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Jerusha Mead Ellis

Birth	:	4 May 1828 Seneca County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	8 Dec 1916 Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4435900, -92.2298800
Description	:	MRS. D. G. ELLIS Jerusha Mead Ellis, who has resided continuously in Waterloo since 1854, died at her home, 1225 Lafaette Street, about 10 a.m. today. She was born in Seneca County May 4, 1828, and when a young child moved with her parents to Roscoe, Illinois, where she grew to womanhood and married Benjamin Higgins. Mr. Higgins died in 1863 and his widow later married D. G. Ellis. Mr. Ellis died April 14, 1916. Two daughters preceded the mother in death. The surviving relatives are a sister, Mrs. Phoebe A. Schellenger, 1015 Franklin Street,... Read More	MRS. D. G. ELLIS Jerusha Mead Ellis, who has resided continuously in Waterloo since 1854, died at her home, 1225 Lafaette Street, about 10 a.m. today. She was born in Seneca County May 4, 1828, and when a young child moved with her parents to Roscoe, Illinois, where she grew to womanhood and married Benjamin Higgins. Mr. Higgins died in 1863 and his widow later married D. G. Ellis. Mr. Ellis died April 14, 1916. Two daughters preceded the mother in death. The surviving relatives are a sister, Mrs. Phoebe A. Schellenger, 1015 Franklin Street, and three grandchildren, Mrs. William Floyd, George B. Highley, Waterloo, and Ira Highley, Meservey. Mrs. Ellis was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and attended services at Grace Church as long as her health permitted. The body was taken to Hileman Gindt's Mortuary. [Waterloo Evening Courier - Friday, December 08, 1916] -------------------------------------- Daughter of William and Lucinda Mead ---------------------------------- 1850 Harlem, Winnebago, Illinois Lucinda Mead 57 born abt 1793 New York Olive 19 born abt 1831 Ohio Arvada 17 born abt 1833 Ohio Jerusha 24 born abt 1826 Ohio ---------------------------- 1860 US Census: E. Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Benjamin Higgins 42 abt 1818 Jerusha 38 born abt 1822 Ohio..her 1st husband Freeman 18 born about 1842 Illinois Lura Chapman 14 abt 1846 Illinois **I think Benjamin may have been married before because he and Freeman are in the Illinois Census of 1850, living with Dwight and Almira Pomeroy in Roscoe, Winnebago, Illinois and Benjamin doesn't have a wife in this one ------------------------------- 1880 US Census: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Jerisha Higgins, widow 50 born Ohio living in the household of Theodore and Elizabeth Ruger, both born Ohio --------------------------------- 1900 US Census: E. Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Daniel G Ellis 74 born February 1826 Ohio Gerusia 72 born May 1828 Ohio Blanche Highley 14 born May 1886 (this would be Daniel and Mary's granddaughter, mother Mary Clarissa Ellis and James Frank Highley. Mary Clarissa died May 31, 1891 and is buried in Poyner Cemetery) -------------------------- 1910 US Census: E. Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Daniel G Ellis 84 born Ohio Jerusha M 82 born Ohio Blanche Highley23 born Iowa, granddaughter -------------------- I don't find her in 1920. ----------------------- HER MOTHER AND SISTER 1870 US Census: Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa John Nugent 24 born Ireland Jane Nugent 22 born Illinois Olive Mead 35 born abt 1830 Ohio Lucinda Mead 70 born abt 1800 New York

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Jerusha Mead Ellis's memorial is located at: Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk County, USA.
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Jerusha Mead Ellis death on 8 Dec 1916 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.4435900
Longitude: -92.2298800

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