Basic Identification
Gender: male
Ethnicity:
Immigration:
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved:
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1818/11/09
Birthplace:
Mother:
Father:
1st Spouse: Emmeline Norvell Ellis
2nd Spouse: male
Age Details
Age: 67
Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): restaurant and saloon owner
Last Church:
Military Service:
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address: 815 Fourteenth Street
Death
Death Date: 1886/09/20
Death Note: none
Place of Death: home
Cause of Death: dropsy
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1886/09/21
Funeral Home: Diuguid
Diuguid ID Number: D0906205
Indigent?: private interment
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section: 107.BB
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s):
Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
Others In Same Plot (T0183)
Obituary and Biographical Detials
Funeral services provided by John Shumaker & Co., which contracted with Diuguid for his casket
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From The Lynchburg Virginian, 22 September 1886:
Death of C. C. Ellis.
Carrington E. (sic) Ellis, one of our oldest and most respected colored citizens, died at his home on Daniel’s (sic) Hill, Monday night, after a long illness with dropsy; aged seventy years. He leaves a wife but no children.
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1885-1886 LCD:
residence: 815 Fourteenth Street
occupation: saloon, 102 Ninth Street
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His will (1884) mentions TWO NIECES:
1. Olivia Merchant, wife of Samuel Merchant
2. Elizabeth Hackley, widow of ___ Hackley (he died in Ohio)