Note: As of June 2018, the remains of George Ell have been disinterred and repatriated. George Ell was previously interred in plot E-17.
Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to George Ell, a member of the Piegan Nation.
Ell, George
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Student information card of George Ell, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on March 26, 1890. Ell died on April 7, 1891 while attending the school and was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
In school documentation George Ell is also known as Ell and George Ell Murphy.
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National Archives and Records Administration
Date of Entry:
Student information card of George Ell, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on March 26, 1890 and died on April 7, 1891 while attending the school. He was buried in the cemetery on school grounds.
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 20, 1891
The first page opened with a poem titled "A Thanksgiving Prayer," by D.H. Kent in Home Magazine, followed by "Fourteen Years a Missionary Among the Oneidas," which was the title of a letter to the Indian Helper from Rev. S. W. Ford, Oconto, Wisconsin. Page two included articles about the first Indian to be admitted to the…
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Newspapers
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of George Ell (left) and Anthony Austin (right).
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Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Ell (seated at left), Philip Lavatta (standing center), and Charles Buck (seated at right, all wearing school uniforms.
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Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Ellis (left) and George Ell (right).
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution