Brief Life History of David Ross
When David Ross Ellis was born in 1810, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin James Ellis, was 28 and his mother, Mary Polly Hopper, was 29. He married Sarah A. Turner on 28 November 1833, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 February 1857, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Turner Ellis Cemetery, Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States.
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- David Ellis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: David Ellis - Published information: birth-name: David Romulous Ellis
- David Ross Ellis, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
Name Meaning
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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