David-
You may know this, but Abraham Ellis was a pretty cool character in his own right. He also had the nickname "bullet hole". A bit of press:
"Abraham (Bullet Hole) Ellis was elected to the Kansas Territorial Legislature in 1858 and to the first Kansas state legislature of 1861. In 1862, Ellis was shot by William Quantrill, the bullet passed through a sash and fur cap, crushing both plates of the skull and lodging against the inner lining. It lay buried in the wound for seventy hours. Abraham wouldn't fully recover from the wound for five months. The ball and twenty-seven pieces of bone are now in the Army and Navy Medical Museum in Washington, D.C."
Below is ole' Abe (bullet hole and all).
- Jon
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Last edited by canjond; 07-27-2015 at 12:57 PM.
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