The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-03
E. ELLISON, PROMINENT MlN0T
MERCHANT, DIED WEDNESDAY,;
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY

Engle Il. Ellison, senior member of
E. Ellison & Sons, owners of The Fair
Store, died at 2 a. m. Wednesday at
the Ellison home, 16 Fifth avenue
southwest, after an illness Of some
three months. He went to Roches-
ter, Mimi, some three months ago
seeking relief thru an operation, re-
turning to Minot the fore part of
January For time it was hoped
that he might recover but his advanc-
ed age served as handicap and he
gradually grew worse. His condition
became serious last week and death
this morning was not unexpected. The
funeral will be held Friday afternoon,
services at the First Lutheran church
at 3 D. M, with the Rev. 7. +. Gull
lixson officiating. lnterment will take
place in the Lutheran cemetery.
Mr.. Ellison was born in Norway,
in l847, coming 10 this country with
his parents when three years old, and
settling near Decorah, Iowa. When
Is years old he went to Chatheld,
Minn.. and. enlisted in Co. Fl, Fourth
Minnesota Volunteers in the spring of
1864. He was member Of the Fifth
Army Corps Of the army of the Mis-
sissippi and was member of Sher-
mans army on it's march to the sea.
He served with distinction and was
honorably discharged June IL, 1868,
when he was mustered out at Fort
Smelling. He was married to Miss
Olivia Hoffos June Ia, 1879, at De
corah and the same ye>r they moved
to Fargo, then in Dakota Territory.
Mr.. Ellison entered business in Fargo
and was one of the first merchants in
the Red River valley section Of North
Dakota. In February, 1902, Mr.. FL
Iison disposed of his interests IN Far,
90 and came to Minot, where he and
his sons established The Fair Store.
While of late years Mr.. Ellison turn
ed the responsibilities Of his business
in Minot over to his sons he retained
an active interest and until taken ser
iously i'll spent most of his time in his
office.
Few citizens have been more fortu-
nate in business ventures in MinOt
than Mr.. Ellison and his aim was to
keeD his store well up to the demands
of Minot people despite the city's rap
id growth. His personality had much
to do with his success and his passing
is almost personal bereavement to
people of Minot and this section OF
the state whose friendship he cultivat-
ed during the years he spent in this
CITY. He was a valued member of
the First Lutheran church.
Mrs. Ellison who had shared with
him the trials Of pioneer days in Da-
ota Territory and the success which
marked his business in Minot, died
Jan. II, last She had accompanied
Mr.. Ellison to Rochester, Minn., and
contracted a severe cold while there.
Pneumonia developed on their return
to Minot and caused her death few
DAYS later. Two sons, DR.. Edward
Ellison and Wilhelm Ellison pre-de-
ceased their parents and are buried
in the Lutheran cemetery in Minot
where their mother was buried and
where Mr.. Ellison will be buried Fri
day. Surviving are two daughters
and three sons. The daughters are
Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Davick, wife
Of The Rev. C. Davick Of Wyndmere,
n. D., and Mrs. Ruth Claire Mac
Grepor. wife of Donald MacGregor of
Hooper. Wash. Both daughters and
their husbands are now in Minot. The
sons are J. Norman Ellison, Otto c:
Ellison and Hildor B. Ellison, all Of
Minot.
~. Ellison was elected commander
Of M;not's Abraham Lincoln G. A. R.
post at . recent meeting. Members
Of the G. A. r. post will attend the
funeral in a body.