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From: Randi Richardson <>
Subject: Stella Ellis
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 23:11:32 -0500


Salt Creek Community clipping file, Monroe County Historical Society,
Bloomington (IN) Saturday Courier, Mar 5, 1893.

Stella Ellis, one of the oldest citizens of this township, died at the
residence of her sister, Susan Johnson, on Tuesday evening, February 23,
1893. She had been blind and afflicted for a long while. Deceased was
born in Macklinburg County, Virginia, in April 1819, and at the time of her
death was 73 years old. She was the oldest of 8 children born to James P.
and Lucy Ellis. She emigrated to Monroe county with her children at an
early age and lived here the rest of her life. The burial took place at
the Kelly Graveyard on Wednesday evening.

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