William Henry ELLIS ^{2 3}

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KS, ENROLLMENT OF WWI VETERANS, 1930:
Name: William H Ellis
Residence Place: Hanover, Washington
Branch of Service: Army
Rank at Discharge: Master Signal Electrician
Volume Description: Volume 38: Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: William Henry Ellis
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 41
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1900
Birth Place: Bushnell, Illinois, USA
Residence Place: Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Kansas, USA
Employer: Self Employed
Weight: 140
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Gray
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Leo R Ellis

THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF HANOVER, KANSAS - from Hanover Centennial -- 1869-1969": On a Sunday afternoon in December, 1921, Hanover residents who were listening to their radios, were surprised to hear music by local musicians issuing from their receiving sets. Investigation disclosed that the program was, in reality, being aired right here in Hanover. William (Bill) Ellis, manager of the local telephone exchange, had built a radio broadcasting set and, for the next two or three years, Hanover citizens were frequently treated to programs aired right here in Hanover.

70th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - Supplement to The Washington County Register, Friday, Sept. 16, 1938: Hanover, KS
Ellis the Radio Man
W. H. Ellis, Ellis the Radio Man, has been in Hanover since 1920. He does electric work, radio repairing, motor rewinding and refrigerator repairing.
Mr. Ellis is the only motor rewinder in Washington county and one of the very few independent telephone cable splicers in Kansas. He has trained a number of boys in electrical and telephone work and two of them are now telephone managers, one a lineman, one a R.E.A. line construction superintendent.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Sgt William H. Ellis
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1900
Death Date: 8 Jun 1972
Cemetery: Hanover Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Hanover, Washington County (Washington), Kansas, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Georgia F. Ellis
Children:
Carl W Ellis
Thomas H. Ellis

William married Georgia F. "Georgie" WICKHAM, daughter of Thomas Ambrose WICKHAM and Louise A. MURPHY, about 1916.¹ (Georgia F. "Georgie" WICKHAM was born on 25 Aug 1898 in MO, died on 3 May 1966 in probably Hanover, Washington Co, KS ⁵ and was buried in Hanover Cem, Hanover, Washington Co, KS.)