SIXTH GENERATION

381. William Josiah ELLER was born on 12 Jan 1854 in Hillsdale, Macon County, Tennessee. He died on 19 Sep 1934 in Gallatin Sumner County, Tennessee. William Josiah Eller's father was a successful businessman in Macon County, Tennessee. William followed in his father's footsteps. He owned and operated a general store, stam powered sawmill and a water-powered rolling mill in Hillsdale. The mill, used for grinding corn meal and wheat flour, was designed and built by Jacob, a gifted millwright and engineer. (Gene Pearce, The William Josiah Eller Family Tree, 12 Mar 1994, EFChronicles, VIII-4).

He was married to Nancy Elizabeth "Nan" FINN (daughter of John Derice "Rice" FINN and Mary ALEXANDER) on 23 Jul 1882 in Derice Finn's home, Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky. Nancy Elizabeth "Nan" FINN was born on 27 Oct 1853 in Simpson County, Kentucky. ⁽⁹⁷⁾ She died on 6 Apr 1929 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee. William Josiah ELLER and Nancy Elizabeth "Nan" FINN had the following children:

+850 i. Clarence Mayfield ELLER.
+851 ii. Andrew Jackson ELLER.
+852 iii. Mary D. "Mamie" ELLER.
+853 iv. Ora Fouse ELLER.
+854 v. Ida Elizabeth ELLER.
+855 vi. Emma ELLER.
+856 vii. Robert Dewey ELLER.
+857 viii. Nancy P. ELLER.
+858 ix. Mabel Cornelia ELLER.
+859 x. Ted D. ELLER.

Nancy A. F. WEST (daughter of Robert WEST and Mary Jane PATTERSON) was born on 10 Sep 1857. She was buried in Sep 1881 in Black Jack, Simpson County, Kentucky. She died on 2 Sep 1881. William Josiah ELLER and Nancy A. F. WEST had the following children:

+860 i. Louvena "Lu" "L.V." ELLER.
861 ii. Jacob C. ELLER was born on 24 Sep 1876 in Macon County, Tennessee. He was buried in Mar 1878 in Blackjack, Simpson County, Kentucky. He died on 25 Mar 1878.
+862 iii. W. Edgar ELLER.