William Ellis and Susannah Sembower

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Husband William Ellis ¹

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           Born: 1807 - Mount Braddock, Fayette Co, PA 1
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           Died: 27 Dec 1887 1
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         Father: Menius P. Ellis (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah Henchier (      -      ) 1

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Wife Susannah Sembower ¹

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 14 Jun 1897 1
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Children

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1 M James Vance Evans Ellis ²

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           Born: 7 Dec 1848 - Mount Morris, Greene Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Annie Frances Van Swearingen (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 5 Sep 1889 3

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General Notes: Husband - William Ellis

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He was one of the first teachers in the free schools of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was in early manhood a member of the Methodist Protestant church, but later joined the Baptist church, and was for many years a minister of that denomination, organizing many of its churches in western Pennsylvania. He had a widespread fame as a grammarian, which was especially notable in that day of careless diction in the average public speaker.

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General Notes: Wife - Susannah Sembower

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The Sembower family, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, is descended from Adam Sembower, who came from Bedford County early in the nineteenth century.

1 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 608.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 608, 945.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 609.