Background
Chilcott, Ellery Channing was born on April 8, 1859 in E. Hamburgh, New York, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Philenda (Freeman) Chilcott.
Chilcott, Ellery Channing was born on April 8, 1859 in E. Hamburgh, New York, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Philenda (Freeman) Chilcott.
Education common schools and Friends’ Institute there. (Master of Science, South Dakot Agricultural College, 1898).
United States deputy surveyor, 1882-1892. Owned and managed stock ranch, Campbell County, South Dakot, 1883-1892. Member South Dakot Senate, 1892.
Professor agriculture, 1892-1897, professor geology and agronomy and vice director, 1897-1905, South Dakot Agricultural College.
Agriculturist United States Experiment Station, South Dakot, 1893-1905. In charge of dry land agricultural investigations, bureau of Plant Industry, Department Agriculture, since 1905.
Organizer of Central Great Plains Field Station, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, for United States Department of Agriculture, 1928-1929.
Member South Dakot Senate, 1892. Member South Dakot State Board Agriculture, 1901-1902.
Married Alice Bushley, January 2, 1884. Children: Ellery Franklin, Ralph Waldo, Amos Huerd, Minnie (Mistress Edwin A. Reeves).