Sarah Ella Rennels 
Sarah Ella was born on February 8th, 1868 in Hutton Twp., IL. Sarah Ella's father was Edmund Rennels and her mother was Angeline Davis. Her paternal grandparents were James+ Rennels and Mary+ Connelly; her maternal grandparents were Bluford Gatliff Davis and Mary Jane Edwards. She had four brothers and six sisters, named Henry Lincoln, William Riley Sigel, Rama Sheridan, Tella, Viola, Lua J., Lilly B., Effie, Ida Pearl and Lydia Alice. She was the fifth oldest of the eleven children. She had three half-sisters named Mary Ann, Sarah Effis and Melvina Jane. She died at the age of 90 on January 28th, 1959.General Notes
Sources 13 and 30.
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01/14/05 Judy Brantley Wilson WindyWindy1919@@Yahoo.com, who has provided the following obituary:
Ella Newell
"Mrs. Ella Newell, 90, died about 1:30 p.m. today in the Charleston nursing home, where she had been a resident since October of 1957. She suffered a stroke last Friday and had been bedfast since that time.
Mrs. Newell was born Feb. 8, 1868 in Hutton township, a daughter of Edmund and Evangeline Rennels. She had resided in this area all of her life. Her husband Thomas Newell, died in 1912. She came to Charleston in 1941.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Agnes McConnell of Hutton township and Mrs. Lorraine Everhart of Indianapolis, Ind; 5 sons, Tella, Elwood; Russell of Windsor; Ed, Roy and Earl, of Charleston; 2 sisters, Mrs. Dadle Kelly, also a patient in the Charleston Nursing home and Mrs. Pearl Anderson of Charleston; a brother Tella Rennels of near Charleston; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs. Newell was a lifelong member of the Whetstone Baptist church.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. probably in Liberty church with burial in Liberty cemetery. Friends may call at the Lewis Funeral Home, 815 Jackson street after 2 p.m. Thursday. [contributed by Src. #154]"
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.10 Jun 1729
- b.28 Feb 1754 in Durham, NH d.15 Feb 1832
- b.17 Feb 1781 in Sussex Co, DE d.12 Aug 1866 in Hutton Twp., Coles Co., IL
- b.~ 1756 d.1781
- b.12 Feb 1807 in Bourbon, KY d.12 Jul 1883 in Hutton Twp., Coles Co., IL
- b.~ 1764
- b.14 Jan 1787 in VA d.26 Dec 1867 in Hutton Twp., Coles Co. IL
- b.~ 1738
- b.~ 1766 in Augusta Co., (W) VA
- b.~ 1738 d.< 1771
- b.13 Dec 1829 in Lawrence Co., IN (m) d.08 May 1915 in 1419 Seventh St., Charleston, IL
- b.~ 1720 in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland d. in SC or NC
- b.28 Jun 1744 in PA d.24 Jul 1798 in Spice Island IN, according to familysearch.org site
- b.~ 1724
- b.10 Mar 1788 in Crab Creek, Wilkes, Co., NC/ Alternate POB given d.08 Jun 1853 in Hutton Twp., Coles, IL
- b.20 Oct 1746 in KY d.12 Jul 1824 in Spice Valley, Lawrence, IN
- b.14 Feb 1807 in Grayson, KY d.12 Feb 1885 in Coles, IL.
- b.14 Jan 1725 in Montgomery Co., PA
- b.06 Jun 1758 in Moreland Twp., Philadelphia, PA (LDS site) d.05 Sep 1845 in Westfield, Coles, IL
- b.~ 1724
- b.Dec 1787 in Rowan Co., NC d.12 Oct 1875 in Hutton Twp., Coles, IL
- b.17 Feb 1723 in Steinhardwald, Bavaria d.1784 in New Britain Twp., Bucks Co. PA
- b.17 Jun 1758 in New Britain Twp., Bucks Co., PA d.25 Oct 1834 in Westfield, Coles Co., IL
- b.~ 1724 in PA?
- b.08 Feb 1868 in Hutton Twp., IL d.28 Jan 1959
- b.1799 in TN d.11 Mar 1870 in Coles Co., IL
- b.07 Nov 1836 in Lawrence, IN. d.18 Apr 1932 in Charleston, Coles, IL.
- b.1710 in Scotland or Dinwiddie, VA (m) d.Nov 1801 in Orange Co, NC or Dinwiddle, VA
- b.1739 in North Cumberland, VA (m) d.01 Jan 1818 in Orange Co, NC
- b.~ 1718 in Orange Co, NC d. in Orange Co, NC
- b.1762 in Orange Co, NC d.1855 in Lawrence Co., IN
- b.~ 1740 in NC d.> 1801 in Orange Co, NC
- b.1804 in Orange Co, NC d.04 Jan 1908 in Coles Co., IL
- b.1773 in Orange Co, NC d.1855 in Lawrence Co., IN
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Sarah Ella and Thomas were married in a religious ceremony on February 19th, 1891.