Kittie May Ellis
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Andrew was in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War Civil War], in Co C of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Iowa_Volunteers 6th Iowa Volunteers]. <sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_48]</sup> | Andrew was in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War Civil War], in Co C of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Iowa_Volunteers 6th Iowa Volunteers]. <sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_48]</sup> | ||
In 1870 they are in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska]. By | In 1870 they are in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska]. By | ||
| − | Sep 1879 they were living at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkio,_Missouri Tarkio, Missouri]. They left Takio about Mar 1883 and went by "team and wagon" arriving in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colville,_Washington Colville, Stevens | + | Sep 1879 they were living at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkio,_Missouri Tarkio, Missouri]. They left Takio about Mar 1883 and went by "team and wagon" arriving in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colville,_Washington Colville, Stevens County, Washington] on July 3rd 1883<sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_59]</sup>. |
Soon they had moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington Spokane Falls, Washington] or the vicinity, Kitty states they lived in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_County,_Washington Ellis, Washington] "12 miles north of old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Spokane Fort Spokane] on the 4th of July on her father's pre-emption. This can't be 1883 unless Andrew had been living there without his family for some time. Her obituary states that her father was the first postmaster of Ellis, which post office evidently only lasted a few years. She relates an interesting story about | Soon they had moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington Spokane Falls, Washington] or the vicinity, Kitty states they lived in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_County,_Washington Ellis, Washington] "12 miles north of old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Spokane Fort Spokane] on the 4th of July on her father's pre-emption. This can't be 1883 unless Andrew had been living there without his family for some time. Her obituary states that her father was the first postmaster of Ellis, which post office evidently only lasted a few years. She relates an interesting story about | ||
Ellis.<sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_60]</sup> | Ellis.<sup>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Miss_Kitty_May_Ellis/6.16.1958.html#Page_60]</sup> | ||
