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James G Ellis
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Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, Iowa, June 3, 1924 by J.A. Ellis
In the summer of 1860 our family, consisting of father and mother (Ethel C. Ellis and Helen M. Ellis) and three older brother and myself (then 6 years old) left the wooded hills of northern Pennsylvania (Potter County) for Northwest Iowa. Our journey was by railroad from Andover, NY to Buffalo, from Fubbalo to Milwaukee, Wis by steamer, from Milwaukee to LaCrosse by railroad, thence by steamer to St. Paul, Minnesota from St. Paul to Mankato by barge or flat boat, thence by team via Jackson, Minn to Estherville, Iowa, where we arrived in September after a tedious trip of six weeks.
We do not recollect very distinctly this trip but one sad event will never be effaced from our memory, the drowning of our two oldest brothers at a station between St. Paul and Mankato, where we stopped for a short time. They attempted to stop a row boat that was drifting down stream. Neither being able to swim and not knowing the river was deep they soon disappeared from our view, never to be seen again. Though but a child, we shall never forget the anguish of father and mother to be bereft of their children and, after fruitless efforts to find them, to continue on their journey and leave them to be found two weeks later, locked in each others arms and buried by strangers.
When we arrived at Estherville and father paid the man for bring us from Mankato, he had only 60¢ left. But we found kind friends, Adolph Jenkins and Jerome Hopkins were our benefactors.

James G Ellis
BIRTH 1845 New York, USA
DEATH Sep 1860 (aged 14-15)
Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA
BURIAL Body lost in lake, later recovered.
MEMORIAL ID 27305932 ·
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Grandparents are Joseph Clark & Louisa Miller.
Parents are Ethiel C Ellis & Helen Mary Clark

Siblings are:
George H,
Elihu Clark,
John Albert
Rhoda
Mary Elizabeth

Family Members
Parents Ethiel C Ellis 1818-1890
Helen Mary Clark Ellis 1826-1909
Siblings George H Ellis 1847-1860
Elihu Clark Ellis 1850-1878
John Albert Ellis 1854-1942
Rhoda M Ellis Phippin 1860-1910
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Middleton 1863-1924

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