Some of my anscestors passed through Switzerland Co on the way west. Enos Ellis and his
brother Eliphalet Ellis came to Switzerland Co. around 1814. They originally were in
Mass. then were in New York, where they apparently participated in the War of 1812, then
headed west to Indiana. While in Indiana, Enos married into another family by the name of
Sprague, which had come down to Switzerland Co. at least by 1820 or so, as Enos married
Stattira Sprague in Switzerland Co. in 1821 [applied for license: Oct 6, 1821, married
Oct. 7,1821 by Joseph McHenry, J.P.]
I am not sure when the Sprague family moved on west, but Enos and Stattira Ellis left
Switzerland Co. in the late 1830's and probably around 1840 or so, they are in Hancock
Co. IL. From there, my GGgrandmother ended up in Grundy Co., MO, where she married my
GGgrandfather, and my Ggrandfather came on west to Oregon in 1888
Joe Spence