Ellen M. Madison
Ellen M. Madison (maiden name: Glossbrenner) was born around 1835 in Ohio to John Glossbrenner and Elizabeth Austin. Her father probably died before 1850. She grew up and attended school in Blooming Grove, Ohio. She moved to Illinois in the 1850s, and she married James Madison on November 4, 1858. They lived in Wabash, Illinois, and her husband worked as a physician. By 1860, they owned $300 of personal property. A decade later, they owned $1,200 of real estate and $2,500 of personal property. They adopted a daughter named Katie in the 1870s. Her husband died in 1905, and she died in Marshall, Illinois, on March 27, 1909.
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(4425)Madison, Ellen M. ~ Glossbrenner, Ellen M.18351909-03-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (12247) [recipient] ~ George F. Glossbrenner to James Madison and Ellen M. Madison, 16 May 1863
  • (12248) [recipient] ~ George F. Glossbrenner to James Madison and Ellen M. Madison, 24 June 1863
  • (12249) [recipient] ~ George F. Glossbrenner to James Madison and Ellen M. Madison, 29 November 1863
  • (12250) [recipient] ~ George F. Glossbrenner to James Madison and Ellen M. Madison, 17 December 1864
  • (12251) [recipient] ~ George F. Glossbrenner to Ellen M. Madison, 16 January 1865

People - Records: 2

  • (4425) Madison, Ellen M. is the [sibling of] (4423) Glossbrenner, George F.
  • (4426) Madison, James is the [husband of] (4425) Madison, Ellen M.

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (233) [death] ~ Marshall, Clark County, Illinois

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916, available from Ancestry.com.