ELLIS, DAVID A.

ELLIS, FRAZER

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Date: 5/23/2005 at 13:06:15

Biography reproduced from page 301 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Davis A. Ellis, editor of the Bancroft Register, was born in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Feb. 21, 1861. When eight years of age he moved with his parents, S. and Charlotte L. (Frazer) Ellis, to Tama county, Iowa, locating in Montour. In 1878 Mr. Ellis entered the office of the Montour Review, edited by Mr. Blackman, to learn the printers’ trade. After working there two months the office closed, and it being in debt to Mr. Ellis for his work, he took charge of it, operating it for six months. In 1879 Mr. Ellis purchased new material and started the paper anew. He published the paper until Sept. 29, 1882, when it was discontinued, Mr. Ellis having six months previous to this time started the Register in Bancroft. He still has control of the Register, and makes it a very lively and spicy little sheet. Mr. Ellis is a republican in politics.