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This site provides free resources, data, and assistance to those with local and family history interests in Jefferson County.

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The TNGenWeb Project was created in 1996 in association with the USGenWeb Project to answer the ever-growing needs of genealogists who were trying to research their ancestors in Tennessee.

The TNGenWeb Project is a not-for-profit volunteer genealogical organization dedicated to the free access of genealogical information by anyone in the world.

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Bible of W. M. Ellis

Bible of W. M. Ellis

From transcriptions prepared by W. A. Lyle, of Jefferson County, and subsequently typed and published by the Works Progress Administration under the title Jefferson County Bible Records.
Transcribed for this site from the WPA volume by Doris Kinser Fountain.  We are extremely grateful to her.
Researchers Note:  this is a transcription of a transcription of a transcription.  Therefore, every item must be verified through separate sources.

Possession: W. M. Ellis, RFD #5, Dandridge, TN
Transcription: July 15, 1937

MARRIAGES
W. M. Ellis and Sarah Helen Proffitt were married March 25, 1906
W. M. Ellis and Sarah Lizzie Strange were married Aug. 19, 1921
W. M. Ellis and Pearl Cluck were married July 23rd, 1931

BIRTHS
William M. Ellis was born June 24, 1889
Sarah H. Ellis was born Jan. 11, 1887
Martin G. Ellis was born Dec. 31, 1906
Bertie N. Ellis was born May 3, 1909
John R. Elllis was born Jan. 21, 1912
Granville Lee Ellis was born Oct. 14, 1914
Stanley L. Ellis was born July 19, 1917
Sarah Lizzie Ellis was born Sept. 1, 1883
Dellie C. Ellis was born Nov. 25, 1860
Aretta Florence Ellis was born Aug. 15, 1916

DEATHS
Sarah H. Ellis deceased April 3, 1920
Dellie Ellis, deceased Feb. 15, 1924
Lizzie Ellis, deceased May 2, 1929
Neta Ellis deceased March 22, 1935

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