Genealogy, Part 3
Daniel Ellis, 1827-1908
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Daniel Ellis
Born: 30 December 1827, Carter County, TN
Died: 6 January, 1908
Buried: Ellis Family Cemetery, Elizabethton, TN
Military Service:
- Mexican War: Private, Company K, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
- Civil War: Captain, Company A, 13th Regiment, TN Volunteer Cavalry, USA
Married:
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25 November 1850 to Martha Allen May
Born: 15 December 1833, in Lee County, VA to John May of Sussex County, VA, and Elizabeth Underwood
Died: 11 December 1924
Buried: Ellis Family Cemetery (according to death certificate - unmarked)
Children:
- Barbara Ellen Ellis ("Sis")
Born: 14 April 1852, Washington County, TN
Died: 3 April 1936
Buried: Bowers Cemetery, Siam Community, Carter County, TN
Married: 23 March 1873 to Valentine B. Bowers (son of William Bowers and Rebecca Waldren) d. 1916, age 68)
Children:
- Lucy Bowers
- William
- Rebecca
- Anna
- Robert
(Rebecca or Anna was Mrs. H. H. Smith)
- Daniel, Junior
- William Rhea Ellis
Born: 17 April 1856, Washington County, TN
Died: 8 May 1898
Married: Mollie ("Mary") Treadway (1868-1936) in 1887
- Parents: Jacob Brownlow Treadway (1836 - 1910) and Catharine Collins (1847 - 1896)
Both buried: Ellis Family Cemetery
Children:
- Frank L.
(1888-1943)
Married: Rena Johnson (1896-1939) on 25 September 1916
Both buried: Ellis Family Cemetery
Child:
- Nadine
Married: J. G. DeLoach
Children:
- Kenneth
Married: Diane ____?
- Victor
Married: Judy Carver
- Dorothy
Married: Dennis Whitson
- Burlus
Married: never married
- Juanita Mae
Married: David Hicks
- Kenneth
- Nadine
- Bessie Mae
Born: 1889
Died: 1964
Married: Joseph C. Heaton (1866-1963) on 25 October 1909
Both buried in Ellis Family Cemetery
Children:
- J. Kyle
Married: Dorothy Hardin
- Granville Ray
Married: Geneva Little
- Aileen
Married: Kay Franklin
Children:
- Judy
- Floyd Wayne
Married: Julia Fain
- Stillborn female, 2 November 1919
- J. Kyle
- Annie T. (Allie)
Born: 12 August 1892
Died: 24 August 1964
Married: Herman Lovelace (1892-1936) on 15 June 1912
Buried: Both in Ellis Family Cemetery
Children:
- Reynolds (never married)
- Clyde H.
Born: 16 March 1916
Died: 21 March 1943
Married: Ruby Jenkins
- Charles W.
Born: 7 April 1920
Died: 12 October 1950, Sgt.
Military Service: AAF Flying GP, WWII
- Mary
Married: Lloyd Carver
- Louise
Married: Burley Edens
- Betty Joyce
Married: Jerry Randolph
- Virginia
stillborn, 16 April 1923
- Stillborn son, 16 October, 1924
- Emma S.
(1894-1981)
Married: Kelly S. Garrison (1887-1963) to 30 October 1915
Child:
- Howard
Married: Vera Johnson
- Howard
- John Wesley
(1897-1962)
Married: Hattie Minton (1897-1976) on 24 December 1919 to
Children:
- John W.
Born: 1924
Died: 1928
Burried: (with parents, buried in the Ellis Family Cemetery)
- Elizabeth
Married: Charles Sturgill
- Carolyn
Married: James Robisson
- John W.
- Wiley Ellis
Born: 20 July 1858, Washington County, TN
Died: 27 June 1899
Buried: Ellis Family Cemetery?
Married:
- Amelia "Millie" Ellis on 22 September 1891
Born: 10 September 1870
daughter of William and Dicie (Buchanan) Ellis of Elk Park, NC
- Second marriage: George Emmert
divorced
Died: 11 June 1922
Children:
- Robert J.
Born: Oct 1892
Married: Cora ____? lived in Knoxville, no children
- William Edward
Born: 9 September 1895
Died: February 1960
Buried: Tabor Cemetery, Greene County, TN.
Married: Vesta Reaves
Children: 5; two died young the others:
- Donnie Ellis (female)
Born: 19 December 1917
Married: Elisha Shelton
Children:
- Robert Shelton
Married: Wanda Devoti
Children:
- Russell
- Robert Jr.
- Karen
- Carl Shelton
Married: Marie Johnson
Children:
- Todd
- Stephany
- Judy Shelton
Married: John Darnell
Children:
- Jeff
- John Paul Darnell
- Peggy Shelton
Married: Wayne Brooks
Children:
- Mark
- Shawn
- Jason
- Robert Shelton
- Emma Ruth Ellis
Born: 1928
Married: Orville Jones
Children:
- Doyle
(died young)
- Sharlene Jones
Married: E.R. Gregg
Children:
- Chad
Died: Nov 1997
- Michael Gregg
- Chad
- June Jones
- Brenda Jones
Married
- Charles Randolph
- Mike Lane
Children:
- Derrick Randolph
- Billy Joe Jones
Married
- Kay Hall
- Betty Russell
Children:
- Joshua
- Jeremy
- Doyle
- Flora Mildred Ellis, "Polly"
Born: 1931
Married: M. M. Harrison
Children:
- Jackie Harrison
Married:
- Scott Spilman
- Don Morrison
- Edward Horton
- Tina Harrison
Married: Eric Vance
Children:
- Joshua
- Justin Vance
- Doyle Harrison
Married: Teresa Lamons
Children:
- Tony
- Jamie Harrison
- Jackie Harrison
- Donnie Ellis (female)
- Clarence H.
Born: July 1897 (Elk Park, NC)
Died: 3 January 1977
Married:
- Inez ____ in NC
- Ethel ____
Children:
- Clarence H. Ellis, Jr.
of Washington, DC
Military Service: WWII veteran.
Born: 23 December 1917
Married: yes, twin sons
- Euresa Emma
Born: June 1899
Died: April 1959
Buried: Monte Vista Cemetery, Johnson City, TN.
Married: Chester A. Johnson
Children:
- Chester S. Johnson, Jr.
Married: Elaine ____; lived in Oak Ridge, TN.
- Samuel L. Johnson
Married: Elizabeth ____
Children:
- Victor Johnson
- Chester S. Johnson, Jr.
- Amelia "Millie" Ellis on 22 September 1891
- Minerva Elizabeth Ellis
(photo and information on children courtesy of Robert M. Shepherd, Jr.)
Born: 16 January 1861, Washington County, TN
Died: 3 July 1934
Buried: Highland Cemetery, moved to Happy Valley Cemetery, Elizabethton TN
Married: John William Hathaway, 3 June 1849 - 6 July 1902
Children:
- Myrtle Bowers
- Dora Vibra Oaks
(lived in Ft. Leavenworth, KS)
- Mary Catherine Frear
(lived in Miami, FL)
- Ruby Irene Missimer
- Sarah Ann Desch
(lived in Harrisburg, PA)
- Hazel M. Headen
(lived in Williamson, WV)
- Glen H. Hathaway
- Stanley L. Hathaway
Step Children: - Caleb R. Hathaway
[mother - Molly Emms Smith]
- Edgar E. Hathaway
[mother - Molly Emms Smith]
- Oscar C. Hathaway
(lived in Shreveport, LA)
[mother - Molly Emms Smith]
- Walter C. Hathaway
[mother - Julia Mededith]
- Joseph Hooker Ellis, M.D.
Born: 7 May 1863
Died: 17 February 1914
Buried: Ellis Family Cemetery
Married: Emma Simerly (1868-1962) on 1 July 1885
Child:
- Bruce
Born: 1888
Died: 1932
Emma and Bruce are buried in the Simerly Cemetery at Rittertown
- Bruce
- Ulysses S. Grant Ellis ("Uncle Grant")
Born: 20 July 1866, Carter County, TN
Died: 16 October 1956
Married: Mary J. Holly on 21 September 1890
- Born: 24 November 1871
- Died: 28 August 1940
Buried: Both in the Ellis Family Cemetery
Children:
- Herbert L.
Born: 16 October 1891
Died: May 1975 (lived in Atlanta, GA)
Married: Lillie Collins
Children:
- Herbert, Jr.
- Anna Lou Chambers
Born: 3 Dec. 1892
Died: 31 Oct. 1986
Married: Eugene Chambers on 3 February 1913
- Ethel M. Allen
Born: 15 August 1894
Died: 29 April 1989
Married: Franklin H. Allen, 30 October 1915
Children:
- Frances
- Ben
Married: Dottie Anderson
Children:
- Andy
- Mike
- Carol
- Mary Helen
Married: Ralph Rotenberry
- Nancy
Married: Jack Woodward
- Jane
Married: Walter Reed
- Robert Paul
Born: 23 February 1897
Died: 23 April 1986 (lived in Akron, OH)
Married: Helen Bennett
Children:
- Paula Sue
- Wiley Ray
Born: 4 October 1899
Died: 10 January 1990 (lived in Akron, OH)
Married: Mabel Crouch
- Hazel Edith
Born: 27 August 1903
Died: 18 April 1987
- Myrtle Ruth Nave
Born: 16 August 1911
Died: March 1988
Married: Clyde Nave
Children:
- Linda (never married)
- Patricia, married Buddy DeLoach
- Mary Marcella
Born: 23 July 1913
Died: 26 April 2000
Married:
- "Coach" E. Niles Brown
- James Perry
Children:
- Mary Lou
Married: Dr. Willard Gatewood
Children:
- Willard III
- Elizabeth


