AUGUSTIN ELLIS, jeweler, was born August 30, 1836, in Hendricks County,
Ind., and is one of six children born to William and Sarah (Blackwell)
Ellis, who were among the earliest settlers in Indiana from the South.  Mr.
Ellis received such school privileges as were to be had at that early day in
Indiana, and was left when young by the death of his parents to care for
himself.  In youth he learned the carriage-makers' trade, which he followed
about four years in Canton, and Morgan County, Ind.  He was engaged in
business in Salem, Washington County, at the time of the famous Morgan raid
in that locality, and was by Gen. Morgan taken prisoner, but soon after
released.  Mr. Ellis was married April 18, 1860, to Drusilla Green, and to
their union six children were born, four of whom are now living:  Samuel,
Oliver, Magnolia and Augusta.  June 12, 1874, he located in Bedford in the
jewelry business, where he owns the store room where he is doing a
prosperous business, and has a stock of goods valued at $6,000.  Mrs. Ellis
died April 6, 1876, and July 17, 1879, Mr. Ellis was married to Ellen
LeForce, and by her is the father of one child, named Frank.  Mr. Ellis is a
member of the Methodist and his wife of the Presbyterian Church.  He is a
Democrat in politics, although he takes little interest in public affairs.


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