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HENRY MONTGOMERY ELLIS
H. M. ELLIS, farmer of Castoria Township, was born in West Virginia, in 1834. He removed to Wisconsin when a lad of thirteen, and in 1864 he came to California. He left Wisconsin, with a
train of 100 people, May 2, 1864, and reached Stockton September 19, 1864. He rented from 600 to 1,000 acres
of land in Castoria Township, which he farmed until 1886, when he purchased the
ranch on which he now resides. It contains 117 acres, situated seven miles from
Stockton, on the Durham Ferry road, which is devoted to the
raising of grain.
He
was married to Miss Mary Graves, who was born in 1834, daughter of H. B.
Graves, and died in June, 1872, leaving one son, John H. In September, 1875, he
was married to Miss Mary A. Martin, a native of Wisconsin, born in 1836. Mr. Ellis is a member of the G. A. R.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 382. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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