History of Geneva, (Fairfield County) Ohio United States of America

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Edward Sylvester Ellis, author, was born in Geneva, Ohio, April 11, 1840; son of Sylvester and Mary (Alberty) Ellis; grandson of John and Mary (Gager) Ellis; and great-grandson of John Ellis, born in England in 1730, settled in Catskill, N.Y., and was a soldier in the French and Indian war. Edward was graduated at the State normal school, Trenton, N.J., where he was subsequently a member of the faculty for some years. He was principal, trustee and superintendent of public schools in Trenton, N.J., 1875-86. He was editor of the daily Public Opinion, Trenton, 1874-75, and of the Golden Days, Philadelphia, Pa., 1878-81. He was married Dec. 25, 1869, to Anna M. Deane, and their only son, Wilmot Edward Ellis, was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1889, was assigned to the artillery, and was appointed instructor of philosophy at the academy in September, 1898. Edward S. Ellis received the honorary degree of A.M. from the College of New Jersey in 1887 for his historical works. He is the author of: Eclectic Primary History of the United States (1886); Youth's History of the United States (1887); Standard, Introductory and Complete Arithmetics (1887); School History of the United States (1892); Our Country (1898); Peoples' Standard History of the United States (1898); School History of the State of New York (1899) and stories for boys under series titles of Young Pioneer, Log Cabin, Deerfoot and others of which more than thirty volumes were published, 1884-99. He is also the author of regular contributions of stories for boys to newspapers and magazines in Europe and America. For pen-names he used: "Col. H.R. Gordon," "Lieut. R.H. Jayne," and "Capt. R.M. Hawthorne."

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Geneva, (Fairfield County) Ohio

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