I am connected to an assortment of Ellzey family members through Benjamin Franklin Ellzey. He was married twice, to sisters Nancy & Emily Holmes. His children were born in Mississippi.
1 Benjamin Franklin Ellzey b: 10 Sep 1826,MS, d: 20 Nov 1904, MS
… + Nancy Jane Holmes
……2 Ivanson M. Ellzey b: Abt. 1853 MS
……2 Salina Ellzey Walker b: Abt. 1855 MS
……2 William S. Ellzey b: 01 May 1857 MS, d: 09 Jul 1946 MS
…… + Amanda Fortenberry b: 02 Jul 1865 MS, m: Abt. 1883, d: 10 Jul 1949 MS
………3 William Franklin Ellzey b: 27 Feb 1888
……… + Kittie Smith Ellzey
………3 Sibley Ellzey Ginn
……… + Dean Ginn
………3 Irene Elizabeth Ellzey Simmons b: 14 Jul 1891
……… + Cullen Simmons
………3 Charles Spurgeon Ellzey b: 10 Jan 1894 MS
……… + Mae McMillan Ellzey
………3 Earnest T. Ellzey b: 12 Feb 1896 MS
……… + Irene Holmes Ellzey
………3 Lillian Pearl Ellzey b: 03 Apr 1899 MS
………3 Alva Edwin Ellzey b: 23 Oct 1900 MS
……… + Blanche Alford Ellzey
………3 Hettie Muriel Ellzey b: 02 Jun 1903 MS
……… + Emmitt Gulledge
………3 Mary Thelma Ellzey b: 22 Feb 1906 MS, d: Jan 1974 Magnolia, Pike, MS
……… + Roy Jesse Brown b: 8 Mar 1902 Osyka, Pike, MS, d: 12 May 1956 Magnolia, Pike, MS
……… + Crawley
……… + Denny Smith b: 3 Mar 1892Tylertown, Walthall, MS, d: 18 Mar 1966 MS
………3 Ayleen Ellzey b: 14 Apr 1908 MS
……… + Seab Fortenberry
… + Emily Holmes Ellzey b: Jan 1836 MS, d: Aft. 1900
……2 Theodore Ellzey b: Abt. 1861 MS
……2 Josephine Ellzey b: 25 Apr 1862 MS, d: 13 Jul 1907
…… + Richard A. Fortenberry
……2 Nannie J. Ellzey b: Abt. 1866 MS
…… + Webster Fortenberry
……2 Samuel J. Ellzey b: 26 Jul 1867, d: 8 Jul 1902
……2 Mollie C. Ellzey b: Jan 1870 MS
…… + Ellis Schilling b: May 1868
………3 Barla Schilling b: Mar 1892 LA
………3 Annie Schilling b: Feb 1894 LA
………3 Mae Schilling b: May 1896 LA
……2 Annie I. Ellzey b: Jan 1870 LA
……2 John H. Ellzey b: Abt. 1871 LA
……2 Hettie F. Ellzey b: Abt. 1872 MS
……2 Margaret W. Ellzey b: Abt. 1874 MS
……2 Ida Ellzey Kirk
A few Ellzey Resources:
- 1860 US Census, Pike, Holmesville, page 41. B F Ellzey family
- 1880 US Census, MS, Pike; SD 3, ED 37, Page 12. B Frank Ellzey family
- 1900 US Census, MS, Pike, Beat 1; SD 7, ED 104, Sheet 18. Benjamin Ellzey family
- G. K. Fortinberry, ABSTRACT HISTORY OF THE FORTINBERRY FAMILY; 1795-1940’s; Family History Center Microfilm #1036152