Individual Details
Ellis Simpkins RALSTON
(5 Nov 1851 - 4 Aug 1915)
Events
| Birth | 5 Nov 1851 | North Buffalo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 10 Jul 1860 | an 8 year old male born Pennsylvania who was listed as Elia Ralston - Ontario, Knox County, Illinois |  | | |
| Residence | 8 Jun 1870 | an 18 year old male born Pennsylvania and was listed as Elis Ralston - Felix Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 11 Mar 1876 | Grundy, Iowa, United States - Taxena Elizabeth COWELL | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Felix Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Birth-shared | 18 Apr 1880 | (Roland William RALSTON) Iowa, United States | | ||
| Birth-shared | 10 Feb 1882 | (Eva G RALSTON) Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1885 | Reading Township, Butler, Nebraska, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Mar 1895 | Fairview Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Fairview Township, Ford, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jul 1904 | Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Little Robe Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States | | | |
| Death | 4 Aug 1915 | Dewey, Oklahoma, United States | | ||
| Burial | Aft 4 Aug 1915 | Evergreen Cemetery, Oakwood, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States | | ||
| Probate | 27 Aug 1915 | Dewey, Oklahoma, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Taxena Elizabeth COWELL (1854 - 1925) |
| Child | Clara RALSTON (1877 - 1903) |
| Child | Arthur Allen RALSTON (1878 - 1961) |
| Child | Roland William RALSTON (1880 - 1944) |
| Child | Eva G RALSTON (1882 - 1952) |
| Child | Matilda E RALSTON (1884 - 1917) |
| Child | Nancy J RALSTON (1887 - ) |
| Child | Vera A RALSTON (1892 - ) |
| Father | James Barr RALSTON (1811 - 1904) |
| Mother | Nancy Jane MCCORMICK (1818 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Amanda RALSTON (1838 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Matilda RALSTON (1840 - 1900) |
| Sibling | John Nelson RALSTON (1842 - 1863) |
| Sibling | James McCormick RALSTON (1845 - 1931) |
| Sibling | David Franklin RALSTON (1847 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ellen RALSTON (1849 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Margaret RALSTON (1854 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Alicia Melinda RALSTON (1857 - 1935) |
Notes
Residence
Elia Ralston was listed on the 1860 census as an 8 year old male born in Pennsylvania. He was living in the household of J. B. Ralston.Residence
Ellis Ralston was listed on the 1870 census as an 18 year old farm laborer born in Pennsylvania. He was living in the household of James Ralston.Residence
Ellis Ralston was listed as the head of household on the 1880 census. According to the census, Ellis was 28 years old and was born in Pennsylvania. Ellis was a farmer. Also listed in the household was his wife, Faxina, aged 26 and born in Ohio. Children included daughter, Clara (aged 3), son Arthur (aged 1) and son Rolland (aged 1 month - born April).Residence
Ellis Ralston was listed as a head of household on the 1900 census. According to the censu, Ellis was born Nov 1857 in Pennsylvania. Ellis and his wife had been married 24 years. Ellis was a farmer. Also listed in the household was his wife, Taxna; sons Arthur A and William R; and daughters Eva G, Matilda E, Nancy J and Vera A.Residence
Ellis Ralston is listed as the head of household on the 1910 census. According to the census, he was 54 years old and born in Illinois. Ellis Ralston was a farmer. Also listed in the household were his wife, Taxenia, sons Arthur A and Rolland W, daughters Eva, Matilda E, Nannie J, Vera A, granddaughter Zelma Graham and grandson Harvard Graham.Endnotes
1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online February 2018), memorial for Ellis Simkins Ralston (1851-1915), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55335662, created by Doni Wright, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma; accompanying photograph by Liz Freeman, Ellis Simkins Ralston.
2. 1860 U.S. Census, Knox County, Illinois, population schedule, Ontario, Knox County, Illinois, page 170-171, household 1244, J. B> Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication M653.
3. 1870 U.S. Census, Grundy County Iowa, population schedule, Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa, page 13, household 87, James Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online July 2017).
4. 2001 , , Iowa: Felix, Grundy, Iowa (Ralston.IA.002).
5. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online February 2018), memorial for Taxena Elizabeth Cowell Ralston (1854-1925), Find a Grave Memorial no. #76255107, created by Doni Wright, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma; accompanying photograph by Liz Freeman, Taxena Elizabeth Cowell Ralston.
6. 1880 U.S. Census, Grundy County, Iowa, population schedule, Felix Township, Grundy County, Iowa, ED 230, page 11, Household 84, Ellis Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9.
7. 2001 , , Iowa: Felix, Grundy, Iowa (Ralston.IA.002).
8. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online February 2018), memorial for Rolland William Ralston (1880-1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 3131492976, ;, Rolland William Ralston.
9. Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939, Conrad, Grundy, Iowa, USA, Rolland William Ralston, 18 Apr 1880; database with images, FamilySearch www.familysearch.org . viewed online February 2018. Original Source: State Historical Society of Iowa.
10. 1895 Kansas Census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, Fairview Township, Ford County, Kansas, page 1, household 4, E S Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); Kansas State Historical Society.
11. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed onlne February 2018), memorial for Eva Grace Ralston Flinn (1882-1952), Find a Grave Memorial no. #131494261, created by Barragirl, citing Fairview Cemetery, La Junta, Otero County, Colorado; accompanying photograph by DJYCO, Eva Grace Ralston Flinn.
12. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online February 2018), Eva Grace Flinn.
13. "Nebraska, State Census, 1885,"NARA: Schedules of the Nebraska State Census of 1885 Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (Feb 2018), Ellis Ralston.
14. 1895 Kansas Census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, Kansas state census, Fairview Township, Ford County, Kansas, page 1, household 4, E S Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); Kansas State Historical Society.
15. 1900 U.S.Census, Ford County, Kansas, population schedule, Fairview Township, Ford County, Kansas, ED 50, Sheet 1A, household 7, Ellis Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); NARA T623.
16. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2017), memorial for James Barr Ralston (1811-1904), Find a Grave Memorial no. #19656003, created by Mark Lindahl, citing Alice Union Cemetery, Conrad, Grundy County, Iowa; accompanying photograph by Swanlin, James Barr Ralston.
17. 1910 U.S. Census, Dewey County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Little Robe, Dewey County, Oklahoma, ED 297, page 3A, household 36, Ellis Ralston; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T624.
18. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online February 2018), memorial for Ellis Simkins Ralston (1851-1915), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55335662, created by Doni Wright, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma; accompanying photograph by Liz Freeman, Ellis Simkins Ralston.
19. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online February 2018), memorial for Ellis Simkins Ralston (1851-1915), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55335662, created by Doni Wright, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakwood, Dewey County, Oklahoma; accompanying photograph by Liz Freeman, Ellis Simkins Ralston.
20. Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008, Ellis S Ralston, 27 Aug 1915; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2019).https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9077&h=541974&tid=115166653.