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- !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 213-218
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The son, William, married Miss Sarah Haselden, daughter of Major James Haselden ; the fruits of this marriage were four sons and nine daughters. Of the sons, William H. Ellerbe married Henrietta Rogers, daughter of the late Henry Rogers, of Marlborough County; the fruits of this marriage were six children, five sons and one daughter ; one son dead. He was a very successful man in more ways than one-succeeded well in his occupation as a farmer in the acquisition of property. In the political revolution of 1890, he was on the winning side, and by the help of good friends, to the manor born, was nominated and elected Comptroller General of the State ; was re-elected without opposition in 1892. At the end of his term, in 1894, he was a candidate for Governor, but was defeated by John Gary Evans, of Aiken. In 1896, John Gary Evans not being a candidate for re-election as Governor, Wm. H. Ellerbe was again a candidate, with opposition, and was triumphantly elected. In the meantime, a new State Constitution had been made, which changed the time for the meeting of the General Assembly, so that Governor Ellerbe was not inaugurated till January, 1897. With his administration there was much dissatisfaction; his health had failed him, and in 1898, he was again a candidate for re-election, but had numerous and strong opposition-so much so, that he failed to get the nomination in the first primary, but led all others. In a second primary he was, however, nominated by over 4,000 votes. In November afterwards, at the general election, he was elected to a second term. Miles B. McSweeney, of Hampton County, was elected Lieutenant-Governor. They were inaugurated as Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, 18th January, 1899. Such by this time was the Governor's state of health, that he could do but little work in his laborious office, and lingered from bad to worse till 2d June, when he expired in his old home -the home in which he was raised. Thus his eventful career was ended, and the Lieutenant-Governor, by operation of the Constitution, became Governor, and took the oath of office on the night of the 4th June, 1899, and has filled out the unexpired term of the deceased Governor Ellerbe. McSweeny has just been elected to the next full term. Thus the world goes. This was the second death of a Governor while in office in the history of the State-Governor Patrick Noble died in office, in 1840, and Dr. B. K. Henagan, then of Marlborough, afterwards of Marion, being the Lieutenant-Governor, filled out Governor Noble's unexpired term. J. E. Ellerbe, the next son of the late Captain W. S. Ellerbe, and now one of our fellow-citizens, has not been as successful, in any way, as his deceased brother, the late Governor Ellerbe; be has great energy and persistent pluck, and is an impressive public speaker; he married Miss Nellie Elford, of Spartanburg, an elegant lady; the fruits of the marriage are four children, two sons and two daughters. J. E. Ellerbe is yet comparatively a young man; has represented his county in the lower House of the Legislature ; was chosen as a delegate to the State Convention for making a new Constitution for the State, and served in that body ; he has three times been a candidate for Congress, but has failed to receive the nomination ; his opportunities have been better than those of his brother, the late Governor ; he graduated in 1887, at Wofford College ; the Governor only spent two years in college (Wofford) ; nevertheless, he outstripped his younger brother in the race of life for wealth and honors. Don't know what J. E. Ellerbe may do or become in the lines indicated in the future. Cash Ellerbe, the third son of Captain W. S. Ellerbe, is a young single man, highly respectable, a good farmer and business man, and promises to be a first class man every way-nothing to hinder it. Herbert Ellerbe, the fourth and youngest son, about twenty- five years of age, unmarried, was unfortunately killed on the railroad, on the 3d or 4th of August, 1899. Of the daughters of Captain W. S. Ellerbe, the oldest, Mary, married Dr. Ellerbe, of Cheraw; by him she had two sons, W. M. Ellerbe and Thomas, and a daughter, Estelle, when he died suddenly, while his children were yet small ; the widow has raised and educated them, who are all now grown ; her sons are promising young men, and the daughter a charming young lady, all unmarried. Another daughter (don't know the names of some of them nor the order in which they come,) married her cousin, James H. Manning, and has a large family, sons and daughters ; Manning is a very prosperous farmer. Another married Charley Rogers, of Marlborough, in the Brownsville neighborhood, likewise a prosperous man; they have a family, how many is not known. Another married Stephen G. Miles, a good farmer, and is a merchant at Marion; they have a large family, sons and daughters-I think, mostly daughters. Another married Dr. S. A. C. Miles, who is dead ; the widow has four children, all daughters. Another married her cousin, Willie Godbold, who is not wanting in push and energy ; they have some two or three children. Another married Hon. T. C. Moody, of Marion, and is dead, childless. Two daughters. Misses Omega and Eva, are yet unmarried. The Widow Ellerbe and her family, the Widow Miles and her family, together with their brother. Cash Ellerbe, and two single girls, all live together on their father's homestead. ;
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