When Narcissa Jane Ellis was born in 1847, in Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, her father, William Ellis, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Caroline Baker, was 20. She married Robert McCown Nutt on 31 May 1864, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Cache Township, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Salem Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1870. She died in 1875, in Howell, Missouri, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1857: Howell County created from Oregon County
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
By the time the Battle of Pea Ridge happened the Union forces had pushed Confederates through Missouri and Arkansas. This battle was important in securing Missouri for the Union and opening Arkansas for the Union.
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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