History of Ellis Passmore Boyte

Ellis Passmore BOYTE b 15 Feb 1826 Lawrence Co MS; son of Shadrack (b NC) & Sarah (b SC) BOYT. He liv in Lincoln & Lawrence counties, MS. He m 1) in Lawrence Co MS on 17 Dec 1850 Mary “Polly” BRISTER; she must have d because he m (2) Martha MOAK who d 1857 aft b of her 2^nd dau. He then m cal 1857 (3) Mary Ann “Polly” GOODWIN/GOODIN who was b 25 Dec 1842/3, dau of Ben & Elizabeth (COON) GOODWIN; Ellis & 3rd wife (age 16) liv in Monticello PO Lawrence Co on 30 Jul 1860 (p41&42). On 22 Jul 1870 they res twp 6 Lincoln Co MS (p10 PO Brookhaven); at that time they had 8 ch liv at home. On 19 Jun 1880 they res in Beat 3, Lincoln Co (ED55p15stm90). In 1880 11 children liv at home. On 21 Jun 1900 they liv McClendon, Beat 3, Lincoln Co; Elis age 74 still farmed. Mary Ann was mother of 16, only 12 liv on 1 Jun 1900 (ED98Sht18bHH#300im36of56). On 2 May 1910, they res w/ son Cicero & fam on Boyte & Martin Rd, Beat 3, Lincoln Co (ED88sht15aStm391HH#255im29of35). Liv adj was youngest son George b 1888 MS (HH#256), Ellis obtained several land grants. In Apr 1910, several of their sons & gsons liv adj in Beat 3 Lincoln Co (ED43-10sht16a&bim31-2of39): Rankin’s son Charlie b 1892 & fam, bro, & mother (#300); Henry H b 1874 & fam (#301); Versie & fam (#302); Brit E & fam (#303); Tom E b 1895 & fam (#304); Andrew C b 1880 & fam (#305); Martin W (b 1878) & lg fam (#306). His 3rd wife Mary Ann d 15 Feb 1912; Ellis d 18 May 1917; they are bur in Union Baptist Ch in Lincoln Co (pix on FAGWB).

Children: Ellis had 2 daus by his 2nd wife: Susan A “Sukie” b 14 Feb 1855 Lincoln Co MS, m James Smiley McDAVID, mother of 10 children 9 liv in 1900, d 1 Jan 1944 in Lincoln Co, & bur in Shiloh Bapt Ch cem (pix on FAGWB); & Catherine Emma b 14 Feb 1857 Lincoln Co MS & m Thomas Monroe MARTIN, mother of 7 children 6 liv in 1900, (ED98HH#309im37of56); Ellis Passmore had 16 children (4 d young) by Mary Ann: Thomas Martin b 6 Jan 1859 Lawrence Co & m 1881 Emeline BRISTER & m (2) Mrs Ella (KELLEY) WATSON, he had 8 children, “Judge” or JP in McClendon, Lincoln Co (ED98Sht18bHH#298 im36of56) & d 21 Aug 1946 bur Union Bapt Ch cem Lincoln Co (pix on FAGWB); Martha Jane b 25 Oct 1860 Lincoln Co, m John J MARTIN & had 7 children, & d 1 Jul 1948 bur in Union Bapt Ch cem (pix on FAGWB); Barzelle Bennie b 22 Apr 1860 Monticello, Lawrence Co, m 1884 Mary “Nancy” Colie (b Oct 1859 MS), had 5 children in Jun 1900 (ED98HH#296im36of56), & d 13 Dec 1934 Lincoln Co (pix on FAGWB); Francis Monroe b 15 Sep 1864/3, m Julia (b Dec 1865 MS), liv McClendon in Jun 1900 (ED98HH#290im35of56), filed claim on 1 Mar 1898 at Jackson MS for homestead in Brookhaven (#22958), then mov to Oak Grove LA, had 3 children, & d 9 Oct 1949 but New Forest Cem in W Carroll Par LA, obit publ The News-Star Monroe Par 10 Oct 1949 p 11; Rankin William b 27 Mar 1865 (FAGWB) or Aug 58 (1900 census) Lincoln Co & m Nancy Cordelia (b May 1871), had 2 sons 3 dau, farmed in McClendon (ED98HH#291) in Jun 1900, filed final homestead papers on 22 Jun 1901 at Brookhaven (#27747) & d 21 Mar 1921 bur Union Bapt Ch cem, Lincoln Co; Britton Ellis b 3 Dec 1865 (fam rec) or 27 May 1873 (1900 census) 1870 (1930 census), m Sarah Belle (b Jul 1876), liv adj his pars in Jun 1900 (ED98HH#299), filed final homestead proof at Brookhaven on 22 Jun 1901 (#27768) & d 9 Apr 1955 Lincoln Co MS (pix on FAGWB); Sarah Elizabeth (f) b Apr 1870/69 & d 1883; Mary “Mollie” Emaline b 15 Apr 1870 Lincoln Co, m Thomas Benjamin TYSON, & d 25 Aug 1947 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Par LA bur Orange Grove cem there; Henry H b 20 Mar 1873 (WWIDR) or 1874 (1900 census HH#292 &FAGWB) & m Ida,  3 childlren, regd for WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918 while farming in Brookhaven Lincoln Co (#1633), d 18 Apr 1948 bur Union Bapt Ch cem (pix on FAGWB); ?(twin) Conaway b 15 Apr 1875 & d 18 Nov 1882 bur Union Bapt Ch cem; ?(twin) Wesley b 1875; Andrew Cicero b 28 Jun 1876/80, m Etta, & d 1936; Colon Lou (m) BOYTE b 24 Jun 1877 Lincoln Co MS & d 18 Apr 1878; Estella B b 1879, m HAMPTON, & d 1949; Lula/r E “Lou” (f) b Jan 1884, m 5 Jul 1900 in Lincoln Co MS to John STRANGE & liv San Pedro CA in 1949, m (2) WILLIAMSON, & d 1953; & George Bennett b Sep 1887 & listed as f in 1900 census WWIIDR shows b date as 24 Sep 1886 Brookhaven MS age 56, 1910 census shows 1887 & wife Lillian SMITH b 20 May 1890 & d 31 Aug 1910,  liv Oak Grove W Carroll Par LA on 20 May 1942, & d 1947. [86LMC, 87LMS, 88LMS, 90LMS, 91LMN, FBTB, MRMGS, 91LMS, 93LMS, IGI2004, WWIDB, MRLMS, FAGWB, Obits, News]

Note: the 1900 census enum seems to contain b date errors.

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I have researched the Boyt/e/et/ett/ette/Boit/e families for over 40 years, and these families are still my main focus. I'm willing to share what I have in the data base that I maintain. The data base changes with each new research, so it is not online.

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