WILLIAM HENRY ENNIS ESQ.
born : GULIELMUS HENRICAS ENNIS
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GRAVE # 5
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William Henry Ennis
b. October 7, 1826
Alloway, Wayne County, New York
d. January 22, 1901
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: January 26, 1901
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FATHER
Robert Brison Ennis Sr.
(1800-1860)
MOTHER
Mary Winchell Bradley
(1800-1844)
MARRIED
Maria Louise "Louie" Harrison
(1840-1917)
April 26, 1859
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
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CHILDREN
with Maria
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NOTE:
Williams's grandfather,
Benjamin "Judd" Bradley,
fought in the
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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NOTE:
William's great-grandfather,
Daniel Bradley,
fought in the
FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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The Staley home in Decatur, Illinois was originally built in 1884 by William J. Quinlan of The
Chambers-Bering-Quinlan Company at a cost of $28,000. Later in 1891 the mansion was sold to W. H.
Ennis whose widow later sold it to A.E. Staley in February of 1913. Prior to the building of the
home by William J. Quinlan, the property had been known in the community as “The Mound” the land
having been bought by William Hanks Jr. from the U.S. government in the year 1829, the same year
Macon county was established. In those early years “the mound” was used by civil war companies for
drilling and by local children as a playground. The land was sold in 1836 to Reverend William S.
Crissey, a Methodist minister who hoped to build a Methodist college, a project that never came to
be and so “The Mound” came then to be known as “College Hill” In the 1870’s the mound was lowered in
order to provide the building site for the present two homes to be built.
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
23 JAN 1901 * page 8
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