The broad ax., 1916-05-13
DEATH OF MRS. GEORGE W. ELLIS.

Clavender Sherman Ellis was born
January %, 1888, at Monrovia, Liberia.
She was twenty-eight (2S) years of age.
She was a daughter of the Honorable
Robert Sherman, Secretary of War and
Navy Of the Republic of Liberia. She
is one of three children born to Rob-
ert Sherman, two girls and one boy.
Her brother, the Honorable Reginald
A. Sherman, is the Governor of the
territory of Grand Cape Mount, Lii
IBERIA. She leaves in America her hus-
band, George w. Ellis, one cousin, Ed
win U. McGill, and in Liberia, one
brother, Reginald A. Sherman, and two
aunts, Mrs. Corine A. McGill, Mrs. Lu-
cretia Watson, and one cousin, Mrs.
Eva Dennis. She descended on both
sides of her parents from two of the
most prominent families in Liberia;
on her mothers side she is the great
grandneice of Ex-President Payne.
She was educated in the Lberian pub
lie schools and graduated from the
college of West Africa with a degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1904. She be-
gan teaching in the College of West
Africa upon her graduation and con-
tinued until she married, January 9th,
1906. She came with her husband to
America in 1910, and resided with him
at their residence, 1862 Vernon ave-
nue., until her demise, May Sth, 1916,
at 7:40 P. M. She took i'll seriously,
January 9th, 1911, and was confined
to her bed for nearly year. She re-
covered enough to be about for time.
During her illness she was in Michael
Reese Hospital, st. Luke's Hospital,
Post Graduate Hospital and three times
in Wesley Memorial Hospital where
she died. For four years of her illness,
after many examinations by many ply
sicians, it seemed impossible to tell the
nature of her difficulty. When she was
placed in Wesley Hospital for the first
time it was ascertained that she had
gall stones as the chief cause of com
plant which was very much aggra.
waited by infammatory rheumatism
She was operated upon for gall stones,
March 14th, 1916, and recovered from
the operation and was discharged from
the hospital about the middle of April
1916. On April 9th, she had another
attack of rheumatism and on May 4th
she returned to the Wesley Hospital
and very suddenly complications set
in and she passed away on the eve
ming Of May Sth. She was a very de-
voted and faithful wife. During her
illness she took up literature and wrote
a number of short stories which were
accepted by important publications and
she had in course of preparation the
manuscripts of several interesting nov
els, the first manuscript of some of
which had been completed. She was
an educated woman of very fine cul'
ture and was devoted to her home and
to her work. Mrs. Ellis was a strong
Christian and was raised up in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. During
her long illness she constantly re-af.
frmed her allegiance to Christ and
passed away fully confirmed in the
Christian faith. Mrs. Ellis was buried
from her beautiful home on Vernon
avenue, on Thursday; intermsnt at
lakewood Cemetery. The Reverend W.
s. Braddan oficiated. Although she
was sick for FIVE 20 years to the very
last, svery possible aid of medical and
surgical science was secured by her
husband to affect her restoration to
health. She leaves her husband and
q host Of friends to mourn her great
loss, both in America and in Africa.
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