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From History of Boone County, Missouri (1882)
PETER ELLIS.
Peter Ellis is the youngest often children, born to Peter and Eleanor Ellis, pioneer settlers, and was born in Boone county, August 19th, 182( where he was raised and educated. W:is married October 12th, 1848, to Miss Sallie Mosely, daughter of William Moseley, who settled in Boone county in 1827. Two sons were born of this marriage, one of whom died in infancy the other when nearly grown. The first wife having died in 1852, Mr. Ellis was married in 1861 to Miss Amanda Moseley, sister of the first wife. By this marriage they have bad four sons and three daughters, all of whom are now living. Mr. Ellis has been actively engaged in the mule trade since 1854, and has not failed taking a drove South every year except during the war. He has been a member of New Salem Baptist church since 1842.
As printed in History of Boone County, Missouri (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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