Dr. James Johnson Ellis^[1]

1858 - 1939  (80 years)

• Name	James Johnson Ellis
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	15 Aug 1858	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jan 1939
  Buried	Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I199272	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	William Reece Ellis,   b. 12 Nov 1827, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Dec 1893  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Johnson,   b. 23 Jul 1827, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Aug 1908  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F47458	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Belle M. Kelley
  Children	1. Hubert F. Ellis   2. Kelley Thomas Ellis   3. James Samuel Ellis   4. Louisa J. Ellis
  Family ID	F75777	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Aug 1858 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S118] History of early Sevier County Doctors , Beulah Linn, (www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/doc/doc.htm). Dr. James Johnson Ellis was born in Sevier County on Aug.15, 1958, the son of William Reece and Mary Jane Johnson Ellis. He was a nephew of John Cumberland Ellis. On Jan. 31,1883, he married Belle M. Kelley, daughter of John W. and Mary Kelley. Their children were Hubert F.; Kelley Thomas; James Samuel; and Louisa J. (Mrs. Joseph L. Cameron). In 1886, J. J. Ellis was elected County Court Clerk of Sevier County, and atone time served as postmaster at Sevierville. In 1895 - 1897 he represented Cocke, Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier Counties in the Senate of the 49th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. After graduating from Carson - Newman College, he attended the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and the Cincinnati Medical College, graduating in 1899. Dr. Ellis was a member of the Knox County Medical Society and its president in 1 22. Dr. Ellis' died Jan. 13, 1939, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville.