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Surnames: Ellis, McGovney & Schultz
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“History of Huntington County, Indiana”1914 By Frank S. Bash pg. 630
John F. Ellis. John F. Ellis, by reason of his accomplishments in the agricultural
industry in Lancaster township, takes his rightful place among the foremost men the
community. He is a native of Wayne township, Huntington county, born June 4, 1867, and he
is a son of C. C. Ellis and his wife, Mary E. (McGovney) Ellis. The father was born in
Brown county, Ohio, and accompanied his parents to Adams county, Ohio, when he was a lad
of six years. There he grew up and obtained such meager education as was his portion in
life. He married on December 2, 1866, and located in Wayne township, Huntington county,
where he lived for a year, and then purchased a drug store in Mount Eaton. He came to
Lancaster township and settled on a farm, here continuing in residence until the late
years of his life, when he moved to Majenica. He died there on February 18, 1910, and his
widow survives him, making her home with her son, Frank.
C. C. Ellis reached a state of financial independence, chiefly through his activities in
the drug store business, before he turned his attention to farming. To him and his wife
were born six children, five of whom are now living. They are as follows: Isabelle C., the
wife of Joseph Kitch, of Huntington, Indiana; William I., a farmer on the home place; John
F., of this review; Ella M.; George D., of Rock Creek; Jessie O., of Huntington.
John F. Ellis was educated in the district schools and brought up on the Lancaster
township farm, of which his brother is now the occupant. He was twenty-one years old when
he left home, and set out for himself independently, and after a few years, or in 1893, on
the 7th day of September, he married Anna E. Schultz. She was a daughter of John Schultz,
and like her husband, was reared to farm life and had a country school training. One
daughter has been born to them,-Bertha B., born February 18, 1898.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is one of the
stewards of the church. His fraternal affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen of
America.
Mr. Ellis is everywhere regarded as a man of sound judgment, and he is known to be an
upright, honorable and wide-minded citizen. He is reckoned among the foremost farming men
of Huntington county, and his farm of one hundred and sixty acres on the Huntington-Warren
Road is finely situated about five miles northwest of Warren and eight miles distant from
the town of Huntington.