[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > ELLIS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 31 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [ELLIS-L] Ellis of Kentucky ["Damien E. Aragon" <[email protected]] > #2 [ELLIS-L] Re: William Ellis & Eliz [[email protected]] > #3 [ELLIS-L] [Fwd: Fw: attitude] [Brent Krech <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ELLIS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [ELLIS-L] Ellis of Kentucky > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:16:17 -0700 > From: "Damien E. Aragon" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi Bob, > > On the Ellis surname that is about all I have. I do know that they came > > from Virginia, and had to have been very earlier settlers. I do believe > that > their is a connection, but have not done that much with this line. I'll > keep > your email address if anything comes up. If you would like send me what > you > have on your Bourbon Co., KY Ellis family. I also tried to email you, > but it kept getting returned. > > Damien > > ROBERT L ELLIS wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Damien E. Aragon <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 2:01 PM > > Subject: [ELLIS-L] Ellis, Kentucky > > > > >New to list - > > >Looking for ancestors of Elinor Ellis b. 02-Apr-1800,Bourbon Co., > KY.d. > > >1862, Boone Co., MO. She is believed to be the daughter of William > > > >Ellis & Margaret (Savage ?). Elinor married Eli Northcutt (b. > > >26-Dec-1799, KY, son of William Northcutt and Annie > Moore)23-Jan-1823, > > >Paris, Bourbon Co., KY.> > > > >Thanks > > >Damien & Susan Aragon > > > > > >My GGrandfather Edward L. Ellis came to Harrison County Missouri from > > > Bourbon County Kentucky in 1840. My GGrandmother Elizabeth also > camefrom > > Bourbon County. I would be interested > > in any information or any possible connection.> Thanks > > Bob Ellis > > > > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [ELLIS-L] Re: William Ellis & Elizabeth Allin > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:19:41 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi everyone, > > To be as brief as possible. I am researching the surname Ellis. My 3rd great > garandparents were Wiiliam Ellis, born 1797 in N.C. (unknown town) & Elizabeth > Allin, born 1803 in Tenn or N.C. They had 10 children, I know of 9. Their 1st > child was John Ellis b. abt 1881-82. (John Cumberland?) > Robert James Ellis b. 1/1833 died 1905 in Cross Co. Arkansas > Thomas Ellis b. about 1836 > Nancy Ellis b. abt 1838 > Lucy Ellis b. 1839 married George Smith in 1859 St Francis Co Ar. > William Ellis b. abt 1841>May be my great Great Grandfather, no documents > George Ellis b. abt 1843 > James Ellis b. abt 1844 > Yancy b. 4/1845 died ? Poinsett Co. Ar. > This information was taken from Goodspeeds 1890 Arkansas. > > My dilema is that I am not sure if Christopher Ellis & Nancy Callahan are > the parents of William Ellis. I'm also not sure if their 1st child, John, is > really John Cumberland Ellis. He moved to Indiana in 1849 & died in 1919. > Married Harriet Quick (in Indiana) & had 12 children. His obituary reads > "Uncle John's grandfather was Christopher Ellis, a native of London England > who served as a soldier in North Carolina in the Revolution. His wife, Nancy > Callahan, she being the mother of ten children, six daughters and 4 sons". The > obituary does not mention John's parents. > > So, does anyone have any information that could confirm or, deny this. > > I appreciate anything you can do for me and, look forward to your response. > > If you're researching this family get in touch. I have a lot that I would > share. > > Sincerely, > > Dallas Harold Ellis > > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [ELLIS-L] [Fwd: Fw: attitude] > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:48:26 -0500 > From: Brent Krech <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------F7955E3CDDD4E039A4A26743 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I HAVE HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO GET THE INFO I HAVE ON MY ELLIS TO YOU. > PLEASE HELP.SO I CAN MAKE IT AVAIBLE TO OTHER RESREACHERS. SINGED RHONDA > KRECH > > --------------F7955E3CDDD4E039A4A26743 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Received: from mail2.bellsouth.net (mail2.bellsouth.net [205.152.16.6]) > by mail.jax.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA25899 > for <[email protected]>; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:59:01 -0500 (EST) > Received: from solomon.wfic.com (mailer.wfic.com [209.149.221.11]) > by mail2.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA16121 > for <[email protected]>; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:58:59 -0500 (EST) > Received: from brenda ([209.149.221.206]) by solomon.wfic.com > (post.office MTA v1.9.3b **** trial license expired ****) > with ESMTP id AAA168; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:07:57 -0600 > From: [email protected] (Sam & Brenda Wolfe) > To: "Tim & Renee Tima-an" <[email protected]>, > "Mike Tillman" <[email protected]>, > "Marc & Ann Seymour" <[email protected]>, > "Richard Ryan" <[email protected]>, > "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Larry_&_K=E4ren_Mueller?=" <[email protected]>, > "Oleda Monteith" <[email protected]>, > "Linda Kimble" <[email protected]>, > "Rhonda Krech" <[email protected]>, > "Kevin Kidd" <[email protected]>, "Wanda Johnson" <[email protected]>, > "Kim Johns" <[email protected]>, "Cyndi Jacobs" <[email protected]>, > "Tony & Gail Faircloth" <[email protected]>, > "Sue Cushman" <[email protected]>, > "Daniel Creel" <[email protected]>, > "Bill & Virgene Coursen" <[email protected]>, > "Rick Buchanan" <[email protected]>, > "Isaac Addison" <[email protected]>, > "Stan & Carole Adams" <[email protected]> > Subject: Fw: attitude > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:28:23 -0600 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Priority: 3 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > >Read this, and let it really sink in...Then choose how you start your > day > > >tomorrow. > > > > > >Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood > and > > >always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he > > >was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He > was > > >a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him > around > > >from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters > > >followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivater. > > >If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the > employee > > >how to look on the positive side of the situation. > > > > > >Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry > and > > >asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the > time. > > >How do you do it?" > > > > > >Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you > have > > >two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose > to > > >be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad > > >happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I > > >choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I > can > > >choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side > of > > > > >life. I choose the positive side of life. > > > > > >"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. > > > > > >"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away > all > > >the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to > > >situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to > be > > >in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you > live > > >life." > > > > > >I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant > > >industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought > about > > >him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. > > > > > >Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never > > >supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one > > >morning and was held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While > trying > > >to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the > > >combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found > > >relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours > of > > >surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the > hospital > > >with fragments of the bullets still in his body. > > > > > >I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he > > >was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my > scars?" > > >I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his > > >mind as the robbery took place. "the first thing that > > >went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry > > >replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two > choices: > > >I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." > > > > > >"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. > > > > > >Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I > was > > >going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the > > >expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. > In > > >their eyes, I read 'he's a deadman'. I knew I needed to take action." > > > > > >"What did you do?" I asked. > > > > > >"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said > Jerry. > > >"She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes' I replied. The doctors > and > > >nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath > > >and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them,'I am choosing > to > > >live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead'." > > > > > >Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his > > >amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice > to > > >live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. > > > > > >You have two choices now: > > >1. Delete this. > > >2. Forward it to the people you care about. > > > > > >Hope you will choose #2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------F7955E3CDDD4E039A4A26743-- My g-grandfather was William Henry b-22 Aug 1849 near St. Joseph, MO m-Nancy (Mary) Ellen Murray 8 Sep 1873 Reynolds Co,MO d-18 Dec 1938 K.C.,MO Mary b-ca1855 TN d-8 Jan 1900 Mecklin, Jackson Co.,MO William's father was also William Henry b-TN M-14 Sep 1848 Nodaway Co,MO to Emily Mustin -b-ca1827 TN In the 1850 census Emily and William are living with John E. and Mary Ellis. In 1852 Ferdinand was born. So I assume Wm. Henry came home. In 1860 census Emily has married John Anderson and has a daughter Mary J. age 2. If you can connect any of this to your lines I would be very grateful. I will be glad to share any information that I have.