Scott County ArArchives Biographies.....Ellis, G. C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 19, 2009, 11:28 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) G. C. ELLIS. The high educational standards to which Arkansas is rapidly approaching are fully maintained in the efforts of G. C. Ellis, county superintendent of schools in Scott county. Actuated by a laudable ambition, he is doing everything in his power to promote the interests of the schools and during his incumbency in this position has introduced various improvements. A native of Tennessee, he was born in Rockwood, December 7, 1S84, his parents being John and Mary Elizabeth (Bacon) Ellis, who are also natives of Tennessee, in which state they were reared and married. The father was a son of Monroe Ellis, a native of Tennessee, who owned a large plantation there, together with about one hundred negroes. The grandfather in the maternal line was John Bacon, who was likewise born in Tennessee and was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Bacon. John Bacon served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil war and was badly wounded. In 1S99 John and Mary Elizabeth (Bacon) Ellis left Tennessee and came to Arkansas, settling upon a farm in Scott county, where they still make their home. They are stanch supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in which they hold membership, and in politics Mr. Ellis is a democrat. He served in the Confederate army under General Joseph Wheeler for four years and on one occasion was slightly wounded and also was captured, but soon afterward was exchanged. To Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis there were born the following children: G. C, whose name introduces this review; Claude, a farmer living at Mansfield, Arkansas; Jarvis, who married Henry Presson and is located at Dayton, Arkansas; Mae, the wife of Leota Waters, a farmer of Huntington, Arkansas; Cole Y., who is a school teacher at Mansfield, and Jane, who married Earl McDonald and lives at Shawnee, Oklahoma. G. C. Ellis pursued his education in the Arkansas State Normal School at Conway and in the State Normal at Tyler, Texas. He took up the profession of teaching in 1905 and continued to engage therein until elected county superintendent of schools in Scott county in 1918. Throughout the intervening period to the present he has made a most excellent record in office, and the county is to be congratulated upon having at the head of its school system one who is so thoroughly informed concerning modern methods and who is so thoroughly interested in bringing about the best possible conditions in the schools over which he has supervision. In 1907 Mr. Ellis was married to Miss Willie Simpson, who was born in Scott county. Arkansas, a daughter of S. W. Simpson, a native of this state and now living at Mansfield, where he owns considerable land. To Mr. and Mrs. Ellis have been born three sons, Byron, Weston and Merrill, all in school. Mr. Ellis is a democrat in his political views. He has membership with the Masons, with the Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and he is likewise a consistent and faithful follower of the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. His labors have been a potent force in bringing about intellectual and moral progress in his community and he has accomplished a work the results of which are immeasurable. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/scott/bios/ellis123bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb