Joseph C Ellis1854–
- Name
- Joseph C Ellis
- Given names
- Joseph C
- Surname
- Ellis
 Birth | estimated 1854 35 29 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Edward Crouch June 4, 1854 |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Summerset Ellis June 29, 1856 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Pinkney Ellis December 21, 1858 (Age 4 years) |
 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 |
| Death of a father | John Thadeus Ellis February 14, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | September 17, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 | August 11, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucy C Downer after 1870 (Age 16 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Summerset Ellis August 27, 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha E Crouch January 12, 1898 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Pinkney Ellis January 14, 1898 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Edward Ellis January 3, 1923 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Thadeus Ellis Birth: July 24, 1818 24 19 — Virginia, United States Death: February 14, 1860 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Martha E Crouch Birth: July 7, 1824 33 23 — Goochland, Virginia, United States Death: January 12, 1898 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 9, 1842 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Jesse Edward Ellis Birth: October 22, 1845 27 21 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: January 3, 1923 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Lucy A Ellis Birth: estimated 1848 29 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years elder brother |
William A Ellis Birth: estimated 1852 33 27 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years himself |
Joseph C Ellis Birth: estimated 1854 35 29 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry Summerset Ellis Birth: June 29, 1856 37 31 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 27, 1882 |
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3 years younger brother |
John Pinkney Ellis Birth: December 21, 1858 40 34 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: January 14, 1898 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
Joseph C Ellis has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (16)
Parents Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis + Lucy J Beloate
Parents Robert L Ellis + Mary E Cross
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Martha E. Ellis - Household
9th Dist. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Martha is a widow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Martha E. Ellis - Household
9th Dist. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Other Crouch's next door | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Martha E. Crouch - Household
Civil District 9 Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: More Ellis's on same page. Wm. next door |