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JOHN Q. A. ELLIS, deceased, one of the foremost men of his day in Warrick County, was born February 26, 1828, in Ohio Township, and was one in a family of eleven children born to the marriage of Rowland Ellis and Lydia Stebbins, who were among this county’s early pioneers. In youth he received only such education as was offered in that early day, and October 24, 1861, he united in marriage with America E. Bailey, by whom he became the father of eight children, the following named yet living: Allen, Rosetta A., Mary Etta, George W. and Lydia M. By occupation Mr. Ellis was a farmer, and it was also true that he was one of the best and most successful in the county. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, having made a profession of Christianity in the fall of 1863, and in politics was a Republican. By uncompromising integrity and uniform kindness to all with whom he came in contact he possessed the warmest friendship of the entire neighborhood, and his death, which occurred November 28, 1881, was a source of universal sorrow and regret. His widow and family reside on the farm left by him, which consists of 200 acres of the township’s best land.