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Submitted: 11/2/16 • Approved: 11/2/16 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R799896-G799895-S3
Edward
December 1890 California
November 1913 Kansas City, Jackson Co, Missouri
Parents:
Wilmot Edward Ellis (1867 - 1938)
Seddie Clark Lauderdale Ellis (1867 - 1954)
Edward Lauderdale Ellis was one of two children born to Col. Wilmot Edward Ellis and his first wife Seddie Clark Lauderdale. Edward did not marry or have any children during his short life-time.
Edward graduated from WestPoint Military Academy in 1908 and enlisted in the US Army on March 2, 1909. By April of 1910, Private Edward L. Ellis was in Portland, Maine with his military unit. Edward was discharged from the US Army on March 1, 1912 at Fort Niagara, New York.
Edward was severely injured when the automobile he was a passenger in plunged 15 feet down an embankment fracturing both legs and receiving internal injuries as reported in the Kansas City Star Newspaper on November 13, 1913.
Seddie
March 17, 1867 Saint Louis, Saint Louis City Co, Missouri
December 31, 1954 San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California
Parents:
Willis Edward Lauderdale (1836 - 1915)
Ellen Glasgow Clark Lauderdale (1845 - 1902)
Spouse:
Wilmot Edward Ellis (1867 - 1938)
Children:
Edward Lauderdale Ellis (1890 - 1913)
Dorothy Ysidra Ellis Cummings (1896 - 1959)
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Contributed on 11/2/16 by snickerdoodle0929
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