 Birth | January 14, 1853 26 20 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 10, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | John Thaddeus Ellis — View this family November 13, 1872 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Bessie E Ellis December 1874 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Florian Ellis September 16, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Everett Ellis May 20, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #4 | Newton B Ellis November 14, 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | William Everett Ellis July 3, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ida Inez Ellis November 15, 1882 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a son | John Florian Ellis August 25, 1883 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ida Inez Ellis November 19, 1883 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | John T Ellis Jr. January 1885 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Grace Louise Ellis May 1887 (Age 34 years) |
 Death | August 20, 1891 (Age 38 years) |