Robert Ellis and Charlotte Byers

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Husband Robert Ellis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Oct 1848 - Madison, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: James Ellis (cal 1808-1897) 1
         Mother: Isabelle McClintock (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Oct 1876 3

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Wife Charlotte Byers ^{2 3}

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           Born: 2 Apr 1853 2
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         Father: John H. Byers (1814/1815-1906) 4 5
         Mother: Charlotte Miller (1834-1868) 2 6

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Children

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1 M James B. Ellis ³

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2 M Robert Ellis Ellis ³

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3 U [Unk] Ellis

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Ellis

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He was born in Madison, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty years he went west, spending two years in Iowa and two years in Missouri at farm work. He then returned home and entered his father's store. During the following four years he saved his money, and in 1876 entered into partnership with his father, a business relation that was maintained until 1881, when he sold his interest and began an independent business for himself at Weaver's Old Stand, in Westmoreland County. There he remained for nine years, enjoying a good patronage, which brought him a desirable, financial return. During the latter part of that period conditions changed much, the Hecla mines being opened about two miles away from that place. As this left him away from the railroad, he began to look around for favorable location, and decided that Youngwood furnished the opening that he desired. In 1890, therefore, he removed to the New Light building, the first structure erected in the borough. There he opened his line of goods and conducted business successfully for ten years, when he retired from active mercantile life. He owned several properties in Youngwood, together with the old farm homestead in Ludwick. Interested in political questions and issues, Robert Ellis was a Republican and active in community affairs, serving as president of the school board and as secretary of the board of trade in Youngwood. He was also for five years postmaster at Weaver's Old Stand and continued in the same office in Youngwood ten years, and in all that time he never missed a connection with any train. It was through his instrumentality that the postoffice in Youngwood was established in 1891.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 195.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 296.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 196.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 58.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 296, 431.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 59.