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Joseph Sylvester "Vester" ELLER

Joseph Sylvester "Vester" ELLER[1]

Male 1893 - 1977  (83 years)

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  • Name Joseph Sylvester "Vester" ELLER 
    Born 10 Jun 1893  Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 May 1977 
    Buried Boyd's Chapel Cemetery, Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5827  John Jacob Eller
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2023 

    Father Harden Washington "Hard" "Hardy" ELLER,   b. 16 Jul 1843, Rabun County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1908, Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Martha Jane GARRETT,   b. 17 Jul 1853, Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1922  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 31 Mar 1865  Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zora Bell Garrett,   b. 29 Apr 1898, Towns County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1980, Habersham County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 2 Jun 1915 
    Children 
     1. Letha Faye ELLER,   b. 1918,   d. 1997  (Age 79 years)
     2. Jay ELLER,   b. 2 Jan 1918, Upper Hightower, Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Claude ELLER
     4. Lorina ELLER,   b. 1922
    +5. Humphrey Posey ELLER,   b. 31 Aug 1925, Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1981  (Age 55 years)
    +6. Robert Ellison ELLER, Sr.,   b. 10 Jul 1930, Rabun County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1965, DeKalb County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     7. A;man J. ELLER,   b. 1933,   d. 2013  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F4094  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eller, Joseph Sylvester & wife Zora Garrett Eller
    Eller, Joseph Sylvester (1893-1977)

    Headstones
    Eller, Joseph Sylvester 'Vester' (1891-1977)
    Eller, Joseph Sylvester "Vester" (1891-1977)

  • Notes 
    • Joseph Sylvester (b. 1891) married Zeora Bell Garrett and had five children.

      The 1910 Federal Census has them living with his brother (Ranzey) in Rabun County, Georgia. 1930 Census has Sylvester and Zeora living with their own family in Rabun County. The 1940 Census shows them living in the Deep Creek Area of Habersham County, Georgia. The same area where John Franklin Eller's children lived. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S267] Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/183217424/person/362382848411/facts.

    2. [S13] Eller, Steve; "Eller Chronicles" Nov. 2018.