I'm searching for ELLIS family in WI and wonder if anyone knows how the town of ELLIS in Portage County, WI got it's name? I have a William Harrison ELLIS married to Clara PATCH and living in Vernon County, WI in 1880 Fed Census. William H. Ellis, his mother, Eliza and brothers, John J., Edwin H., and Frank Ellis were in Vernon County, WI in 1870. In 1880 Census, all were there, except John J. Ellis was gone. Ellis names connected to my family: William Harrison Ellis John J. Ellis Edwin H. Ellis Franklin Merrill Ellis Elizabeth Ellis Harrison Ellis Clara (Patch) Ellis Cora Ellis Sadie Ellis Grace Ellis Luella Ellis Florence Ellis Charles F. Ellis ?George B. Ellis? P.Carl Ellis L.D.Ellis Thanks, GJEllis....