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Family: Joseph Blackwell Ellis / Luvernia Alice Westfall (F13807)

• Father | Male Joseph Blackwell Ellis

  
  

  Born	8 Sep 1854	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	30 Aug 1936	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	6 Feb 1881  [1]	Roane County, West Virginia, USA  [1]
  Father	Zater Cushing Ellis | F12357 Group Sheet
  Mother	Frances C Caldwell | F12357 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Luvernia Alice Westfall

  
  

  Born	18 Sep 1864	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	24 Jan 1948	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Father	Anderson Westfall | F1923 Group Sheet
  Mother	Martha Jane Clarkson | F1923 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Meriena Viola Ellis

  
  

  Born	7 Apr 1882	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William A Ellis

  
  

  Born	30 Dec 1884	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Lula B Ellis

  
  

  Born	13 Dec 1887	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Between 1920 and 1930
  Buried
  Spouse	Okey F Hunt | F24884
  Married	28 Sep 1913	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Martha J Ellis

  
  

  Born	17 Mar 1889	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	15 Jul 1890	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Joseph B Ellis, Jr

  
  

  Born	8 Oct 1890	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	1978
  Buried
  Spouse	Lona Maycel Harper | F13806
  Married	5 Apr 1913	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Lloyd Jarrett Ellis

  
  

  Born	17 Jul 1892	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	13 Jun 1932	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Matilda Caroline Ellis

  
  

  Born	20 May 1896	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	1977
  Buried		Droddy Cemetery, Roane Co, WV
  Spouse	Frederick Allison Taylor | F15751
  Married	24 Feb 1914	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Zona Ellen Ellis

  
  

  Born	19 Sep 1897	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	11 Nov 1994
  Buried
  Spouse	Phillip Fritz Kee | F26932
  Married	16 Aug 1916	Roane County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Tressie Velma Ellis

  
  

  Born	2 Jul 1899	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Elsie Virginia Ellis

  
  

  Born	2 Jul 1901	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	10 Jul 1940	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	Reese Blizzard Jarvis | F27958
  Married	28 Aug 1919	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Spouse	James Clinton Fields | F27957
  Married	CA 1928

  
  

  Child 11 | Female Fannie Ellis

  
  

  Born	30 May 1904	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 12 | Female Luverna Elizabeth Ellis

  
  

  Born	4 Aug 1906	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 13 | Female Mary Etta Ellis

  
  

  Born	22 Oct 1907	Roane County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  1900 Harper, Roane, WV # 25 all WVWVWV Joseph Ellis 9/1855 m 20y Luvernia 9/1865 m 20y 13-8children Viola 4/1882 William 12/1886 Lula 12/1889 Joseph 10/1890 Loyd 7/1892 Matilda 5/1896 Zona 9/1897 Tressie 7/1899 1910 Harper, Roane, WV all WVWVWV Ellis, Joseph B 54 m1- 30y Luverna A 45 m1- 30y 17-12 children Lula B da 22 Joseph son 19 Loyd son 17 Matilda C da 14 Zonie E da 12 Tressie V das 9 Elsie da 7 Fanny da 6 Luverna E da 4 Mary Ettie da 2 1920 Harper, Roane, WV all WVWVWV Elis, Joseph B Sr 64 Luverna A 55 Jarrell son 27 Fanny da 16 Lizzie da 14 Mary da 12 Westfall, Anderson M fil 80 wd Roane County Birth Records show Luverna Elizabeth born 8/4/1908 but she is 4 in the 1910 census and 14 in 1920, which indicates she was born in 1905. The same is true for Mary, who was 2 and 12 in 1910 and 1920 and whose birth record shows she was born 10/22/1913. Fanny was 6 and 16 and birth record shows 5/30/1904. Other birth records for Joseph and Luvernia: female 3/19/1889 [duplicate for Martha] child #6 female 1/21/1895 premature stillborn male 1/21/1895 premature stillborn male 5/26/1903 [although marked as male, this could be Elsie] J.B. male is reported as being born 10/8/1890 and 10/8/1891, first reported on 10/15/1890, child #7, so two more children were born before Martha Roane County Death Records Martha J, 7/15/1890, age 2y4m18d - means she was born in 1888.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.