Robert L. Ellis

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Family/Spouse: Myrl Irene Green. Myrl was born on 10 Sep 1922 in Willows, Glenn County, California, United States; died on 18 Jan 2017 in Willows, Glenn County, California, United States; was buried in Willows Cemetery, Willows, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David Ellis
2. Sharon Ellis

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Tom Ellis
Willows
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm tomorrow in the F.D. Sweet & Son Morturary for Tom Ellis, 81, retired Glenn County road department foreman.
He died Tuesday in a Willows convalescent hospital.
A native of elk Creek, Glenn County he was a life-long resident of the county.
He is survived by his widow, Celia of Elk Creek; sons, Marvin S. of Elk Creek, Robert L. and George D., both of Willows; a brother, Lee of Elk Creek; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Thomas married Celia Elizabeth Luce in 1913. Celia (daughter of Isaac Daniel "Ike" Luce and Helen Emily Cushman) was born on 4 Jul 1895 in California, United States; died on 11 Jun 1971 in Glenn County, California, United States; was buried in Grindstone Cemetery, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Glenn Transcript (Glenn County, California), Thursday, 28 February 1935, Page 1, Column 3:

Funeral Rites for George C. Ellis to be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock for George C. Ellis, 76, pioneer rancher of the Chrome district, who died early Wednesday morning at his home following a lingering illness.
A native of Alabama, Ellis came to Glenn county in 1878 where he has resided since actively engaged in rice growing and stock raising. For many years he owned and operated the Murdock ranch.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four children: Lee Ellis, Thomas Ellis and James Ellis, all of Elk Creek, and Mrs. Ethel Roden of Elk Grove, a brother, John Ellis of Willows and 7 grand children.
Rev. H. S. Saxby will conduct the funeral services at the Grindstone cemetery near Chrome under the auspices of Monroe Lodge of Odd Fellows. The body is at the Sweet Funeral Home.

George married Virginia Lee "Jennie" Millsaps. Virginia was born in 1864 in California, United States; died on 2 Jan 1960 in Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
"Orland Unit" (Orland, California), Thursday, 8 November 1945

Luce Services to Be Held in Willows On Friday

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Sweet mortuary in Willows for Isaac D. Luce, prominent rancher and lifelong resident of the Newville district, who died at this home Tuesday morning. The Masonic lodge of Corning of which Luce was one of the oldest members, will participate in the rites.
A native of Newville, where he was born in 1866, Luce had spent his entire 79 years in that district. He joined the Newville Masonic lodge, which was later consolidated with the lodge at Corning, and held membership in that order for over half a century. He had recently been awarded a 50-year jewel by the Corning lodge.
Son of pioneer residents of the district, he was one of Glenn county's oldest residents, and one whose life span covered nearly the entire period since this section was first settled.
Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. Helen Luce, and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Tom Ellis, Mrs. Lee Ellis, of Elk Creek; Hugh Luce, Paskenta; Mrs. Evan Williams, Corning, Mrs. Mrs. Cecil Church, Corning, and Lester Luce, Elk Creek. There are also 23 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and two brothers surviving, Zack Luce, of Newville, and Guy Luce, San Francisco.
Following the funeral services the body will be shipped to Oakland for cremation. - Transcribed by E.

Isaac married Helen Emily Cushman. Helen (daughter of William Henry Cushman and Harriet Stratton Robinson) was born on 11 Jun 1873 in California, United States; died on 23 Aug 1961 in Corning, Tehama County, California, United States; was buried in Newville Cemetery, Newville, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Orland Register" (Orland, California), Monday, 28 August 1961:

Funeral Services For Helen C. Luce, Chrome Pioneer

Funeral services were held at two last Saturday afternoon at the Sweet Chapel in Willows, for Mrs. Helen C. Luce, 88, native daughter of Glenn county and lifelong resident of the Chrome district. Mrs. Luce passed away Wednesday morning at the Corning Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient for the past two months.
Mrs. Luce was born in the Chrome area west of Orland on June 11, 1873, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cushman, who migrated to California from New York state in 1860. She was the widow of Isaac D. Luce, who died in 1945.
Mrs. Luce is survived by 79 descendants including a son, Hugh C. Luce of Flournoy, four daughters, Mrs. Celia E. Ellis, and Mrs. Harriet A. Ellis, both of Elk Creek; Mrs. Marguerite D. Williams of Richfield, and Mrs. Alta T. Cook of Corning, 20 grandchildren, 51 great grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. A son, Lester Luce, died earlier this year.

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"Orland Register" (Orland, California), Saturday, 23 February 1907

Newville

Mr. Alonzo Luce, Sr., died at four o'clock p.m. Wednesday aged 79 years and 9 months. He was a well to do farmer, living near Newville. He came to California in 1853 and settled in Sonoma county. He afterwards farmed near Princeton two years, and came from there to Newville forty-two years ago. He leaves a wife, five sons and three daughters, all grown. They are John, Isaac, Alonzo, Guy M. and Zachariah Luce, Mrs. James Millsaps, Mrs. H. Milligan and Mrs. Robt. Gibbons. - Transcribed by E.

A page 1107 bio of Alonzo Sr. appears in Professor Guinn's 1906 History of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley.

McComish and Lambert's History of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California also contains a page 564 biographical sketch.

Alonzo married Myra Elizabeth "Elizabeth" McKay on 24 Mar 1859 in Sonoma County, California, United States. Myra (daughter of Nancy O'Neal, daughter of David Daniel McKay and Nancy O'Neal) was born on 10 Oct 1836 in Mersea Twp, Essex County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Jun 1907 in Newville, Glenn County, California, United States; was buried in Newville Cemetery, Newville, Glenn County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Orland Register" (Orland, California), Saturday, 22 June 1907

DEATH CALLS PIONEER LADY
Mrs. Elizabeth Luce Passes Away at Newville Home Last Sunday

Mrs. Elizabeth McKay Luce, relict of the late Alonzo Luce, passed away at her home near Newville at 7:30 o'clock last Sunday evening. Death was due to a general decline, which began since the death of her husband who preceded her over the river of death only a few months ago. She was 71 years of age and her death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Elizabeth McKay Luce was born in Canada, October 15, 1836. With her parents she moved to Illinois in 1840, and resided in that State to 1854, when she crossed the plains with her father, Daniel McKay, who settled near Roseberg, Oregon. Three years later they came to California and located at Santa Rosa, the father opening a blacksmith shop at that place. On March 24, 1859, Miss McKay married Alonzo Luce. In 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Luce moved to the farm two miles south-west of Newville where they spent the remainder of their lives. Here Mr. Luce engaged in stock-raising and farming with a marked degree of success up to the time of his death a few months ago.
Deceased is survived by eight children ? Mrs. Clara Milligan, Mrs. Alice Millisaps, Mrs. Estella Gibbins, Isaac, John, Alonzo, Jr., Guy M. and Zachariah Luce. - Transcribed by E.

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A direct descendant of Pilgrim passengers on the "Mayflower" and the 2nd ship "Fortune", William was the 6th born of 10 children and raised in Massachusetts. In 1863, at the age of 28, he married Harriet Robinson in her native state of Connecticut and promptly left New England by sea for the Isthmus of Panama. Reportedly crossing to the Pacific by mule, they then sailed north to San Francisco. The next leg of their journey would be by river boat north up the Sacramento River to the northwest portion of the Sacramento Valley where they would homestead a large ranch in the foothills west of the present day town of Orland, Glenn County. William's older brother Lysander Cushman had settled in this area a few years earlier. While William's original Homestead grant was for 160 acres, he amassed a much larger holding over his lifetime, estimated to be between 500 to 900 acres. He and his wife had 4 children; 2 daughters and 2 sons. His death certificate indicates cause of death as, "Lobar pneumonia."

His 13 Jan 1911 obituary in the newspaper of the county seat (Willows) of Glenn County described William H. Cushman as, "one of the pioneer residents of the western part of Glenn county, [who] died at his home near Millsaps post-office last Saturday morning after a short illness. His death was entirely unexpected and came as a surprise and shock to his friends and relatives. For many years Mr. Cushman has been living in the western part of the county on his farm next to Chrome mountain. He has always taken an active part in the life of his community and was highly respected by all who knew him. ... The body was cremated in Oakland on Tuesday."

The following obituary appeared in the "Orland Register" on Saturday, 14 Jan 1911 (furnished by E. Jacobson, Orland):
W. H. CUSHMAN PASSES AWAY
Was Honored Citizen and Pioneer of the Newville Country
Another pioneer of this country has answered the final summons. This time grim Death has taken W. H. Cushman from among us.
Mr. Cushman was a resident of near Chrome and was known to almost everyone in this section of Glenn county, having resided in the Newville country since 1863. He was engaged in farming and stock raising.
Mr. Cushman was born in Massachusetts in 1835, and like many other young men of his time, came west to seek his fortune.
Although not allied with any organization or denomination, he was a man of sterling worth and character and commanded the respect of all who knew him by his integrity.
Mr. and Mrs. Cushman visited their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Birch, in Orland Christmas week and it seems that the trip home by way of Willows and Elk Creek was rather severe on Mr. Cushman and he contracted a severe cold. This developed into pneumonia, which after a brief illness caused his death Saturday morning about three o'clock. Mrs. Birch and a brother, accompanied by Dr. Goldman, arrived at the bedside during the night, but it was too late to be of any assistance.
The body was taken to Oakland for cremation according to a wish expressed by the deceased.
Besides a widow, Mrs. Harriet Cushman, he left four grown children as follows: Lester Cushman of Chrome, Wilfred Cushman of Dixon, Mrs. J. W. Birch of Orland, and Mrs. I. D. Luce of Newville.

William married Harriet Stratton Robinson in 1863. Harriet was born in 1839; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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