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Descendants of George Ely

Generation No. 8

9. JOHN KNOX⁸ ELY (JAMES GOULD⁷, JOHN⁶, JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOSHUA², GEORGE¹) was born December 2, 1837 in Oneida County, New York, and died April 29, 1909 in Mazon, Illinois. He married LOVINA J. MOSSMAN September 5, 1864 in Vinton, Iowa, daughter of WILLIAM MOSSMAN and MARY THOMPSON.

Notes for JOHN KNOX ELY:
JOHN KNOX ELY , FARMER, P.O. MAZON, SON OF JAMES G. AND REBECCA E. ELY,

WAS BORN IN ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y., DECEMBER 2,1837. HE WAS EDUCATED IN ROCK CIVER SEMINARY, BECAME QUALIFIED FOR TEACHING, WHICH HE FOLLOWED IN LaSALLE AND GRUNDY COUNTIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE ENLISTED AT CHICAGO ON THE 12th OF AUGUST, 1862, IN COMPANY H, 88th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, WITH WHICH HE CONTINUED UNTIL DISCHARGE AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAS. TOOK PART IN THE BATTLES OF STONE RIVER, CHICKAMAUGUA, CHATTANOOGA, MISSION RIDGE AND DALTON, AND MARCHED WITH SHERMAN TO ATLANTA, GA., WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED JULY 20, 1864, AFTER WHICH HE SAW NO MORE FIELD SERVICE. SEPTEMBER 5, 1864, HE MARRIED MISS LOVINA J. MOSSMAN, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND MARY MOSSMAN, OF IOWA. SHE WAS BORN APRIL 12, 1845. THEY HAVE A FAMILY OF TWO SONS AND FOUR DAUGHTERS- RUBY M.-LENA G.-MAY R.- NELLIE V.-JOHN M-AND WILLIAM RAY. MR ELY OWNS 320 ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND IN SECTIONS 4 AND 5, OF MAZON TOWNSHIP. HIS FATHER, JAMES ELY DIED IN 1844, HIS MOTHER REBECCA, WAS LIVING WITH OUR SUBJECT. HE WAS A
REPUBLICAN AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF MAZON TOWNSHIP. MRS ELY WAS A
MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. MR ELY FIRST SETTLED IN NETTLE CREEK IN 1847.
MR ELY, BEING AN HONORED CITIZEN OF MAZON TOWNSHIP HELD MANY OFFICES AND WAS ELECTED TWICE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ILLINOIS BY HEAVY MAJORITIES. HE FILLED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE WITH TO HIMSELF AS WELL AS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
JOHN KNOX ELY HAD DIABETES MILITUS TO ALSO COMPLICATE HIS HEALTH. JOHN DIED OF HEART FALURE , ON APRIL 29, 1909.
ALTHOUGH A PROPOSED REFERENDUM TO RAISE $5000.00 TO WEWCT A MONUMENT DEDICATED TO THE MEMOTY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF GRUNDY COUNTY
FAILED IN 1886, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 1888. A COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF JERRY COLLINS, J.C. CARR, JOHN KNOX ELY, GERMAIN AND W.T. DANIHER, WAS APPOINTED TO SELECT A DESIGN, LET THE CONTRACT AND HAVE GENERAL CHARGE OF THE PROJECT.

STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO THE WOMEN ARE THAT ARE NAMED IN JOHN KNOX ELY'S OBIT.
1. MRS J.W. MORELAND, MACON, ILLINOIS
2. MRS J.D. McNAMARA, MAZON, ILLINOIS, LENA G. ELY
3. MRS B.F. HOYROYD, NORMAN TOWNSHIP , MARY R. ELY
4. MRS W.C. BURSK, DIED APPROX, NOVEMBER 1907, NELLIE V. ELY
5. MRS J.D. MACK, OF JOLIET,IL.
THESE WOMEN ARE DAUGHTERS OF JOHN KNOX ELY

More About JOHN KNOX ELY:
Occupation: UNION SOILDER THEN FARMER IN MAZON.
Residence: RED BRICK HOUSE , SOUTH PART OF TOWN.
Ethnicity/Relig.: CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MAZON
Cause of Death: HEART FAILURE
Medical Information: Heart disease, No Stroke, No Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Mental illness, Diabetes

Children of JOHN ELY and LOVINA MOSSMAN are:

RUBIE MAUDE⁹ ELY, b. February 8, 1867.

ii.

LENA GRACE ELY, b. October 21, 1868, Mazon, Illinois; m. JOHN D. MCNAMARA.

Notes for JOHN D. MCNAMARA:
JOHN IS BURIED IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY, IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS.
FUNERAL HOME WAS LAIN AND SON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

10.

iii.

MARY REBECCA ELY, b. June 18, 1870, Grundy County, Illnois; d. March 19, 1957, Morris , ILLINOIS.

iv.

NELLIE VIRGINIA ELY, b. February 23, 1872, GRUNDY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; m. WILLIAM C. BURSK.

More About WILLIAM C. BURSK:
Residence: ROANOKE,ILLINOIS

11.

JOHN MAURICE ELY, b. January 2, 1875, Lisbon Township, Kendall County, Illinois; d. January 16, 1942, Mazon, Illinois.

12.

vi.

WILLIAM RAY ELY, b. May 29, 1879, Pennsylvannia.

13.

vii.

HAMLIN MOSSMAN ELY, b. November 11, 1882, Mazon, Illinois.

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