William Cofield Ellis Jr.
1898–1972 (Age 74)
Rankin, Mississippi, United States
The Life of William Cofield
When William Cofield Ellis Jr. was born on 14 February 1898, in Rankin, Mississippi, United States, his father, William Cofield Ellis Sr., was 42 and his mother, Florence Louise Norrell, was 38. He died on 30 October 1972, at the age of 74.
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Family Time Line
William Cofield Ellis Jr.
1898–1972
Eliza Saunders Gooch
1905–1985
Spouse & Children
1898–1972Male
- Eliza Saunders Gooch
1905–1985Female
Parents & Siblings
- William Cofield Ellis Sr.
1856–1917Male
- Florence Louise Norrell
1859–1936Female
siblings
(8)
- Albert Lamon Ellis
1883–1922Male
1885–1968Female
- Earle Ellis
1887–1942Male
- Marie Ellis
1889–1909Female
1892–1969Female
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 9
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 20
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah ( see Elias ). In Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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