FADED INTO the MISTS of TIME
Marylea Gazette
Ellzey Family
When I began researching
the family of Emma Florence Ellzey, wife of John Simpson, the only
information I had about her father came from the obituary of his wife,
Barbara Davis Ellzey. In
this obituary it said William D Ellzey died in “18866” and I was unable
to verify what the correct date was with the information available in
the usual places for me. In
the census data there were also some inconsistencies or maybe just
glaring errors. I finally
realized I was going to need some help with this one and I asked Betty
Beeson, Researcher in Wayne County, IL to help me with it.
Betty, who has incredible sleuthing skills, found some court
documents dating back to 1864 and 1867 that put me on the right track.
I learned William D was alive at this time, who his father was,
when his father died and his siblings.
Because of this discovery I was able to trace this family back to
I would like to thank Betty
Beeson for her help with my research and also a big thank you to Shari
Carpenter for the information on the John Alvin Ellzey family and also
the pictures of this part of the family.
William Ellzey,
grandfather of my William D, was born 7 Sept 1761, probably in
The children of William and
Agatha were listed in the Quaker records but only dates of birth for
Isaac and Garrard were listed so I have estimated dates of birth for all
the other children.
Isaac b: 16 Sept 1787 in
Lemuel b: abt 1791 in
Keziah b; abt 1788 in
Priscilla b: abt 1792 in
Esther
b: abt 1789 in
Garrard Ellzey b:
8 Apr 1796 in
Garrard Ellzey
was born 8 Apr 1796 in
Susanna must have passed
away because Garrard remarried
Margaret Turner 9 March 1850 in
Court Documents found in
the Court House at Wayne County, IL state Garrard Elzy died on 24 Aug
1856 and mentions the following heirs, Margaret, his wife and Children
William D, Lydia J, Ephraim and Robinson.
Ephraim & Robinson were under the age of 21 and William D was
their legally appointed guardian.
Court documents were dated 16 Oct 1867 and September 1864.
Children of Garrard Ellzey
and Susanna Vickary are:
1.
William D Ellzey was born
about 1832 in
2.
Children of Garrard Ellzey
and Margaret Turner are:
3.
Ephraim Ellzey was born 31
Dec 1848 in Stylesville, Indiana and died 23 Dec 1921 in Morristown,
Rice, MN. and is buried in the
4.
Robinson Ellzey was born
March 1854 in Wayne County, Illinois.
He apparently was a person that enjoyed traveling around.
In every census he had moved on to another place. In May 1910 he
was living in Buchanan,
In Oct 1862, after Gerrard
died, Margaret moved to
1.
William D Ellzey and Barbara Davis Descendents:
William and Barbara
had eight children.
Apparently only 4 survived beyond infancy according to her obituary.
The four surviving children
are:
Emma Florence Ellzey was
born 25 October 1856, in Wayne County, IL.
She married John Marion Simpson 14 Feb 1882 in Wayne County, Il.
They lived and farmed in
John Allvin Ellzey
Cynthia Ellen Wilson
John Alvin Ellzey was born
in
Children of John and Cassinda:
Iva Barbara Ellzey born 10
Oct 1886 in Kansas and died
3 May 1958 in San Benito, CA.
She married a Belcher but no further information has been
obtained.
Flossie Mae Ellzey was born
26 Jun 1889 in Kansas. She
married Adolphus Donathan Altenreid on 2 July 1905 in Hutchinson, Rena,
Kansas. He was born 15 Apr
1878, the son of Levi Altenreid and Rebecca Jane Hoover.
He died at Midwest City OK 22 Aug 1963 and is buried in Arlington
Memorial Park, Oklahoma City, OK. Flossie and Adolphus apparently
divorced shortly after 1915.
Flossie is shown in the 1930 Census married to Clifford H
Kissinger who was born about 1891.
She died 13 July 1972 in the Midwest City Memorial Hospital in
Midwest City, OK. She was
buried 17 July 1972 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA in the Pajaro Valley
Memorial Park.
Adolphus and Flossie had the following
children:
Pearl Altenreid born 15 Feb
1907 in Hutchinson, Reno Kansas and married James Clinton Lawyer 3 May
1925 in Woodward, Oklahoma.
She died 29 Jan 1986 in Houston, TX.
Irville Hoisington Altenreid
born 21 Mar 1909 in Hutchinson, Reno, KS and died 12 Oct 1991.
He married Laura Seaton in 1940 in Los Angeles, CA and they
divorced Jul 1966 also in LA.
Children of John and Cynthia:
Wesley Ellzey
(Photo courtesy of Shari Carpenter)
Wesley Alvin Ellzey born 10
Feb 1896 in Milford, Geary, KS. He married Maye Belle Kidd on 4 Apr 1920
in Milford, KS, She was the
daughter of Howard Kidd and Mary Mcdonald Bier and was born 1 Mar 1900
in Upland, Dickinson, OH and died 8 Apr 1943 in Milford, Geary, KS.
Wesley married second to Retta Oliver 29 May 1928 in Clay Center,
KS. Retta was the daughter
of Zachariah Liberty Oliver and Sarah Agenes Congleton.
She was born 8 Oct 1910 in Haddam, Washington, KS and died 10 Mar
1988 in Osage Beach, MO. and is buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery,
Richland, MO. Wesley
died 25 Jun 1984 in Carthage, MO and was buried 28 Jun in Oaklawn
Cemetery, Richland, MO.
Wesley and Maye Belle had one child:
Fay Lorraine "Betty" Ellzey,
born 15 Dec 1920 in Milford, Geary, KS. Died 1 June
2007 in Topeka, Shawnee County, KS. She
was married to a Filby.
Wesley and Retta had 7 Children
Iva Fern Ellzey, was the
first born on 26 Feb 1929 in Milford, KS.
She married William Sherman Smith, Jr. on 9 Oct 1950.
She died 23 May 2003 in Waynesville, Pulaski MO and was buried in
Oaklawn Cemetery with her grandmother, Cynthia Ellen.
Lloyd Milford Ellzey, born
5 Dec 1930 in Milford, KS.
He died 9 Jul 1946 in Waynesville, MO
Floyd Dale Ellzey, born 17
Feb 1933, Milford, KS and died 16 Feb 2002 in Springfield, MO.
He married Maxine Stewart on 20 Sep 1952.
Living Ellzey
born 1936
Livng Ellzey born
1937
Living Ellzey
born 1938
Living Ellzey born 1941
Ira D. Ellzey,
3rd child of
William and Barbara was born 8 May
1866 in Wayne County, IL.
He married Ida Hawk, 17 June 1891 in Wayne County.
Ira died suddenly 6 July 1892 also in Wayne County, IL and is
buried in the Oak Valley Cemetery.
Ira and Ida did not have any children.
Milford Ellzey
was born 1 Sept 1867 and died on 13 Feb
1896 in Wayne County, IL at the age of 29.
He married Julia Etta Alvis, called Etta, on 19 Dec 1888 in Wayne
County, IL. Etta was the
daughter of William Alvis and Abigail Yohe and was born 18 Aug 1869 in
Wayne County and died 2 Aug 1928 in Henry, IL while living with her son
Frank.
Milford and Etta had the following children:
Reta Omer Ellzey
born 23 Jun 1889 in Wayne County, IL and died in St Louis, Missouri on
23 Dec 1956. He was
buried in the Cisne Cemetery, Wayne County, IL
Reta married Lillie Radclff about 1910 in Wayne County.
Lillie was born 21 Mar 1881 in Wayne County, IL the daughter of
Isaac Radcliff and Louisa Borders and died 11 Jan 1965 in Fairfield,
Wayne County, IL Reta had
many occupations over the years, being a salesman in a general store,
Street Car Conductor in St Louis and also a Carpenter.
Reta and Lillie had 6 Children.
Catherine Ellzey born
1913, Ill married Wallace Hubble
Raymond Ellzey Born
1916 married Martha Adelaide Pool
Henry Ellzey, born 12
Feb 1918, St Louis, MO married Billie Billington
Thelma Ellzey, born
1920 Missouri, married Loran Fetters
Isaac Louis Ellzey,
born 26 Jul 1922, Missouri, married Florence Lucille Pederson
John Robert Ellzey,
born 23 Apr 1926, Illinois
Rollie W. Ellzey
was born Aug 1890 in Wayne County, IL and died about 1918.
Earl O. Ellzey
was born 20 Oct 1892 in Johnsonville, Wayne, IL
He died 26 Jul 1972 in St Louis, Missouri.
Earl married Edna Unknown who was born in Missouri.
Apparently sometime after 1910, Reta and Earl went to Missouri.
Earl and Edna never had any Children.
Frank Lee Ellzey
born 27 Apr 1893 in Wayne County, IL
On 5 Jan 1915 he married Lenora Pearl Stine (know as Pearl).
She was born in Wayne County in 1897 but not sure who her parents
were. .
They moved to Northern Illinois shortly after they were married
where Frank farmed and they remained there until about 1942 when he
retired and returned to Johnsonville in Wayne County.
Frank died 8 Jan 1958 and is buried in the Johnsonville Cemetery.
Their tombstone does not have a date of death for Pearl so not
sure when she died. Frank
and Pearl had one daughter, Vivian who married Roy G Anderson.
Vivian and Roy were living in Multnomah County Oregon in 1978
when he died. Vivian M
Anderson is shown as buried in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Ogle County, IL
having died in 1994.
2.
Lydia J. Ellzey - No further information known.
3.
Ephraim Ellzey and Amy Knight Descendents
J. Milfred Ellzey
was born in 1881 and died 24 May 1912.
Not much is known about Milfred.
He is in the 1900 Census living in Blooming Grove, Waseca, MN
living with the McKune family as a Servant.
His death is shown in the MN Cemetery Inscription Index as being
buried in Riverside Cemetery, Morristown, Rice, MN.
Nathan Joseph Ellzey
was born 4 Aug 1883 in LeCenter, Iowa.
About 1910 he married Nellie J Rogers who was born in Coos Bay,
Oregon 21 June 1875, the daughter of Stephen C Rogers and Delia
Carpenter. Nathan lived
with his father Ephraim June 2, 1900 in Morristown, Rice, MN.
In 1910 Census dated 22 April he was living with Nellie in
Tucson, Pima, AZ and according to his WWI draft registration dated 15
Sept 1918 he was living in Rosebud County, Montana.
In 1920 he was back to Wadena, MN living with Nellie and his
daughter Margaret Ellzey.
1930 found him in Compton, Otter Tail, MN and in about 1939 they moved
to Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.
According to Nathan's death certificate he moved to Oregon about
1939 and when he died 15 June, 1947, he was living in Roseburg, Douglas
County, OR. He died at age 63 of Cerebral Hemorrhage/
Nellie died in Marion County, Oregon on 6 Dec 1949.
She had been in the Oregon State Hospital for 2 years with Senile
Physchosis according to her death certificate.
Both Nellie and Nathan were buried in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon.
It seems this family liked to travel and there may have been more
residences. Haven't been
able to trace Margaret or who she married.
4.
Robinson Ellzey - Unable to determine any known descendents
Photo courtesy of Shari Carpenter.