Albert Gallatin Ellis

Albert Gallatin Ellis (August 24, 1800 – December 23, 1885) was one of the first American pioneers to settle in Wisconsin. He was the 2nd, 6th, 8th, and 10th Mayor of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Before statehood, he was a member of the legislature of the Wisconsin Territory and was a publisher of the first newspaper west of Lake Michigan.

Albert G. Ellis
2nd, 6th, 8th, and 10th Mayor of Stevens Point, Wisconsin
In office
April 1869 – April 1872
Preceded byJames S. Young
Succeeded byA. Eaton
In office
April 1867 – April 1868
Preceded byW. W. Spraggon
Succeeded byJames S. Young
In office
April 1864 – April 1866
Preceded byB. L. Sharpstein
Succeeded byW. W. Spraggon
In office
April 1860 – April 1861
Preceded byWilliam W. Schofield
Succeeded byG. L. Park
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory
In office
December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843
Preceded byDavid Newland
Succeeded byGeorge H. Walker
Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory from Brown, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Portage, and Sheboygan Counties
In office
December 6, 1841 – January 6, 1845
Serving with Mason C. Darling (1841-45) David Giddings (1841-42) and David Agry (1842-45)
Preceded byWilliam H. Bruce
Mason C. Darling
David Giddings
Succeeded byMason C. Darling
Abraham Brawley
William Fowler
Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory from Brown County
In office
October 25, 1836 – November 6, 1837
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byEbenezer Childs
George McWilliams
Charles Sholes
Personal details
Born
Albert Gallatin Ellis

(1800-08-26)August 26, 1800
Vernon, New York
DiedDecember 23, 1885(1885-12-23) (aged 85)
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Cemetery
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Pamela Holmes
  • (died 1847)
  • Eliza Charlotte Juliana Louise Breuninger
  • (died 1872)
Children
  • with Pamela Holmes
  • Eleazor Holmes Ellis
  • (b. 1826; died 1906)
  • Fredrick Seymour Ellis
  • (b. 1830; died 1879)
  • Richard F. C. Ellis
  • (b. 1832; died 1881)
  • Virginia (Mooers)
  • (b. 1836; died 1853)
  • Pamela Holmes (Hogle)
  • (b. 1848; died 1936)
  • with Eliza Breuninger
  • Theodore Conkey Ellis
  • (b. 1849; died 1871)
  • Lora B. (Wadleigh)
  • (b. 1852; died 1937)
  • Candace Ellis
  • (b. 1855; died 1881)
  • Eliza Ellis
  • (b. 1862; died 1917)
  • Sophronia Ellis
  • (b. 1864; died 1881)

Biography

Ellis was born in Verona, New York, on August 24, 1800.[1] An Episcopalian missionary, Ellis moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory, with members of the Oneida people to establish a colony and a school. He later became involved in the Public Land Survey System before becoming a publisher of the Green Bay Intelligencer in 1834,[2] the first newspaper west of Lake Michigan. In 1852, Ellis moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he worked with the General Land Office and became a surveyor general, as well as once again became a newspaper publisher, eventually becoming an editor. Ellis died on December 23, 1885.

Two of his sons, Eleazor H. Ellis and Frederick S. Ellis, became mayors of Green Bay.[3]

Political career

Ellis served as secretary to the Seventh Michigan Territorial Council for the western area of Michigan Territory. In 1836 and again from 1841 to 1844, Ellis was a member of the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. After Wisconsin's admission to the Union, Ellis served as Mayor of Stevens Point. He was a Democrat.[4]

References
  1. "Ellis, Albert Gallatin (1800-1885)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  2. "Wisconsin's Early Days: The First Newspaper". The Weekly Wisconsin. September 26, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Frederick S. Ellis (1830 - 1880)". City of Green Bay. Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
  4. 'Proceedings of the Wisconsin Historical Society at its Sixth-eight Annual Meeting,' Vol. 68, October 21, 1920, The Rump Council, Biographical Sketch of Albert Gallatin Ellis, pg. 150-151
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