C. B. Ely    

C. B. ELY, bookkeeper, Corry City Iron Works, Corry, was born in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. He was reared in his native place, attending district school, and Jamestown Academy for one winter. Mr. Ely first clerked for a few years; then commenced the grocery business in Corry as Ely & Allis, at which he continued six years; was also in the dry goods business two years, firm of Clark & Ely. He has been with the present company one year. Mr. Ely was united in marriage with Grace G. Horton, of Stockton, N.Y., daughter of Samuel G. Horton, a prominent farmer of Corry. To this union was horn, April, 1883, in Corry, one child, Ralph Ormes, a namesake of subject’s deceased half brother, Ralph Ely, who was a Brigadier General during the late war of the rebellion, and who also held other positions of trust.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online  More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.