Sydney T. Ellis

Sydney T. Ellis was an American politician who served in the Virginia [House of Delegates]. He later served as County Treasurer for Nansemond.
He and his wife had multiple children:

Their son was named E. S. Ellis.
Their daughter, Alma Ellis, studied in Paris and later married fellow student and Saxony-native Emil Hoernecke in November 1896.

Ellis died on October 9, 1911, and was buried at Cedar Hill [Cemetery (Suffolk, Virginia)|Cedar Hill Cemetery].