Robert Beaman ELLIS

- 1984

• Name	Robert Beaman ELLIS
  Birth	Durham County, NC
  Gender	Male
  Military	US Navy, retired as Rear Admiral with a distinguised record of serviceduring and after WWII.  [1, 2]
  Death	15 Jul 1984
  Person ID	I3138	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William Fletcher ELLIS, Sr.   d. 11 Aug 1932
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lura White WOOD,   b. 20 Mar 1863, Iredell County, NC d. 2 Feb 1947, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 Nov 1883	Wilmington, NC   [1]
  Notes	Marriage ceremony performed by Lura's father, Reverend Franklin Harris Wood - a Methodist preacher.
  Family ID	F1295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth STEWART
  Marriage	New Hanover County, NC
  Family ID	F1329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  for further research: Rear Admiral Robert Beaman Ellis September 20, 1964 issue of Tar Heel of the Week in the Raleigh, N.C. "News & Observer: Rear Adm. Robert B. Ellis, retired, a former chief of staff of the Sixth Fleet and of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Command, died Sunday. He was 81 years old. Admiral Ellis, a native of Durham, N.C., was a graduate of t United States Naval Academy, and in World War II he commanded a squadron of destroyers. One of the squadron's ships, the Reuben James, was sunk by a German submarine before the United States formally entered the war. Admiral Ellis, whose military career spanned 33 years, was named chief of staff of the Sixth Fleet in 1952 and was appointed chief of staff of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Command in 1954. - New York Times Archive published July 19, 1984 This writer believes that RADM Robert B. Ellis was the commanding officer in charge of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Base for the period around 1958. This theory is based on several articles listing the name RADM Robert Ellis and Robert B. Ellis

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] Josephine Wood Lyon, Book: "From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford", (Name: Name: Name: High Point, NC 1985; Location: Various Libraries inNorthCarolina;;;). [S201] New York Times Archive, (Name: Name: Name: 19 July 1984;;;).