Emma Adaline Coleman Ellis

1846 - 1938  (92 years)

• Name	Emma Adaline Coleman Ellis
  Born	18 Jan 1846	Washington, Daviess County, Indiana
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Nov 1938	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	7 Nov 1938	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3235	Rossville
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson Coleman,   b. 20 Mar 1806, Maryland ,   d. 21 Jun 1895, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Martin Coleman,   b. 1806,   d. 25 Dec 1877  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F2426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Wesley Ellis,   d. 4 Nov 1892
  Married	1868
  Children	+ 1. Lillie E Ellis Wilt,   b. 5 May 1869, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana ,   d. 26 Apr 1940, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 70 years)   2. Ethel Ellis Barron   3. Luda Ellis Ross   4. Dumas Ellis
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018 15:16:58
  Family ID	F2427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Jan 1846 - Washington, Daviess County, Indiana Buried - 7 Nov 1938 - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Ellis, Emma Emma Ellis Emma Adaline Coleman, daughter of Thomas J. and Lucinda Coleman, was born January 18, 1846, in Wash¬ington, Indiana, and was sixth of a family of ten children. (She depart¬ed this life November 4, 1938, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 17 days, exactly 52 years to the hour after the death of her husband. She was married to John Wesley Ellis in 1868 after his return from the Civil War. They came to Kansas and settled on a farm north of Kiro After his death in 1892, Mrs. Ellis moved to Topeka, 600 West 8th St. and lived at that location 46 years, where she died. Three daughters, Mrs. Lillie Wilt, of Rossville; Mrs. Ethel Barron, of Tucson, Arizona, and Mrs. Luda Ross of the home survive. Also four grandchildren, Mrs. Homer S. Reid, Rossville; Miss Ruby Alice Wilt of Golden, Colo, Miss Barbara Barron and Miss Frances Barron of Tucson, Ariz., and a great grandson, Robert Reid of Rossville. A son, Dumas, preceded the father in death. Funeral services were held at 3:30 Monday, November 7, at the Wall- Diffenderfer mortuary. Burial was in the Prairie Home cemetery.