I've been trying (and failing) to fin some info on William Earnest Ellis. He was married to Bertha Ann Grove in 1888 in Vernon county MO. They had at least seven children including Arlie Vachard, Dorothy May, Robert M, William Grover, Bertha Elizabeth, Alta Francis, and James Thomas. The 1910 US Census has them living just across the state line in Bourban County KS. As far as I know all the children were born in the Nevada, MO area. William Earnest Ellis does in Bakersfield CA in 1933. If anyone can provide any info at all I would very much appreciate it.