CHARLES R. ELLIS, miller, Wayne
City, was born January 21, 1832, in Washington Co, IN.
He is a
son of Isaac Ellis, a native of
Virginia, but reared in Kentucky.
He farmed and merchandised in Indiana, where he died.
His father,
William Ellis, was a native of
Virginia. The mother of our
subject was Jane (Radcliff) Ellis.
She is yet living and is a
daughter of David and Betsey (Brown)
Radcliff. She, the mother of
our subject, reared nine children, five of whom are now living -
William, Elizabeth Holaday, Catherine Rinsel, Mary Hulgin and Charles
R., our subject, who was educated in Indiana, which State he
left at
the age of twenty-three and went to Missouri, in 1855, where he
followed his trade, which he had learned in Indiana. He lived in
Newton County, MO., till 1861, when he came to Wayne County, IL, where
he milled till 1878, when he moved to Clay County, where he followed
his trade, returning to this county in 1882. He is now residing
in Wayne City, where he built a flouring mill, which is operated by his
children, he himself having reserved an interest in the mill. He
has built two new mills and rebuilt several others in this
county. He has owned five different mills in this county.
Such men as Mr. Ellis are a valuable acquisition to any
neighborhood.
He was joined in matrimony, August 8, 1854, in
Orange County, IN to Miss Nancy
Carlisle, born February 3, 1840, in
Orange County, IN. She is a daughter of
John and Hannah (Smith)
Carlisle. He is a native of Kentucky, and she a native of
Indiana. John Carlisle
was a Captain in the Black Hawk War.
Six children now living have come to belss this happy union - Martha
J., wife of John Close;
Mary E., wife of John Boswell; John D., born
November 15, 1860; he married Emma J.
Warsack; Anna B., born
October
16, 1872; Jesse T., October
20, 1874; Francis M., born
October 20,
1879.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are highly
respected members of the
community in which they dwell and also of the Christian Church.
He is also an active member of the A.F. & A.M. fraternity;
Johnsonville Lodge, No. 713. He has lost an arm while following
his vocation.