DR. LEWIS O. ELLIS

From the 1887 History of Vernon County, Missouri, p. 639:

Dr. Lewis O. Ellis

(Dental Surgeon, Nevada).

    Dr. Ellis is justly regarded as one of the leading surgeons of dentistry in this portion of Missouri, and especially in Nevada has he risen to a position in his profession in full keeping with his character as a man and his enviable social standing. A close student of the science of dentistry, with a natural aptitude for his profession as an art, he keeps fully up with the times and promptly avails himself of all new ideas, methods and improvements evolved in the progress and development of his calling. As a consequence there are no new processes with which he is not familiar. Dr. Ellis was born in Schuyler county, Ill., September 3, 1847, the second of seven children in the family of his parents, Jesse H. and Elizabeth (Riddell) Ellis, both originally from Kentucky. The former during life has been engaged in agricultural pursuits; he is now a resident of Arkansas. In 1849 he joined the caravan of overland travelers to the gold fields of California, but after returning settled with his family in Missouri, first in Randolph county, on what was known as the Hancock Jackson farm, from which place he moved to Chariton county, remaining there until after the Civil War. Young Lewis accompanied the family on the various moves above enumerated, passing his time at farm work until the breaking out of the war. When less than 17 years of age he enlisted in Searcy’s battalion, Col. Mitchell’s brigade, and among other engagements in which he took part was the fight at Drywood. Leaving the battlefield, Mr. Ellis located in Monroe county and for a time attended school at Middle Grove, there also commencing the study of dentistry. In 1870 he came to Vernon county and during the session of 1870-71 he took a course of dental lectures at St. Louis. From 1875 until 1881 he was closely identified with the professional interests of Sedalia, but in the year last named he returned to Nevada and in November embarked in practice here, which has since been continued with gratifying success. In 1873 Dr. Ellis was united in marriage with Miss Emma Hoss, of Pettis county, Mo., daughter of Samuel B. Hoss. They have four children: Lewis Orient, Samuel Jesse, Loy and an infant, Ray Decker. The Doctor is prominently connected with the Masonic order, and while living in Sedalia was master of Sedalia Lodge, No. 239. He is also past master of Argyle Lodge, No. 451, of Nevada, and is a member of Nevada R. A. C. No. 56.

[Transcribed by Kay Harper]

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