Died of stomach cancer 7 Sep 1915

Ellis, Charles U. - 10 Sep 1915 M. J. - The Greenwich neighborhood and all upper Prince William was shocked the first of the week when it heard of the death of one of Prince William’s prominent citizens, Mr. Charles U. Ellis, which occurred Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Georgetown University hospital, Washington. Mr. Ellis, who was successfully operated on two years ago, felt a reoccurrence of his ailment, cancer of the stomach, in February of this year but delayed returning to the hospital until Monday of this week. His condition was so bad at the time that he died immediately after the operation.
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The deceased, who was born and has lived all his life in the neighborhood of Greenwich, was 64 years of age at the time of his death. He was the eldest son of William H. and Amanda T. Ellis. He engaged in farming all his life and in the work was very successful. Mr. Ellis was a member of the Presbyterian church and took part in community activities.
Mr. Ellis is survived by five brothers, Messrs. John, James, Oscar and William, of Greenwich, and Robert, of Warrenton, and one sister, Mrs. Joseph Cockerille, of Greenwich.
Funeral services, which were largely attended by his many friends, were conducted at the Presbyterian church at Greenwich yesterday afternoon at two o’clock, the Rev. J. R. Cooke, Presbyterian pastor, officiating. Interment was made in the church cemetery. The decedent’s five nephews and a cousin, Messrs. M. M., J. W. and R. L. Ellis, D. H. and J. F. Cockerille and J. L. Mayhugh, were the pallbearers. 93