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From: Dan and Trish Andrae <>
Subject: [ELLER] Re: Edmund L. Eller 1846- May 29, ?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:12:39 -0500


At 08:53 PM 8/25/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Edmund L. Eller?
>
>A neighbor, a descendant of George Michael , through American
>Elizabeth Eller, found an obituary clipped from a newspaper for Edmund
>L. Eller, died May 29 (no year given and none anywhere on the
>clipping) It sounds as though he might have been a brother to American
>Elizabeth Eller. She read bits and pieces to me over the telephone.
>This is from my notes.
>Born 1846, NC. to John and Rebeca Jane Eller of Jeferson Iowa. He had
>five brothers and two sisters. I think she said that he had 3
>children, Rollie died 1884 at 3 years and Dexter and Nellie are still
>living. Competine Iowa was mentioned.
>I will try to get a copy of this clipping soon.
>Any one interested? Or, can anyone add anything to my scant knowledge?

Hi Alfred,
Hey, America Elizabeth Eller Knorr is MY folks!! My mother remembers her as
Aunt Americy. Actually, she was my mother's great-aunt. And yes, there is a
John Eller who m. Jane Rebecca Montgomery. John Eller was a brother to America's
father Will Eller. They both came from NC to the Competine IA area and some
of the families eventually ended up in the Trumbull NE area (Clay County).

The line looks something like this:
Simeon Eller and Fanny McNiel had 11 children, all born in NC:
Among them were:
John Cleveland Eller (b. 1822 in NC) m. Jane Rebecca (Rebecca Jane?)
Montgomery
William "Will" Eller (b. 1825 in NC) m. Catharine Parnell

To make things interesting, John and Will had a younger SISTER named America
also, b. in 1841, who married William Whittington. This particular Eller
family stayed in NC.

I only have one child listed for John C. Eller -- James Allen Eller (b.
1847) m. Mary Jane Tinsley.

Will Eller and Catharine Parnell had 10 children: James, Henrietta
(Nettie), Mary Angeline, Thomas Jefferson, America Elizabeth, Martha C.,
David, Fannie Maria (my great-grandmother), Benjamin Franklin and Robert
Tracy Eller.

It would be appreciated I'm sure, if you could post the information from the
obituary. Maybe someone can tell what year the death was.

Regards,
Trish

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