NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11403 SHELBY CO – WILLIAM S. ELLIS – Ellis, BIvins, Edwards 11403 . Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883; p. 607-8. Shelby Co. William S. Ellis, post-office, Paynesville; was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, August 29, 1818. He was married November 12, 1843, to Miss Sarah Bivins, a native of Woodford county, Kentucky. He immigrated to Missouri in 1854, and located in Lincoln county, remaining about one year. He then came to Pike county, and purchased the farm on which he has since lived. His wife died January 24, 1873. They were the parents of four children, of which one still survives, John T. He was subsequently married to Miss Catharine V. Edwards, of Pike county, January 4, 1877. He and wife are consistent members of the Baptist Church, he having united with that organization when only sixteen years of age. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx