Ellis Reed Brock (1876 - 1940)

Born 6 May 1876 in Walhalla, Oconee, South Carolina, United States

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Died 9 Mar 1940 at age 63 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Private Ellis Brock served with the U.S. Army, Alabama Infantry during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: Apr 30, 1898
Unit(s): Company K, First Reg't. of Alabama Volunteers
Service Ended: Oct 31, 1898

Ellis was born on 06 May 1876 in Walhalla, Oconee County, South Carolina; he was the youngest child of Anderson Brock and Jane Day.^[1]

He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, enlisting on 30 April 1898 as a Private in Company K, First Regiment of Alabama Infantry Volunteers, and discharged on 31 Oct 1898.^[2][3]

By 1910 he is listed as a farmer and head of household in Martin Community of Anderson County. Living with him are a 25-year-old nephew, Henry W. Brock, and a 44-year-old female, Annie E. Brock. She is shown on the census as Ellis' wife of ten years, but I feel the census-taker may have mistaken their relationship. I believe Annie was Ellis' first cousin, daughter of Ellis' father's brother Enos.^[4] When Ellis filed a registration card for the WWI draft in 1918, he listed Annie E. Brock as his nearest relative.^[5]Perhaps further research will prove the relationship between Ellis and Annie E. Brock.

By 1920, Ellis had married Ella Slayton (Moore), a widow with two children, and they were living in Bamberg, Bamberg County, South Carolina, where Ellis was working as an automobile mechanic.^[6] (Note: The census taker spelled automobile as two words: "auto mobile.") In 1922, the Brocks were living in Columbia, South Carolina.^[7] By 1930, the Brocks had moved to a farm in Shelby County, Alabama.^[8] They had at least seven children:

1. Jessie Moore (1910-1920) (Step-Daughter)
2. Alice Moore (1903-) (Step-Daughter)
3. Rosa Lee Moore (1905-) (Step-Daughter)
4. Ellar R. (1920-)
5. Ellis Mathew (1923-1951)
6. Ella M. (1924-)
7. James Westley (1925-1995)
8. Alberta (1925-1990)
9. Billy William (1928-2005)
10. John Thomas (1929-1948)

Ellis passed away on 9 Mar 1940 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was buried in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina; Roll: 1236; Page: 404C; Enumeration District: 125
2. ↑ Headstone Application - Military Veteran Ancestry.com U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
3. ↑ Spanish War Service Record Fold3, Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
4. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1910; Census Place: Martin, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1449; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1375462
5. ↑ World War I Draft Registration Card Ancestry.com
6. ↑ 1920 U.S. Federal Cencus Ancestry.com Year: 1920; Census Place: Bamberg, Bamberg, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1683; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 39
7. ↑ Columbia S.C. City Directory 1922 Ancestry.com U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
8. ↑ 1930 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1930; Census Place: Westover, Shelby, Alabama; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2339783
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2011
10. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDYR-68N