Obituary:
William Ellis
"We regret to report the death of one of Cooper county's oldest citizens on Monday evening last, Mr. William Ellis, Aged 80 years. The following account of his death telegraphed from Pilot Grove to the 'Republic' gives the particulars:
Pilot Grove, MO, May 27 - This afternoon William Ellis, a citizen of this county over 80 years old, was struck by a freight engine at Chouteau, a flag station three miles from here, and probably fatally injured. He was returning from Boonville and by mistake got off the train at Chouteau. While walking on the track a freight came up behind him on a down grade. The engineer could not check up in time. Deafness prevented Ellis from hearing the train.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, Broonville, Missouri
Mr. William Ellis, whose death is given in another column, was 81 years old, and probably the oldest resident of the county the day of his death, having settled at Boonville in 1818. ---Pilot Grove Leader.
He was born in Barren county, Ky. and he died at Chouteau (north of Pilot Grove), Cooper co., Mo. He married Eleanor Hughes Sept. 7, 1829 in Cooper co., Mo. and they had at least 11 children.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, June 6, 1889, Boonville, Missouri, obituary provided by contributor D&PNutt, December 2011
William Ellis
"We regret to report the death of one of Cooper county's oldest citizens on Monday evening last, Mr. William Ellis, Aged 80 years. The following account of his death telegraphed from Pilot Grove to the 'Republic' gives the particulars:
Pilot Grove, MO, May 27 - This afternoon William Ellis, a citizen of this county over 80 years old, was struck by a freight engine at Chouteau, a flag station three miles from here, and probably fatally injured. He was returning from Boonville and by mistake got off the train at Chouteau. While walking on the track a freight came up behind him on a down grade. The engineer could not check up in time. Deafness prevented Ellis from hearing the train.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, Broonville, Missouri
Mr. William Ellis, whose death is given in another column, was 81 years old, and probably the oldest resident of the county the day of his death, having settled at Boonville in 1818. ---Pilot Grove Leader.
He was born in Barren county, Ky. and he died at Chouteau (north of Pilot Grove), Cooper co., Mo. He married Eleanor Hughes Sept. 7, 1829 in Cooper co., Mo. and they had at least 11 children.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, June 6, 1889, Boonville, Missouri, obituary provided by contributor D&PNutt, December 2011
Obituary:
William Ellis
"We regret to report the death of one of Cooper county's oldest citizens on Monday evening last, Mr. William Ellis, Aged 80 years. The following account of his death telegraphed from Pilot Grove to the 'Republic' gives the particulars:
Pilot Grove, MO, May 27 - This afternoon William Ellis, a citizen of this county over 80 years old, was struck by a freight engine at Chouteau, a flag station three miles from here, and probably fatally injured. He was returning from Boonville and by mistake got off the train at Chouteau. While walking on the track a freight came up behind him on a down grade. The engineer could not check up in time. Deafness prevented Ellis from hearing the train.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, Broonville, Missouri
Mr. William Ellis, whose death is given in another column, was 81 years old, and probably the oldest resident of the county the day of his death, having settled at Boonville in 1818. ---Pilot Grove Leader.
He was born in Barren county, Ky. and he died at Chouteau (north of Pilot Grove), Cooper co., Mo. He married Eleanor Hughes Sept. 7, 1829 in Cooper co., Mo. and they had at least 11 children.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, June 6, 1889, Boonville, Missouri, obituary provided by contributor D&PNutt, December 2011
William Ellis
"We regret to report the death of one of Cooper county's oldest citizens on Monday evening last, Mr. William Ellis, Aged 80 years. The following account of his death telegraphed from Pilot Grove to the 'Republic' gives the particulars:
Pilot Grove, MO, May 27 - This afternoon William Ellis, a citizen of this county over 80 years old, was struck by a freight engine at Chouteau, a flag station three miles from here, and probably fatally injured. He was returning from Boonville and by mistake got off the train at Chouteau. While walking on the track a freight came up behind him on a down grade. The engineer could not check up in time. Deafness prevented Ellis from hearing the train.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, Broonville, Missouri
Mr. William Ellis, whose death is given in another column, was 81 years old, and probably the oldest resident of the county the day of his death, having settled at Boonville in 1818. ---Pilot Grove Leader.
He was born in Barren county, Ky. and he died at Chouteau (north of Pilot Grove), Cooper co., Mo. He married Eleanor Hughes Sept. 7, 1829 in Cooper co., Mo. and they had at least 11 children.
TRI-WEEKLY TOPIC, June 6, 1889, Boonville, Missouri, obituary provided by contributor D&PNutt, December 2011
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