Ella Hughes Motes was born on February 21, 1875, in Selma, Alabama. She married Oliver Monroe Lewis on February 5, 1893, in Caddo, Louisiana. They had seven children in 20 years. She died on April 8, 1958, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 83, and was buried in Kingston, Oklahoma.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6J-4JF : 14 January 2022), Ella W. Motes in household of Wm. Motes, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4WL-JQZM : 2 May 2020), Ella Motes in entry for Ruby Harrington, 1928.
"Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCD-DNT2 : 12 March 2020), Ella Jane Motes in entry for Ruby Lee Lewis, 1895.
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