have seen Mary's birthyear recorded as 1856 - likely because she is listed as being five years old for the 1860 census. I have used, instead, the full date I recorded from her tombstone. According to Mary's obituary, she had a long-standing history of heart trouble that contributed to her inability to recover from what the newspaper called "a stroke of paralysis." She died two weeks after suffering the stroke.
Father: Robert Gilliland HAGGARD-(1815-1898)
Mother: Mary "Polly" McPHERSON (1816-1891)
Mary (Haggard) Ellis:
1. appeared on the Cross Keys census in 1860 in Roane Co, TN.
Family 1571
Robert G. Haggard 44
Mary 44
Gray 16
Perthina 13
Lorinda 11
John 8
**Mary 5 **
William R. 1
2. Mary appeared with Charlie on the District 11 census in 1880 in Roane Co, TN. She is 22 years old when the 1880 census is conducted. She and Charlie have five children. They are living near Charlie's parents, Monroe and Lucy Ellis south of the Tennessee River. After visiting Monroe Ellis' land in 2005, I speculate that Charlie and Mary were living on his parents' land - maybe even living with his parents.
Charles ELLIS Self M Male W 26 TN Farmer TN TN
**Mary ELLIS Wife M Female W 22 TN Keeping House TN TN **
Mollie ELLIS Dau S Female W 7 TN TN TN
Susie ELLIS Dau S Female W 6 TN TN TN
Frank ELLIS Son S Male W 5 AR TN TN
Laura ELLIS Dau S Female W 3 AR TN TN
William G. "Gillum or Gilly" ELLIS Son S Male W 8M TN TN TN
Mary's age here would give her a birth year of 1857 or 1858, close to that found on the 1860 census. Her grave marker, however, gives a full birth date of 16 January 1853. We may never know exactly when she was born.
3. Her obituary was published in The Rockwood Times on 22 Jul 1909 in Rockwood, Roane Co, TN: "Death of Mrs. Keylon"
The children of Charlie and Mary ELLIS:
1 M Hobbs ELLIS. Hobbs was born after his father's death (verified source). Family oral tradition is that Billie Hobbs Webster, Zerelda Ellis's son and Hobbs Giles, Cora Ellis's son, are named after him)
Billy Hobbs ELLIS:
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| From ELLIS |
Died: 1915 - Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
