OBIT: D. R. ELLIS, 1908, Annville, Lebanon County, PA

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A HERO OF THE MONITOR DIES

  Rev. D. R. Ellis, aged 69 years, a U. B. minister, died Friday morning at 
his home in Annville.  He resided there for the past four years.  Deceased 
was a native of Wales and came to this country when a boy.  At the age of 19 
he enlisted in the United States Navy.  He was assigned to duty on board the 
Monitor and fought on that vessel when the famous Confederate gunboat 
Merrimac was sunk by the former.  After the war he became a U. B. Preacher.  
Deceased was a member of the Allegheny Conference over 40 years.  He leaves 
his widow and five children.

Myerstown Enterprise, September 4, 1908