James ELLISON Jr.
(1757-1839)
Nancy Elizabeth Jane FARLEY
(1758-1840)
Zachariah CALLAWAY
(Abt 1756-1816)
Eleanor BOYD
(Abt 1760-Abt 1842)
Rev. James ELLISON III
(1778-1834)
Mary "Polly" CALLAWAY
(1778-1835)
Matthew ELLISON
(1804-1889)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth LOVE

  • William L. ELLISON
  • Elesha ELLISON
  • Mary E. ELLISON
  • James J. ELLISON
  • Matthew Allen ELLISON+
  • Elizabeth ELLISON
  • Lucretia ELLISON
  • Martin ELLISON

Matthew ELLISON

  • Born: 1804, Monroe Co., VA 36
  • Marriage: Elizabeth LOVE in 1824 in Beckley, Fayette Co., VA 36
  • Died: 1889 at age 85 36

  General Notes:

The following list was compiled by Judge Winton A. White and presented to the Beckley Post-Herald newspaper in 1950. The list was published in the 1850 Centennial Edition of the Beckley Post-Herald on 26 Aug. 1950. It is now available in either the "Smith-Riffe" microfilm collection at the Raleigh County Public Library in Beckley, or from the Beckley Register-Herald Archives also located in Beckley, WV.

Judge Riffe was an excellent historian, however, there are known errors in this work, so please check all information against primary sources.

1820 - 1830

ELLISON, Matthew - Matthew was a native of Monroe County, a son of the Rev. James Ellison. He settled at the falls of Breckenridge near the old mill site about 1829, moving to Sand Lick about 1836, where he was a large landholder. In February 1850 he moved to Beckley opposite the courthouse on Main Street, where he operated a store and hotel. He was a distinguished Baptist preacher and was pastor of the Coal Marsh Baptist Church at Trap Hill for 45 years. Immediately on coming to Beckley, he organized the Baptist Church here. Three of his sons, Judson, William L., and Matthew A., were Confederate soldiers. Judson was a lieutenant in Company A, 17th Virginia Cavalry (Mercer County company). William L. was in Adams' Company, 30th Virginia Battalion. Matthew A. was in Company C, 36th Virginia
Regiment. The latter, Dr. Matthew A. Ellison, practiced denistry in Beckley from shortly after the Civil War until his death in 1905. Dr. E. L. Ellison and J. S. Ellison were his sons.


Matthew married Elizabeth LOVE in 1824 in Beckley, Fayette Co., VA.36 (Elizabeth LOVE was born in 1806 in VA.)




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