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HENRY
ELLINGER
WILLIAM
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Henry William Ellinger w· s born in Grand Rap i ds ,
Mi chigan, Septe ber 22, 1879, the son of Anna Kather ine
Blickl ey and John Dani.e l
bor n in Gr and Rapids.
Ellinger .
Hi s mother was also
Henry secur ed his educa ti on in
Grand Rap i ds schools and Albion College, receiving at the
l atter h is Ba chelor of Arts degree in 1913.
· In his younger yea rs as a young man, he lea rned the
trade of
sho~
~g ed
cutting and wa s e
in th t trade for
twelve yea rs , cutting uppers for the firm of Rind ,.eKalmback-Logie Company of Grand Rap i d s .
On the 9th da y of September, 190 8 Henr y W. Ellinger
was married to Nellie E. Taylor.
The ceremony was performed
by t he Reverend Levi P. Good·
Mrs. Ellinger wa s the
~ n.
dau?-hter of Jennie Howell and Charles Taylor, pioneers of
Pit t sfor d , Hillsda le County.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellinger are
the pa rents of three children: Elaine, born May 24, 1912,
died in infancy; Alice who died in inf ancy; Beth Leone,
born September 4, 1925 .
Mr. Ellinger ha d two sisters:
Mamie wh o married Clyde Ford, died i n 1911; I da who married
Siebran DeG oot , dec ea .. ed .
-2Henry W. Ellinger entered the Michiga n Con ference of
the
ethodi t Episcopa l Chur ch at Albion in 1907.
While
pursuing his college cour s e in Alb ion , he supplied the
Methodi s t Episcopa l Churches of the Mi dland Cir cui t in
the Detroit Conference in the summer of 1907; Winfield in
1907-08; Horton in 1908-11; Eckford in 1911-13.
as full t ime pastor the follo wing :
He served
Hanover 1913-19 15;
Sunfi eld 1915-1919; Shepherd 1919-1922; Fremont 19 22- 1926;
Simp son , Kalamazoo , 1926-1935.
I n the f all of 1935 he wa s
app ointed Superintendent of the Kalamazoo District.
While
at Sunfield he assisted in War acti vities and built t wo
community buildings , one at ea ch of the out appointments.
While pastor of the Simpson Church the pipe or gan was
insta l l ed and paid for.