The History of the Township and Village of Mazomanie, BY WILLIAM KITTLE, MADISON, WIS. STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO. 1900. AMOS ELLIS was born in Masbro, Yorkshire, Eng., on May 12, 1810. In 1833 he married Miss Elizabeth Gouldsborough. In 1849 they, with their five children, came to Gorstville and settled on a farm about two miles southwest of Mazomanie. In 1883 they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Ellis died in December, 1883, and Mr. Ellis on April 21, 1894. The children were: Thomas G., now in Otay, Cal.; Sarah G., now Mrs. Madison, and George H., residing in Mazomanie; Nathan H., living four miles west of the village, and Eliza, Mrs. Bywater, in Mazomanie. Submitted by Randi McCartney