I don't think Hamilton Elmore Ellis and Iaminda Collings are her parents. There was a couple by the same names in Indiana in the 1800's. I think a lot of people are copying a mistake
http://ingenweb.org/inputnam/Putnam%20Marriages/pre-1850-marriages-...
Putnam County Indiana Marriage Records
ELLIS, HAMILTON E. and COLLINGS, ISA MINDA Jan 3, 1850
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35101536/hamilton-elmore-ellis
Dr Hamilton Elmore Ellis
Birth Oct 1826
Tennessee, USA
Death 17 Nov 1880 (aged 54)
Burial
Forest Hill Cemetery
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, USA
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35101661/isaminda-ellis
Isaminda Collings Ellis
Birth 8 Aug 1830
Indiana, USA
Death 19 Jun 1883 (aged 52)
Burial
Forest Hill Cemetery
Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, USA
There are often cases where you find couples with the same name as the pair for whom you are searching. This couple from Indiana could be a coincidence, but Isaminda is an unusual name.
Others guess Mary's parents were Susanna Chapman and Richard Ellis.
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ellis/1375/
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~bigchipchipbabychip/genealogy/Danie...
But that also has problems as Susanna Chapman is given three diffferent husbands surnamed Ellis.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=P...
Page 248
Perhaps it would be best to say, "parents unknown?" Anyone have proof one way or the other?
