Representative George Paris Ellis View All Years
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George Paris Ellis
Keokuk County
Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, August 30, 1817 and lived there until 1834, when in October he moved with his parents to Hendricks County, Indiana. He remained in that state for fourteen years, and then came to Lee County, this State. He stayed there until the spring of 1852, when he settled in Sigourney, making that place his home for three years. He again moved, this time to Van Buren Township, and in 1869 came to Springfield. Mr. Ellis has been notary public, in 1859 he was elected Representative from the county and has served as justice of the peace. Mr. Ellis married Miss Mary A. Hampton in October, 1939. He has been a member of the A. F. and A. M. lodge since 1844.
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