ELLIS Anna b. 1793 Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 1865: Booth Family Website

1793 - 1865 (72 years)

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Name	ELLIS Anna [1]
Birth	1793	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [1]
Gender	Female
Reference Number	464
Death	1865 [1]
Notes	Sketches of the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South By John James Lafferty REV-MILTON LAFAYETTE BISHOP A SINGLE leaf can contain a recital of deeds which have blessed thousands of hearts, the Church and the Commonwealth, and more, made heaven glad. The simple narrative that follows these lines are without ornament, but tells the unvarnished story of a useful life. 'We have little doubt that the readers of this brief sketch will receive good from the perusal: I was the third child of my parents\emdash Anna Ellis, daughter of Benjamin Ellis, and John D. Bishop, son of Thomas Bishop, all of Surry county, Virginia. There were six children of us, two sons and four daughters, all now living except the oldest, who died in 1847. I was born in 1824, August 22d. I never knew any of my ancestry to follow anything but farming as a vocation. My father died when I was about twelve years of age, and my mother in 1865, having been a Methodist from one year after I joined the church. From my earliest recollections I was trying to be a Christian, mainly from the influence of Christian slaves, as neither of my parents professed religion. My mother was always a pious woman. I read my Bible regularly and prayed up to the session of the Virginia Conference held in Petersburg in 1843 (perhaps in 1842), when I openly sought conversion at the altar in Washington street church. Though I realized a change in all my feelings and views of life\emdash a change that entered at once into all my plans for life\emdash I did not accept such as conversion, simply because of the extravagant experiences I had often heard related by the old slaves of my father. Nor did I become satisfied of my conversion till some months after. I had read the Old Testament through in the last eight months, and the New Testament eight times, sitting up late at night to read after I had prepared my school studies, and so was at no loss in making up my mind as to what Church I should join. I joined at Carsley's church, Surry County, Virginia, then served by Rev. G. M. Andross, who baptized me by pouring just as I received the Holy Ghost. He appointed me class-leader. I had formed my ideas of the doctrines of the Bible before I joined the church, and to this day have not had to change those views. I had read with prayer to be guided, and I believe I was directed by the Spirit of all Truth. With the change of heart in Petersburg, I received the conviction of my call to the ministry, and my studies at school were all conducted in view of that calling; yet my mind was not satisfied on that subject for years after. I had my heart on farming\emdash a sort of inherited proclivity\emdash nor did I consent to quit it until "Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel" had shut me up to preaching or ruin. From the time of my conversion I went to school in Surry; Little Town, in Sussex; Emory and Henry, and Randolph Macon College, up to the year 1848, May 17th, when my health forced me to leave school. I was licensed as an exhorter in 1847, October 5th, by William A. Smith, D. D., Presiding Elder; was licensed to preach in April, 1848, by Rev. J. H. Davis. Presiding Elder; joined the Virginia Conference in the fall of 1848, at Elizabeth City, and was sent as a helper under Rev. G. N. Winfree, on the Amelia circuit, then embracing all of Amelia and about half of Dinwiddie. I traveled but five months of this year, in consequence of the work\emdash eighteen appointments being too large for my feeble health. Yet I preached much in my native county, and held several very successful protracted meetings. The next year, 1850, I was sent to Bedford circuit under Rev. A. Wiles, but as his health failed him in the spring, he left the circuit, and I fell in charge; and here I did the hardest year's work of my life, and I realized the greatest success in the way of revivals\emdash -over three hundred professing conversion. The next year, 1851 and 1852, I was on the Staunton circuit\emdash part of South Bedford and Campbell counties; in 1853 and 1854 on the Amherst circuit; in 1855 and 1856, the Charlotte circuit: in 1857, the Mecklenburg circuit; in 1858, the Murfreesboro circuit; in 1859, the Fincastle circuit, Botetourt county; in 1860, the Nelson circuit, in all of which I had a successful work. By this time my health had become very bad, and by the urgent advice of my Presiding Elder and physician, I took a supernumerary relation, which I sustained until the fall of 1865, when I located. My health improved so much that I joined Conference again in the fall of 1868, and was sent to Fluvanna circuit four years. I rested one year there, or a part of one year, my throat being badly diseased. I then was sent to the Rappahannock circuit, where I travelled three years; from which I was sent to the South Bedford circuit, where I am now serving out my fourth year. On all my fields of labor I had good revivals\emdash an average of not less than one hundred and fifty conversions a year. Some twenty of these are in the ministry, mostly the Methodist. The Virginia conference annual By Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Virginia Conference SIXTH DAY. TUESDAY, November 20th, 1883. AFTERNOON SESSION. HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK P. M. Conference met according to adjournment. L. S. Reed (by appointment of Bishop Kavanaugh) in the Chair. Divine service was conducted by J. D. Hank. The minutes of the morning session were read and approved. On motion of P. Whitehead, the report of the Committee on Memoirs was made the order of the day for half-past 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. T. McN. Simpson, from the Committee of Investigation in the case of M. L. Bishop, made the following report: The Committee of Investigation, to whom was referred the case of Rev. Milton L. Bishop, beg leave to report that they regard the reports reflecting upon the character of Rev. Milton L. Bishop of such gravity as to demand an investigation, but as the accused is not present, nor any witnesses, they respectfully ask that the case be remanded to the Presiding Elder of the Lynchburg District for investigation. (Signed) T. McN. SIMPSON, J. C. REED, W. G. WILLIAMS. Which on motion was adopted, and the case of Brother Bishop remanded accordingly Register Report for Thomas Bishop Generation 1 1. Thomas Bishop-1. Thomas Bishop and unknown spouse married. They had the following children: 2. i. John D. Bishop was born in 1794. He married Anna Ellis on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He died in 1836. Generation 2 2. John D. Bishop-2 (Thomas-1) was born in 1794. He died in 1836. Anna Ellis daughter of Benjamin Ellis and Sarah Jones was born in 1793. She died in 1865. John D. Bishop and Anna Ellis were married on 28 Dec 1818 in Surry, Virginia, USA. They had the following children: i. Roberta J Bishop was born in 1820. She died after 1860. Notes for Roberta J Bishop: General Notes: 1850 census living in Surry with mother 1860 census living in Sussex with Alexander T Clary 3. ii. Ann Elizabeth Bishop was born on 06 Mar 1822. She married Alexander Thomas Clary in 1839. She died after 1870. 4. iii. Milton Lafayette Bishop was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He married Susan Lambeth Smith on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. iv. Albert J Bishop was born in 1827. Notes for Albert J Bishop: General Notes: 1850 census living in Surry with mother v. India Seymore Bishop was born in 1833 in Surry, Virginia, USA. She married John Holt Rice on 10 Feb 1853 in Campbell, VA. She died on 02 Jul 1890 in Cave Spring, Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Notes for India Seymore Bishop: General Notes: 1850 census, living in Sussex Co with Alexander T Clary vi. Julia Bishop was born in 1834. Notes for Julia Bishop: General Notes: 1850 census living in Surry with mother Page 1 of 2 Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:49:19 PM Register Report for Thomas Bishop Generation 3 3. Ann Elizabeth Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 06 Mar 1822. She died after 1870. Notes for Ann Elizabeth Bishop: General Notes: 1870 census living with son, Thomas L Clary and his wife Ann Alexander Thomas Clary son of Thomas Clary and Jenny Virginia Presson was born on 19 Feb 1809. He died on 26 Apr 1868. Alexander Thomas Clary and Ann Elizabeth Bishop were married in 1839. They had the following children: i. Thomas L Clary was born in 1841. 4. Milton Lafayette Bishop-3 (John D.-2, Thomas-1) was born on 22 Aug 1824 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1892 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. Notes for Milton Lafayette Bishop: General Notes: 1874? widower? involved in church sex scandal Church trial 1883 Susan Lambeth Smith was born on 03 Jul 1834 in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA. She died on 18 Jan 1908. Milton Lafayette Bishop and Susan Lambeth Smith were married on 21 Aug 1851 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. They had the following children: i. Ann V Bishop was born in 1852 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. ii. Eloisa L Bishop was born in 1856 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. iii. Ludie Bishop was born in 1854 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. iv. Corrine L Bishop was born in 1858 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. v. Milton L Bishop was born in 1860 in Campbell, Virginia, USA. Page 2 of 2 Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:49:19 PM
Person ID	I313	Booth Family
Last Modified	22 Aug 2013

Father	ELLIS Benjamin, b. Abt 1732 d. 1811, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 79 years)
Mother	JONES Sarah (Sally) d. 1834
Marriage	4 May 1791	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [1, 2]
	On May 13, 1791 Benjamin Ellis married the third time to Sarah Jones, daughter of Thomas and Jane Jones. They were married by the rector of Southwark Parish Episcopal Church, the Rev. Samuel Butler. page 22
Family ID	F89	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family BISHOP John D., b. 1794 d. 1836 (Age 42 years)

Marriage 12 Dec 1818 Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [1]

Children

	1. BISHOP Anna (Anne) Elizabeth, b. 6 Mar 1809, Greensville County, Virginia d. 26 Apr 1868 (Age 59 years)
	2. BISHOP Roberta J, b. 1820 d. Aft 1860 (Age 41 years)
	3. Rev. BISHOP Milton LaFayette, b. 22 Aug 1824 d. 29 Jul 1892, Campbell, VA (Age 67 years)
	4. BISHOP Albert J., b. 1827 d. Yes, date unknown
	5. BISHOP Indiana Seymore, b. 1833, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 2 Jul 1890, Cave Spring, Roanoke, VA (Age 57 years)
	6. BISHOP Julia, b. 1834 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F2614 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Sep 2010

Sources

[S1120] joann rice, joann rice, (Bishop-Ellis families) (Reliability: 2).
[S1127] Cox/Cocks/Cocke & Nicol ---Virginia & Maryland, USA, (Cox/Cocks/Cocke & Nicol ---Virginia & Maryland, USA; also Perthshire & Fifeshire, Scotland).