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Mathew Wilbert Ellis

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Mathew Wilbert Ellis Veteran

Birth
Prospect, Waldo County, Maine, USA
Death
5 Jun 1893 (aged 48)
Searsport, Waldo County, Maine, USA
Burial
Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
B-99
Memorial ID
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Mathew was a ship captain who sailed from Searsport (Waldo County) Maine according to the book Searsport Sea Captains by Colonel Frederick Frasier Black (1960) p. 88. According to that source, he sailed on the following vessels: the schooner Eva Adell (1884).

According to the above source, Captain Ellis served two years in the U.S. Navy and re-enlisted in January, 1864 in the 1st Marine Cavalry. He was captured and served nine months in Libby and Belle Isle prisons.

According to his death record, Mathew died on June 5, 1893 of chronic bronchitis at Searsport, Maine at 48 years, 4 months, and 6 days of age. The record confirmed that he had been born in Prospect, Maine as had his parents, Levi and Edith (Staples) Ellis. He was a master mariner.
Mathew was a ship captain who sailed from Searsport (Waldo County) Maine according to the book Searsport Sea Captains by Colonel Frederick Frasier Black (1960) p. 88. According to that source, he sailed on the following vessels: the schooner Eva Adell (1884).

According to the above source, Captain Ellis served two years in the U.S. Navy and re-enlisted in January, 1864 in the 1st Marine Cavalry. He was captured and served nine months in Libby and Belle Isle prisons.

According to his death record, Mathew died on June 5, 1893 of chronic bronchitis at Searsport, Maine at 48 years, 4 months, and 6 days of age. The record confirmed that he had been born in Prospect, Maine as had his parents, Levi and Edith (Staples) Ellis. He was a master mariner.


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