, 1924-02-21
ANOTHER CARBON
COUNTY PIONEER
IS LAID TO REST
Contributed

On February 9Th, at II p. M, in
the Wheatland hospital, Mrs. Helen
Ellis passed away at the advanced
age of e~iehty-four years. on the
previous Wednesday morning, while
dressinC herself, she fell, striking
her head against the Dashboard of
the room, cutting a cash in her
head just above the ear and fractur-
ing the bone in her thigh. DR..
Phifer was Immediately summoned
and did all within his power to al
leviate her suffering. He decided
that she was suffering from a para
lytic stroke of a slight nature, but
was unable to determine whether
the stroke had been caused by the
fall or vice versa. Charles Ellis
was called over long distance tele-
phone and told of the accident. He
and Mrs. Ellis LETT Immediately for
Wheatland. Upon arriving at the
hospital and noting her condition.
they called Robert Ellis, who came
Immediately from his home at Nor
gan For "A week she fingered be-
tween life and death, being con
scious for only one day, then sink
ing into a sleep from which she did
not awaken, and on the following
Wednesday night she passed away.
Her W sons and daughter were
with her constantly and at the last.
The body was bro &c Elk Mountain
and funeral services were conducted
at the church, and conducted by
Rev. Morgan from Hanna. The ser
vices were very impressive, and brot
to u minds the fact that we must
all live in such a manner that how
ever sudden and unexpected our
may come we will be pre-
pared to go. Nearer My God To
Thee, Rock of Ages and Somewhere
were sang by the choir. and j. Il.
Evans sang a beautiful solo. Mrs.
Ole Meyer was %organist. The church
was crowded with friends of the de-
ceased who had come to pay their
las. respects to her who hal dwell
amnng them for half a century. Tho
casliet was buried in flowers. The
o"dy was lain to rest in the Mill
Greek cemetery beside that If tie
son and husband who had gone be
fo'c. The pail bearers we.e law
sullivan, r. X. Fin .bIner,
Chris Cronberg, James Horne. Pete
Schoen, II Roy Meredith Mrs.
LIS leaves Two sons, Robe. ellis
OF Morgan, Wyo.. Charles ellis of
El!tculty, Wyo., one daugh.e Miss
Elizabeth Ellis of WheatlaLi, Wyo..
MAE grand children and NEe great
=" rdson. Grandma Ellis was one of
the real pioneer women of Wyoming.
Helen Footc was born ia Dundee.
Scotland, January l4th, 1910. When
a small child her mother died, and
were grown to womanhood. and by
he was raised by three sisters who
her father. In 1863 she was married
to David Ellis, also of Dundee INK
for several years they lived in their
native city. Four children were BORN
to them there. but two passed away
in infancy. Mr.. Ellis was n plaster
er by trade. and when in the fall of
1871 fire destroyed the greater part
of Chicago, he came to the United
States and to the stricken city where
he worked at his trade during The
reconstruction period. He liked
America. and made up his mind to
return to the land of purple heather
and bring his family to the new
world where he would build up 9 .
home for them. Mrs. Ellis brother.
Robert Foote, had come to the
United States and TO Fort Lcnven-
worth, Kansas, in 1856, later going
to Fort Laramie, and then to Fort
Halleck. where he conducted a mer-
camille store, and was post master.
and operated a freiEhting OUTFIT be-
tween Fort Laramie and Fort Hal.
leck. Government supplies we're
hauled between the two forts. In
July 1873 Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis and
two small children arrived at Percy
station on the solitary daily west
bound passenger train. At every
station. and in fact all along the
rail road there were guards for the
purpose of protecting passengers as
well as Union Pacific property from
the attacks OF hostile Indians. who
well knowing that the railroad
would be the means of bringing
white people into what they con-
sidered their rlghtful land. were de
termined to destroy their method of
transportation. Buffalo. elk and
antelope roved the land in vast
droyes at this time. affording plenty
OF food for the Indians ms well as
the few whites who were then in the
country. Robert Foote met the
Ellis family ut Percy with a hay
wagon drawn by oxen and took
then to his home at Fort Hallcck.
There they spent the next W. years.
During this time two more sons had
been born to Mrs. Ellis, and the
elder of the two had passed away.
and been lain in the rude cemetery
at the old Fort. During their so
journ at Fort Halleck Mr.. Ellis car
ried the nail between Percy and the
Fort. and especially during the win
ter months the task was n hard one
for him, for in his native land he
had never ridden a horse or handled
4 team. Unfamiliar with the coun-
try, during u storm IND after night
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