Civil War Vet - Iowa Infantry - Company C 38TH & Company I 34TH Reg

Erastus Herbert Ellis was the son of James Ellis and Margery Hubbard. He married Lizette Minerva

Potter in Lenewee Co., Mich., on Nov. 6, 1855. They were the parents of Addie (married Chester Brown Heath FAG #Chester Heath FAG 105268950, and JG Lester).

CENSUS 1860 Bradford, Chickasaw, Iowa

Erastus Ellis M 26 New York

Eliza Ellis F 19 Mich

Adeline Ellis F 3 Mich

Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949

Name Erastus H Ellis

Birth Date 1827

Birthplace Alleghany, New York

Residence Place Bradford, Iowa

Death Date 12 March 1914

Death Place Lake View

Event Type Military Service

Event Date from 1861 to 1949

Event Place Washburn, Black Hawk, Iowa

Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992

Name Erastus Herbert Ellis

Sex Male

Age 87

Birth Year (Estimated) March 11, 1827

Birthplace New York

Marital Status Married

Occupation Retired Merchant

Event Type Death

Event Date 12 Mar 1914

Cause of death: Mitral insufficiency, senility

Event Place Sac, Iowa, United States

Burial: Wall Lake Cem 3-15

Reference p. 51

Lake View Resort - Thursday , March 19th, 1914 - Funeral services for E.H. Ellis, who passed away Thursday, March 12th, was held from the residence on Sunday in charge of the Masonic order.

Interment was made at Wall Lake Cemetery.

Erastus Herbert Ellis was born March 11, 1827 in Allegheny Co., N.Y. He was married to Lizette Minerva

Potter in Lenewee Co., Mich., on Nov. 6, 1855. The following year Mr. and Mrs. Ellis came to Iowa, stopping at Nashua, Chickasaw Co. They came to Northwestern Iowa about 1878, finally reaching Lake View about 1891, where they have since resided.

One child, a daughter, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis. She was married to J.G. Lester at Nashua. Seven daughters were the result of this union. The oldest, Mrs. Frank Swinehart of Chicago, has been with Mr. Ellis during the last three weeks of his final illness. Another granddaughter, Mrs. Frederick White of Seattle, Wash., has visited in Lake View, and is known to a number of our citizens.

The daughter died some years ago.

Mr. Ellis enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, serving three years. He was with Gen. Grant in some of his early important engagements, and was at Vicksburg when Grant entered that city on July 4, 1863.

Mrs. Ellis expects to make her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Swinehart.