Captain Daniel Ellis, the Old Red Fox of East Tennessee: 1827-1908

Genealogy, Part 2

Wiley Ellis, 1803-1875?

• Wiley Ellis

  Born: 1803, Burke County, NC

  Died: Carter County, TN

  Buried:

  Married:

  • Barbara Crown on 26 June 1824

    Born: 1800?, Virginia

    Died: 1875?, Carter County, TN

  Children:

  1. ___________

     went to Greene County, TN, then Idaho

     According to the 3 November 1892 issue of the National Tribune (v. 12, #4), Wiley and Barbara's son, Captain Daniel Ellis below, had a brother James, two years his senior. The two served together in the Mexican War, but James died before the Civil War (Ellis, Daniel. "Capt. Dan Ellis's Story: The Adventurous Career of a Loyal East Tennessean," p. 2). Daniel and James are listed in the roster of the Fifth Infantry, Tennessee Volunteers, found on p. 120 of R. M. Edwards' "Down the Tennessee": The Mexican War Reminiscences of an East Tennessee Volunteer... (edited by Stewart Lilliard). Charlotte, NC: S. Lillard, 1997.

  2. Mary

     Married: Abraham Bowers (b. 1830?) on 30 June 1849

     Children:

     1. Elizabeth
     2. Vina
     3. Minerva
  3. Daniel

     [Daniel Ellis' line continues on next page]

  4. Elizabeth

     Married: Edgecomb Merritt (b. 1832?) on 30 April 1852

     Child:

     • William

       Born: 1862

  5. John W.

     Born: 1834 or 1835 in Carter County, TN

     Died: 12 May 1891 in Colfax, WA

     Military Service, Civil War: Captain, Co. L, 13th Regiment, TN Volunteer Cavalry, USA

     Married:

     1. Ann M. Angel

        Born: 15 September 1838

        Died: 4 June 1865

        Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Elizabethton, TN

     2. Elizabeth (Bettie) E. Moore

        Born: 1842

        Died: 13 April 1913

     Children (With Ann Angel):

     1. Nat T.

        Born: 1862

     2. Samuel A.

        Born: 1858

     3. W.R.

        Born: 1860

        (With Elizabeth Moore):

     4. Ellen Eugenia

        Born: 14 June 1877

     5. Nancy Blanche

        Born: 12 January 1880

     6. Viney (Vina)

        Born: 1837

        unmarried; listed as "idiot" in census

        Died: ca. 1853

     7. Radford

        Born: ca. 1838-9

        Married Permelia (or Amelia) Hathaway in 1869

        Children:

        • Charles

          Born: 1876

        • Addie

          Born: 1876

        • Caleb

          Born: 1884

        • Ora Bell

          Born: 1886

     8. Minerva

        Born: 1840

        Married: David Chambers, 1866 or 1869

        Children:

        • Sarah J.
        • William
        • Mary Elizabeth
        • David

          Born: 1874

     9. Isaac

        Born: 8 December 1845, Carter Co., TN

        Died: 15 January 1918, Takoma, WA

        Buried: Colfax, WA

        Military Service, Civil War: Corporal, Company B, 4th TN Infantry, USA

        Married:

        • Mary Emily Byrd on 24 November 1868

          Born: 1840

          Died: 18 October 1922

        Children:

        1. William Sidney

           Born: 19 September 1869

        2. Seburn Jerome

           Born: 8 March 1872

        3. Vesta Ellen

           Born: 22 November 1874

           Died: 14 November 1876

        4. Leslie B.

           Born: 16 May 1877

        5. Walter B.

           Born: 16 January 1880

        6. Twins Carl O. and
        7. Clyde A.

           Born: 26 September 1884

        8. Isaac E.

           Born: 3 March 1888

           Died: 21 November 1890

        9. Pearl L.

           Born: 4 March 1892

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