In December, 1869, Mr. Ellsworth was married to Helen A. Gibson, a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Gibbs) Gibson, who were natives of New York. The father was born at Oswego, that state, and in 1848 became a resident of Salt Lake, casting in his lot with the earliest pioneers of the state. His wife was born on the plains while her parents were en route to Utah, In 1849 Mr. Gibson left Salt Lake for California, where he remained for eighteen months and then removed to Millcreek canyon, Utah, while later he lived in Willard and subsequently in the Cache valley, where he resided for a number of years. He afterward became a lumber merchant of Ogden, where he continued in business for several years, and then went to Clearfield, where he purchased land and carried on farming for a considerable period. His last days were spent in Ogden, where he died October 19, 1912, at the age of eighty-six. The mother had passed away in 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth became the parents of eleven children: Charles; Marian Lee; Claude; Lovell; Curtis A,; Vere; Alice, who became the wife of Rastus Walker and died in April, 1908, at the age of thirty-seven years; John W., who died in 1876, when but four weeks old; Joseph Owen, who died in 1877, at the age of four months; Sarah Eliza, who was born in June, 1890, and died in the following October; and Brigham, who was the second in order of birth and died in 1880 at the age of seven years and eleven months.
Mr. Ellsworth belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has done home missionary work. He was ordained a member of the Seventy and remained active in that branch of the church work for a number of years. Politically he is a democrat and has served as justice of the peace.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley, 1920; article courtesy Amanda Fox)
In December, 1869, Mr. Ellsworth was married to Helen A. Gibson, a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Gibbs) Gibson, who were natives of New York. The father was born at Oswego, that state, and in 1848 became a resident of Salt Lake, casting in his lot with the earliest pioneers of the state. His wife was born on the plains while her parents were en route to Utah, In 1849 Mr. Gibson left Salt Lake for California, where he remained for eighteen months and then removed to Millcreek canyon, Utah, while later he lived in Willard and subsequently in the Cache valley, where he resided for a number of years. He afterward became a lumber merchant of Ogden, where he continued in business for several years, and then went to Clearfield, where he purchased land and carried on farming for a considerable period. His last days were spent in Ogden, where he died October 19, 1912, at the age of eighty-six. The mother had passed away in 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth became the parents of eleven children: Charles; Marian Lee; Claude; Lovell; Curtis A,; Vere; Alice, who became the wife of Rastus Walker and died in April, 1908, at the age of thirty-seven years; John W., who died in 1876, when but four weeks old; Joseph Owen, who died in 1877, at the age of four months; Sarah Eliza, who was born in June, 1890, and died in the following October; and Brigham, who was the second in order of birth and died in 1880 at the age of seven years and eleven months.
Mr. Ellsworth belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has done home missionary work. He was ordained a member of the Seventy and remained active in that branch of the church work for a number of years. Politically he is a democrat and has served as justice of the peace.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley, 1920; article courtesy Amanda Fox)
Family Members
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Edmund William Ellsworth
1845–1926
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Rowennah Wilmot Ellsworth Wilson
1848–1881
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Alice Vilate Ellsworth Swift
1852–1893
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Luna Caroline Ellsworth Jardine
1854–1929
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John Willard Ellsworth
1858–1902
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Mary Ann Ellsworth Raymond
1854–1947
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Abner Ellsworth
1857–1936
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William Bates Ellsworth
1857–1908
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Albert Lovell Dudley Ellsworth
1857–1921
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George Franklin Ellsworth Sr
1858–1916
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Agnes Ellsworth Hogge
1859–1931
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Charles Henry Ellsworth
1860–1931
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Oliver Dudley Ellsworth
1861–1927
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Fanny Ellsworth Greenwell
1862–1948
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Frank Ellsworth
1863–1934
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Susan Lorena Ellsworth Stephens
1864–1935
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Orson Ellsworth
1864–1892
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Louis Ellsworth
1865–1925
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Asa Charles Ellsworth
1866–1924
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Nellie E Ellsworth Merrell
1866–1928
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William Wallace Ellsworth
1867–1947
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Loretta Ellsworth Hansen
1868–1940
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Julia Ellsworth West
1869–1958
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Ernest Edmond Ellsworth
1869–1949
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Jerome Dudley Ellsworth
1869–1920
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Hannah Dudley Ellsworth Poole
1872–1965
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Annie Marie Ellsworth Phelps
1872–1894
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Sarah Vilate Ellsworth Crismon
1873–1938
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Laura Ellsworth Hall
1875–1963
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Effie Ellsworth Phelps
1877–1948
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Ellye Ellsworth Bleak
1877–1963
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Harry Ellsworth
1877–1949
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Byron Ellsworth
1879–1943
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