| Jonathan Ellis |
| Jonathan Ellis,
farmer, P. O. Postville; owns a farm of 185 acres, of the
value of, $8,500; is one of the pioneers of the county,
having come from Champaign county, Ohio, in 1854,
locating on the farm he still owns. Mr. Ellis was born in
Middleton, N. H., his parents moving into Canada about
100 miles east from Montreal, when he was quite small.
There he remained till 1843, when he moved to Champaign
Co., O. He was married to Miss Rosetta Hawkins, of
Canada, in 1834. She died in 1873 and he was again
married to Mrs. Lydia A. Kelly, in 1875. She is also a
native of N. H. Mr. Ellis. has one son, Hollis, by his
first wife, having lost two daughters, Roxana and Elsina;
by his second marriage he has two daughters, Girty R. and
J. Pearl. He is a member of the Free-Will Baptist church.
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