Posted on: Knox Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Knox/876 Surname: Ennis ------------------------- These are exerpts taken from the 1886 Portrait and Biography of Knox County. "JOHN ENNIS, a retired farmer, is a resident of Knox County, whose home lies on section 1, in Salem Township. He was born in Oneida County, N. Y., June 24, 1806, and his grandfather, John Ennis, was a native of England. The father our subject, Michael Ennis, was an early settler in Oneida County." "Mr. Ennis was married Sept. 27, 1828, to Sally Loomis, who was born in Oneida County, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1807, and is the daughter of Jeremiah and Sally (Higby) Loomnis." The biography has more. An image of it will be added to the Knox County USGenWeb site if you are interested in it. Link: Knox County USGenWeb Site URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilknox/>

JOHN ENNIS A son of John and Elizabeth (Kelley) Ennis, natives of New York, was born in New York on June 24, 1806; he was educated in the common schools and Whitesborough Seminary , NY. His early life passed in lumbering, farming and teaching school. He studied engineering , surveying, and has followed farming. He was married in 1828 to Sally Loomis, and they are the parents of 11 children, of whom 8 are living. He removed to Knox County; was School Commissioner and Inspector of Highways in New York, and School Director and Road Commissioner in Illinois. He united with the Methodist Church in 1860. Republican. P.O. Yates City. Joan :o)