Mary "Mollie" Mattox Ellis

Brief Life History of Mary "Mollie"

When Mary "Mollie" Mattox Ellis was born on 23 April 1843, in Blue River Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, her father, Richard Radcliff Ellis, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Storms Whitman, was 31. She married Nathaniel Shrewsbury Mattox on 27 December 1860, in Orleans Township, Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Millersburg, Stampers Creek Township, Orange, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Stampers Creek Township, Orange, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 1 November 1926, in Rego, Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Old Unity Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Posey Township, Washington, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Shrewsbury Mattox
1838–1931
Mary "Mollie" Mattox Ellis
1843–1926
Marriage: 27 December 1860
Nancy Elizabeth Mattox
1861–1947
John Albert Mattox
1863–1943
Dora Eliza Mattox
1865–1954
Sarah Adaline Mattox
1868–1929
James Franklin Mattox
1870–1886
Thomas Lee Mattox
1874–1967
Mary Etta Mattox
1879–1957
Dr Nathaniel Ellis Mattox
1881–1962
Eli Otis Mattox
1884–1943
Anna Blanche Mattox
1888–1978

Sources (29)

  • Polly Ellis in household of Richard Ellis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Polly Ellis, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • Mary "Mollie" Ellis Mattox, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (of Welsh origin): variant of Maddox .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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