Updating Jacob Eller Book
The Eller Family Association is working to update the book “John Jacob Eller and His Descendants” that was published in 1998 and authored by J. Gerald Eller, Edward K. Eller and Janie Eller Porter.
Steve Eller (ellerpop1@yahoo.com) is spearheading the effort. Steve’s been working on the project for about three months. He’s looking for help.
A photocopy of the existing book is available online (See link below).
You’re invited to review what’s there, offer corrections and – most important – provide updates.
New Jacob Eller Booklet
We’ve recently received a 24-page booklet on the Jacob Eller family of Roanoke County.
This booklet was prepared in 1953 by Henry Cline Eller (1900-2000) (pictured right), a Baptist Brethren minister and descendant of that Eller line.
The booklet is in the library of the History Museum of Western Virginia. Their Curator of Collections, Ashley Webb, made a copy for the EFA. The booklet is now posted in the “Books” section of the EFA website.
Website Statistics
It was another record year! In 2019. There were more than 49,000 visits to the EFA website. And those visitors looked at 5,677,927 pages. Thanks to all the EFA members who've shared their research and made this huge trove of information available.
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The purpose of the Eller Family Association is to draw all Ellers, regardless of their particular family line, and allied families into a cooperative effort. The EFA has already demonstrated that this approach is the quickest and most efficient mechanism for sharing family history and genealogical information.
About the Eller Family Association
The EFA exists to assist all Eller and associated family lines worldwide to: discover and preserve our historical past, report current events and ongoing contributions, develop and expand current family ties, provide ongoing biennial meetings to summarize accomplishments and to socialize and provide inspired direction as we focus on the future.
For more information on the Eller Family Association, its officers, publications, DNA project, membership, news and conferences, click on the "EFA Info" tab in the horizontal menu above.
The Eller Family Association now has more than 50,000 names in our searchable, online database. There are some duplications, but most of those listed are there only once. In addition, there are now more than 470 photos linked to individuals. More than 530 headstones. There are some 140 research documents ranging from books with hundreds of pages to smaller one or two page biographies. These have been added to 18 years of our quarterly publication, “The Chronicles.” Those publications are all searchable.
All of this information is available without charge to the hundreds of Eller genealogists who visit our site regularly. But we need your help. While those of us working with the EFA are volunteers, there are costs that we must cover. Please consider joining our organization.
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Eller Cemetery Fund Raiser & Work Day Feb. 15th
We have scheduled the next “Old Smyrna Cemetery” workday for February 15th. We will meet at 9 AM at Upper Hightower Baptist Church in Hiawasse, Georgia. If weather is bad or cemetery area/roads are muddy, a backup day will be scheduled in March. Please mark 
your calendar and come help us clear off the top section of the cemetery.
We will need chain saws and weed eater with metal blades. The access road also needs a little work, shovels and gravel/rocks would also be appreciated. Four wheel drive vehicles will be needed to get into the area.
We have set up a fund to repair/replace damaged memorials there. Hardy Washington Eller's headstone is broken in two places and has fallen over. Some stones are broken. Other unreadable or missing. Hardy Washington Eller had twelve children. His descendants are all over North Georgia, Western North Carolina and even points west.
Click here to donate. Or mail a contribution to: Steve Eller, PO Box 52, Marble, NC 28905.
This is the second workday. On November 9th, a half-dozen intrepid workers braved a chilly morning to start to clear the underbrush and small trees there. The resting place for eleven people, the cemetery was neglected and, in the words of Steve Eller, in “pretty bad shape.”
Organized by Steve (pictured right) and accompanied by Korey Eller, Glen Dover, Larry Dover, Jimmy Berrong and Gerald Foster, the crew started with the lower section and the entrance road.
Historical Profiles, Research Papers, Tributes and Articles From the Eller Family Association |
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“Bushwhackers” was a term used to describe guerilla soldiers, often just thieves, who prayed on families in rural areas of “divided” states in the Civil War. The mountain-areas of North Carolina, including Wilkes County, saw several such bands who terrorized the families of Confederate soldiers. 
The Virginia Genealogical Society will hold its Spring Conference April 17th and 18th at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
During the 2019 Eller Family Conference in Wilkesboro, Dan Liggett (left) and Harvey Powers (Right)decided to try and find the Absalom Eller family cemetery. 
We note the passing of Mary Francis Eller, a longtime member of the Eller Family Association and wife of John C. Eller of Rowan County, NC.