How Rice Ellis Came to Southwest Missouri
From Mary Ellis Thompson ~ This is how the story goes ~
Isaac Marion Ellis was hung 14 Sep 1864. I assume it was a short time after that, Rice was in town at 1 of the store fronts. Apparently 2 guys were discussing Isaac's hanging, 1 said, "Good riddance, 1 damn less rebel!" Rice responded that was his brother, pulled back his fist, hit the guy & KILLED HIM. Rice was put in jail. Based on what Uncle Virgil had said, it had to have been the jail in Boonville. He was sentenced. We haven't found any county records of the arrest or trial. The night before the sentence was to be carried out, they said that the Sheriff came in, told him there was a horse out back, to get on it, ride, & not come back. Family said that he left & no one knew what happened to him. However, they told that he married Elizabeth 9 Oct 1866 - they eloped.
Jeff Billington wrote: Rice moved to Southwest MO after the Civil War. He finally settled, lived, & died at his home.
The house sits right on the county line between McDonald & Barry. It was about 30 feet up the hill from Big Sugar Creek, & about 3 miles from Seligman & 300 yds from the AR state line.
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MO dc: R B Ellis farmer, married: informant Houston Banks
COD: Cancer
From Mary Ellis Thompson ~ This is how the story goes ~
Isaac Marion Ellis was hung 14 Sep 1864. I assume it was a short time after that, Rice was in town at 1 of the store fronts. Apparently 2 guys were discussing Isaac's hanging, 1 said, "Good riddance, 1 damn less rebel!" Rice responded that was his brother, pulled back his fist, hit the guy & KILLED HIM. Rice was put in jail. Based on what Uncle Virgil had said, it had to have been the jail in Boonville. He was sentenced. We haven't found any county records of the arrest or trial. The night before the sentence was to be carried out, they said that the Sheriff came in, told him there was a horse out back, to get on it, ride, & not come back. Family said that he left & no one knew what happened to him. However, they told that he married Elizabeth 9 Oct 1866 - they eloped.
Jeff Billington wrote: Rice moved to Southwest MO after the Civil War. He finally settled, lived, & died at his home.
The house sits right on the county line between McDonald & Barry. It was about 30 feet up the hill from Big Sugar Creek, & about 3 miles from Seligman & 300 yds from the AR state line.
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MO dc: R B Ellis farmer, married: informant Houston Banks
COD: Cancer
How Rice Ellis Came to Southwest Missouri
From Mary Ellis Thompson ~ This is how the story goes ~
Isaac Marion Ellis was hung 14 Sep 1864. I assume it was a short time after that, Rice was in town at 1 of the store fronts. Apparently 2 guys were discussing Isaac's hanging, 1 said, "Good riddance, 1 damn less rebel!" Rice responded that was his brother, pulled back his fist, hit the guy & KILLED HIM. Rice was put in jail. Based on what Uncle Virgil had said, it had to have been the jail in Boonville. He was sentenced. We haven't found any county records of the arrest or trial. The night before the sentence was to be carried out, they said that the Sheriff came in, told him there was a horse out back, to get on it, ride, & not come back. Family said that he left & no one knew what happened to him. However, they told that he married Elizabeth 9 Oct 1866 - they eloped.
Jeff Billington wrote: Rice moved to Southwest MO after the Civil War. He finally settled, lived, & died at his home.
The house sits right on the county line between McDonald & Barry. It was about 30 feet up the hill from Big Sugar Creek, & about 3 miles from Seligman & 300 yds from the AR state line.
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MO dc: R B Ellis farmer, married: informant Houston Banks
COD: Cancer
From Mary Ellis Thompson ~ This is how the story goes ~
Isaac Marion Ellis was hung 14 Sep 1864. I assume it was a short time after that, Rice was in town at 1 of the store fronts. Apparently 2 guys were discussing Isaac's hanging, 1 said, "Good riddance, 1 damn less rebel!" Rice responded that was his brother, pulled back his fist, hit the guy & KILLED HIM. Rice was put in jail. Based on what Uncle Virgil had said, it had to have been the jail in Boonville. He was sentenced. We haven't found any county records of the arrest or trial. The night before the sentence was to be carried out, they said that the Sheriff came in, told him there was a horse out back, to get on it, ride, & not come back. Family said that he left & no one knew what happened to him. However, they told that he married Elizabeth 9 Oct 1866 - they eloped.
Jeff Billington wrote: Rice moved to Southwest MO after the Civil War. He finally settled, lived, & died at his home.
The house sits right on the county line between McDonald & Barry. It was about 30 feet up the hill from Big Sugar Creek, & about 3 miles from Seligman & 300 yds from the AR state line.
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MO dc: R B Ellis farmer, married: informant Houston Banks
COD: Cancer
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