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  Ellis, Seth H.
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AffiliationIndependent   
NameSeth H. Ellis
Address
Springboro, Ohio , United States
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Born January 03, 1830
DiedJune 23, 1904 (74 years)
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifedChronicler
Jan 03, 2024 11:48am
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InfoSeth Hockett Ellis - Grange leader and third party politician.

Born on a farm near Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio; moved to Springboro as a 17-year old. He married Rebecca Jane Tressler, on 21 August 1851 in Warren County. That year he taught in a schoolhouse located just north of Springboro. His salary enabled the newlyweds to buy a modest farm near the school.

He was a pioneer in the promotion of Ohio and national agriculture. In 1873, he helped to found the Ohio State Grange and was elected its first Master.

Ellis was the leader of the Union Reform Party, which sought to collect all the various reform movements into one national party. Ellis himself considered the party to have been a "campaign for education." The movement was widely ridiculed in the press. He was the party's nominee for Governor of Ohio in 1899 and the party's nominee for President in 1900. In the latter race, 80% of Ellis's votes came from his home state of Ohio.

Ellis served as one of the two presiding officers of the 1903 centennial of Quakers in Waynesville, Ohio.

When farmwork and his various responsibilities became too demanding of his advancing years, Seth and Rebecca rented out the Salem Farm and moved to a small house in Waynesville. He fell from a cherry tree in 1904, breaking his back and leading to his death.

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