S. T. Ellsworth

H. W. Beckwith, History of Vermilion County (Chicago: H. H. Hill, 1879)

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S. T. Ellsworth, Westville, farmer, was born in Shelby county, Ohio, on the llth of October, 1817, and came to Vermilion county in 1838. He then went to Springfield, Illinois, and there remained for a while, and then returned to Ohio in 1839. He came back to this county in 1840, and purchased his present farm in 1853, where he has been a prominent resident ever since. On the 17th of August, 1841, he was married to Miss A. Graves, a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky. She was born on the 15th of October, 1822, and came to this county in about 1828. They have had a family of seven children: Mary E., wife of I. Burroughs; Margaret M., wife of W. W. Current during her life; Jacob P.; Sarah M., wife of W. D. Parker; Evaline M., wife of G. H. Watson; Levi L. and Catharine. Mr. Ellsworth owns one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, on which he has made the improvements. His political views are republican.