J. Ellis Rodley
John Ellis Rodley was the fourteenth President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1897 to 1899.
He was born February 2, 1852, in Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, the son of Edward Rodley and Sarah Ellis. His father Edward was a manufacturer of wool. His mother Sarah died in Scotland. The family emigrated to the United States in about 1868, and settled in Lebanon, Missouri.
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