Ellie Fike was born on 6. Jan. 1861 at Illinois. She was the daughter of
Henry Clay Fike and
Lucy Cimbaline Power.
Ellie Fike appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1900 at with her parents, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. Ellie Fike was shown in the census on 11. Jun. 1900 as a school teacher.
Ellie Fike appeared on the census of 1910 at with her father, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri. She died on 4. Oct. 1950 at Nace Nursing Home, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, at age 89. The Daily Star Journal – Warrensburg, Missouri
Thursday – 5 Oct., 1950
Miss Ellie Fike Dies at Age of 89
Arrangements for Rites for Longtime Resident Await Relatives Arrival
Miss Ellie Fike, long a resident of Warrensburg, died about 10 o’clock last night at the Nace Nursing Home, 124 E. Market Street, where she had been taken about three hours before. She had been in failing health for some time, but had been able to be out until recently. She was 89 years old.
No funeral arrangements had been made today awaiting the arrival of relatives.
Miss Fike was born in Illinois, January 14, 1861, and came to Warrensburg with her parents. Capt. And Mrs. Henry Clay Fike when she was a small child. She had lived in the home at 419 North Maguire Street during her entire residence here.
Her father was associated with the Warrensburg Normal for some time and an early day miller, having been in business with Nathan and Moses Land in the Eureka Mills. The mill was later purchased by the Roseland Company.
Miss Fike graduated from the Warrensburg Noraml 1881 and for many years was a teacher in Warrensburg and in other places in the state. She leaves distant cousins, Mrs. Clinton Barnhill of Marshall and Mis Martha Rayhill of Lawrence, Kansas; are cousins and will arrive tomorrow and Miss Pauline Prentiss of Sedalia is another cousin.
Burial Date 7 October 1950 Sunset Hill Cemetery.