Laura and Eugenia were the youngest children of Hiram Dickson and Temperance Bradshaw of Dickson Valley, Ellington MO. This portrait was taken around 1890, possibly shortly before Laura married Dr. Frank Ellis. Eugenia lived her whole life in the area and is buried at the Dickson Burial Ground on the property where they were raised.
Laura Temperance (Dickson) Ellis was born on March 2, 1869 in Reynolds County, Missouri United States to Hiram Dickson. She married Frank G. Ellis on May 24, 1891 in Reynolds, Reynolds County, and had a child Lyndall (Ellis) Maddux. Laura Ellis died at age 81 years old on November 29, 1950 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Temperance Laura (Dickson) Ellis.
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