Ellis Raymond Lewis was the youngest of 7 children born to Robert Lewis and Minerva (Oshel) Lewis. He was born in Stonefort on October 10, 1882.
Ellis grew up on the farm near Stonefort, and entered Milton College in Milton, WI. He served in the US Army in WW I. He married Nellie Grace Mulvey June 25, 1905 in Stonefort. They operated a grocery store in Stonefort, but soon switched to farming. He farmed with large Percheron horses, raising hogs and chickens.
Children of Ellis and Nelly:
- J.R. (Alfred) born 3/6/1906, died 4/8/1908, buried Joyner cemetery
- Lillian Bess born 5/4/1907 is deceased, date unknown
- Harold born 10/1/1908, died 7/12/1920, buried Joyner cemetery
- Dorothy Olive, born 6/12/1910, died 3/6/1979, buried Bluff cemetery, Springdale, Arkansas
- Nellie Grace, born 5/27/1912, died 11/7/1947, buried Thornberry cemetery, Gentry, Arkansas
- William Baugh, born 4/30/1914, died date unknown in Riverside, CA
Ellis studied for ministry, and became pastor of the Stonefort Seventh Day Baptist Church and later the SDB Church in Gentry, Arkansas. Following a divorce, he remarried Grace Maxon Ratliff. He died June 29, 1950, following an accidental fall from his barn, and is buried in Gentry, Arkansas. Nelly Grace Mulvey Lewis died July 3, 1962 in Riverside, CA.
