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- Ellis, son of John (2) Passmore. was born at Doe Run or West Marlboro, Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1771, died October 5, 1817. He learned the blacksmith's trade in his father's shop, and after his father died he succeeded to his forges and to the farm on Doe Run. He was a man of great energy and superior business ability. About
1803 he bought a tract of land on Big Elk creek, in New London township, and erected thereon what was long famous as -the Pleasant Garden Iron Works. He also became interested in other iron works on the same creek near Turkeytown. Cecil county, Maryland. In 1814 he returned to his place on Doe Run, and in 1816 in partnership with his brotherin-law, Benjamin Jones, of Philadelphia, bought four thousand acres of land on the Potomac river in St. Mary's county, Maryland, at eight dollars an acre, and thither he removed with his family in May, 1817. In September of thai year he sent his children to Chester county, Pennsylvania, and started afterward with his wife for the same destination. But he was taken ill while visiting at Loudoun county, Virginia, and died at the home of his cousin, Whitson Birdsall, October 5, 1817. He was buried in the Friends' burying ground at Goose Creek, Loudoun county, Virginia. He was noted for his great strength and activity, and was an ingenious mechanic. He was the champion wrestler of his neighborhood, and it is said that he was never defeated in a match.
He married (first), December 20, 1791, Ruth Moore, born June 21, 1773, at Sadsbury, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, died at Pleasant Garden Iron Works, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1812, and is buried in the Friends' grounds. East Nottingham, Cecil county, Maryland. Ruth was of rather frail constitution, but of lovely, sweet disposition, a most amiable companion, a loving and indulgent mother. She was a daughter of Andrew and Ruth (Birdsall) Moore, granddaughter of James Moore, who was son of Andrew Moore, the immigrant. Ellis Passmore married (second), October 6. 1813, Sarah, 'widow of William Hall, and sister of his first wife. Children by first wife: 1. Phebe P., born September 16, 1/92. at Doe Run: married Josiah Kirk. 2. Ruth M., March 4, 1794, at Doe Run: married Lewis Kirk, farmer and paper manufacturer at Nottingham, Pennsylvania. 3. Dr. Ellis P., March 9. 1799; taught school in the south; graduate of the Lexington Medical College, Kentucky; practiced in Mississippi and was also a planter; went to the legislature; married (first) Sarah Pettis and (second) Esther A. Saunders, who married, after his death, Jackson Warren. 4. Andrew M., December 12. 1800; miller in Chester and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania ; a Quaker; died January 5, 1874; married, November 15, 1820, Judith Wilson, who died at Oxford, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1885. 5. John Wardle. mentioned below. 6. George Birdsall, March 30, 1805, died in 1821. 7. Benjamin Jones, May 27, 1807; a tailor bytrade; coroner of Chester county and member of the legislature, associate judge; died March 5, 1875; married, December 26, 1832, Sarah Haines, who died in Westchester, August 16, 1880. 8. William W., November n, 1811, died four days later. Child by second wife: 9. William Wallace, June 29, 1814; a merchant in Pennsylvania and in Jefferson county, Iowa; died at Burlington, Iowa, August 31, 1890; married. November 12, 1835, Jane Entriken, born July 5, 1808, died January 25, 186.4. By her first marriage Sarah (Moore) Hall had Ruth M. Hall, born September 13, 1795; Andrew M. Hall, September 14, 1797, died in 1803; Eli Hall, July 21, 1803, died young.
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Blacksmith by trade
Built the Pleasant Garden Iron Works at Big Elk Creek in New London Township, Chester County PA
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1771 - 1817 (46 years)
