Andrew Jackson Ellison was born in Ohio March 4, 1835. He was one of 12 children of John and Sarah Ellison who were both born in Virginia. Sarah (born about 1810) migrated to Ohio at six years of age. Andrew and his younger brother George lived in Big Spring Twp. Seneca County, Ohio in 1860 with the Hyram Fish family. Andrew followed in the footsteps of his older brother Isaiah, enlisting in the Civil War as a private in Company C 88th U.S. Colored Troops. He served from September 24, 1864 until September 25, 1865.
On his return, he continued to work
as a day laborer in Clyde, Ohio. Living with him were his mother and several
siblings. He later married Belle Nelson of Toledo, Ohio but by 1900 Andrew was a widower
living alone in Clyde. He died September 9, 1919 in Fostoria, Ohio
at the home of his niece, Mrs. Edward Lee, where he had lived several years. Andrew Jackson Ellison is buried in the Fountain Cemetery in Hancock County, Ohio.
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