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Emma Adaline Coleman Ellis

Female 1846 - 1938  (92 years)


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  • Name Emma Adaline Coleman Ellis 
    Born 18 Jan 1846  Washington, Daviess County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 4 Nov 1938  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 7 Nov 1938  Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3235  Rossville
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas Jefferson Coleman,   b. 20 Mar 1806, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1895, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Lucinda Martin Coleman,   b. 1806,   d. 25 Dec 1877  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F2426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Wesley Ellis,   d. 4 Nov 1892 
    Married 1868 
    Children 
    +1. Lillie E Ellis Wilt,   b. 5 May 1869, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1940, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Ethel Ellis Barron
     3. Luda Ellis Ross
     4. Dumas Ellis
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2018 15:16:58 
    Family ID F2427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jan 1846 - Washington, Daviess County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Nov 1938 - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Ellis, Emma
    Obituary- Ellis, Emma
    Emma Ellis
    Emma Adaline Coleman, daughter of Thomas J. and Lucinda Coleman, was born January 18, 1846, in Wash¬ington, Indiana, and was sixth of a family of ten children. (She depart¬ed this life November 4, 1938, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 17 days, exactly 52 years to the hour after the death of her husband.
    She was married to John Wesley Ellis in 1868 after his return from the Civil War. They came to Kansas and settled on a farm north of Kiro After his death in 1892, Mrs. Ellis moved to Topeka, 600 West 8th St. and lived at that location 46 years, where she died.
    Three daughters, Mrs. Lillie Wilt, of Rossville; Mrs. Ethel Barron, of Tucson, Arizona, and Mrs. Luda Ross of the home survive. Also four grandchildren, Mrs. Homer S. Reid, Rossville; Miss Ruby Alice Wilt of Golden, Colo, Miss Barbara Barron and Miss Frances Barron of Tucson, Ariz., and a great grandson, Robert Reid of Rossville. A son, Dumas, preceded the father in death.
    Funeral services were held at 3:30 Monday, November 7, at the Wall- Diffenderfer mortuary. Burial was in the Prairie Home cemetery.