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Submitted: 10/24/19 • Approved: 11/8/19 • Last Updated: 11/11/19 • R237409-G237409-S3
Steven
PRIVATE Infantry
War of 1812
December 7, 1795 - January 18, 1869
Son of John and Sarah Johnson Ellis
Mary
May 5, 1807 - August 12, 1860
Daughter of William and Mary Margaret James Magee
MARY ELLIS, wife of Rev. Stephen Ellis, died August 12th 1860. She was born near Natchez, Miss.; removed in infancy to Washington parish, La., with her parents; was married Sept. 12th 1822, and united herself with the Methodist E. Church in 1828. From the happy day on which she gave her heart to God she continued till the period of her death an humble and consistent christian. Through checkered scenes of joy and sorrow, she pursued the even tenor of her way, displaying the "ornament of a meek and quiet spirit." As a wife, she had but few equals, and perhaps no superior. As a mother, it need only be said, that "her children arise up and call her blessed;" and as evidence of her efforts to guide their minds aright, nearly all of them have become the subjects of divine grace. As a friend and neighbor, it may be truly said of her---
"None knew her but to love,
None named her but to praise."
R. Babington,
Franklinton, La., August 14, 1860
Obituary of Mary Ellis, in the New Orleans, "Christian Advocate" Methodist newspaper, Issue of 29 Aug 1860.
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