Daniel Webster Ellis
Daniel Webster Ellis was born on June 9, 1842, in Ohio to Daniel and Sarah Ellis. His father was a shoemaker who owned $800 of real estate in 1850. Ellis grew up and attended school in Bethel, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union army on December 2, 1861, and mustered in as a corporal in Company I of the 71st Ohio Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Shiloh, the Second Battle of Franklin, and the Battle of Nashville. Ellis was promoted to sergeant on March 15, 1863, and he mustered out in San Antonio, Texas, on November 30, 1865. Ellis returned to Miami County after the war, and he married Mary Jane Miller there on January 9, 1867. Their daughter Daisy was born in 1871. They lived in Mary’s parents’ household in Springcreek, Ohio, and Ellis worked as a farm laborer. In 1870, they owned $1,000 of personal property. He died on May 1, 1872, reportedly from malaria.
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(500)Ellis, Daniel Webster ~ Ellis, Daniel Webb1842-06-091872-05-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 19

  • (1453) [recipient] ~ Mary J. Miller to Daniel W. Ellis, 18 April 1864
  • (1454) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 6 May 1865
  • (1455) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 12 July 1865
  • (1456) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 1 September 1865
  • (1457) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 4 October 1865
  • (1458) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 26 November 1865
  • (1459) [recipient] ~ Mary J. Miller to Daniel W. Ellis, 20 January 1866
  • (1460) [recipient] ~ Mary J. Miller to Daniel W. Ellis, 20 March 1866
  • (1461) [recipient] ~ Mary J. Miller to Daniel W. Ellis, 14 April 1866
  • (1462) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 25 April 1866
  • (1463) [recipient] ~ Mary J. Miller to Daniel W. Ellis, 20 September 1866
  • (1464) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 31 December 1865
  • (1465) [associated with] ~ Margaret McFarlin to Mary J. Miller, 1 February 1876
  • (1466) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 27 October 1865
  • (1467) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 20 November 1865
  • (1468) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 7 August 1863
  • (1470) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 3 February 186X
  • (1471) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 2 August 186X
  • (1472) [writer] ~ Daniel W. Ellis to Mary J. Miller, 5 May 186X

People - Records: 2

  • (501) McFarlin, Margaret is the [aunt/uncle of] (500) Ellis, Daniel Webster
  • (502) Miller, Mary Jane is the [wife of] (500) Ellis, Daniel Webster

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (320) [death] ~ Miami County, Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (58) [enlisted] [I] ~ 71st Ohio Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; “Daniel Webster Ellis” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com.