Ruth Ollis Family Cemeteries

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 Buried in the Ord City Cemetery, Ord, Nebraska

1.                  James Brown Ollis, Sr. (1896-1973) & wife Jane Gray Hastings (1897-1983) (Ruth’s parents) are buried at the south-central portion of the cemetery.  James is son of James Ammiel Ollis & Sarah Jane Kerr

2.                  James Ammiel Ollis (1859-1922) & 1^st wife Sarah Jane Kerr (1859-1896) are buried at the south-central portion of the cemetery.  (Ammiel’s 2^nd wife Eliza E. (Carey) Knott (1866-1950) is buried nearby, in the same cemetery, beside her first husband.)  Ammiel is son of James Armstrong Ollis & Martha (Brown).

3.                  James Armstrong Ollis (1829-1913) & 2^nd wife Laura S. Tullis (1855-1936) are buried at the south-central portion of the cemetery.  James is son of Matthias Ollis & wife Catherine (Armstrong)

4.                  Elizabeth Ann “Libbie” (Ollis) (1868-1964) & husband Oliver P. Cromwell (1873-1960) are buried near the south gate of the cemetery.  Libbie is dau of James Armstrong Ollis & Martha (Brown).

5.                  Sarah Elizabeth “Sadie” (Ollis) (1883-1963) & husband Edwin Chambers “Ed” Armstrong (1881-1923) are buried near the south gate of the cemetery.  Sadie is dau of James Ammiel Ollis & Sarah Jane Kerr

6.                  Mary (Ollis) Lambdin (1836-1892), dau of Matthias Ollis & wife Catherine (Armstrong)

7.                  Sarah Catherine “Sadie” (Ollis) (1866-1909) & husband Andrew Wilson Bell (1865-1946)   Sadie is dau of James Armstrong Ollis & Martha (Brown).

Buried beside each other at the North edge of Jackson Cemetery near Niota, Illinois

1.                  Martha (Brown) Ollis (1830-1880), 1^st wife of James Armstrong Ollis

2.                  Her son John Mathias Ollis (1856-1878), oldest child of Martha & James Armstrong Ollis.

Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington

Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Seattle, Washington

1.                  William Mathias “Will” Ollis (1890-1970) & wife Eleanor Louise (Hastings) (1894-1977).  Will is son of James Ammiel Ollis & Sarah Jane Kerr

Buried in Evergreen Mausoleum, Everett, Washington

1.                  Alice Mabel Margaret (Ollis) Carlson (1884-1962) dau of James Ammiel Ollis & Sarah Jane Kerr

Buried in Tull Cemetery near Pontoosuc, Illinois (the cemetery is difficult to find; one has to go through a farmyard – 4 or 5 miles southeast of Pontoosuc).  All the Ollis graves are at the very center of that small cemetery.

1.                  Matthias Ollis (1795-1838), son of John Ollis & wife Ann Lock

2.                  Matthias Thomas “Tom” Ollis (1826-1901) & wife Margaret (Wallwork) (1834-1880)

3.                  William Mathias “Will” Ollis (1864-1926) & 2^nd wife Ida M. (Tull)

4.                  Eve Ollis (1873-1880), dau of Matthias Thomas “Tom” Ollis & wife Margaret (Wallwork)

5.                  Elizabeth Jane Ollis (1830-1845), dau of Matthias Ollis & wife Catherine (Armstrong)

6.                  Flora Ollis (dates unknown, dau of William H. A. Ollis & his wife Henrietta (Brown)

7.                  Florence Ollis (1857-1859), dau of William H. A. Ollis & his wife Henrietta (Brown)

8.                  William Thornton Ollis (1860-1861), son of William H. A. Ollis & wife Henrietta (Brown)

9.                  Eddy Preston Ollis (1867-1867), son of William H. A. Ollis & wife Henrietta (Brown)

Buried at the Dallas City, Illinois cemetery (most of Dallas City is in Hancock County, but the cemetery is in Henderson County)

1.                  Guy Harold Ollis (1902-1995) & wife Thelma Norene (Bowker) (1904-2001).  Guy is son of William Mathias “Will” Ollis and wife Martha Ellen “Mattie” (Brown)

2.                  Martha Jean (Ollis) (1927-1971) & husband Roger Gittings (died 1974).  Jean is dau of Guy Harold Ollis & wife Thelma Norene (Bowker)

3.                  Joan Ollis (1932-1994), dau of Guy Harold Ollis & wife Thelma Norene (Bowker).  Joan’s husband was Charles E. “Chuck” Stout, living.