There was a Railway station in Kirkburton in those days just below Storthes Hall that could easily have transported Mary Ann's body to Northowram and would have not taken long in transit.
Where ever he's buried

, I think you'll find Mary Ann his wife maybe buried with him as she's not buried with the normal Storthes hall inmates at Thurstonland graveyard
1 Feb 1872 Married Joseph Ogden Ellison in Parish Church Halifax Farther -Father Isaac a Mason
17 Mar 1873 son Henry born in 43 Garden Street Northowram. He died on 17 Nov 1925 in St Luke's Hospital, Halifax,
West Yorkshire
Deaths Jun 1878
ELLISON Joseph Ogden 29 Halifax 9a 327
2 Jun 1878 Joseph Ogden Ogden Ellison Died as a House Painter.
Mary Ann Ellison Present at Death.
Died of Brights Disease.
ADDRESS AT DEATH 43 Garden Street New Bank
Northowram.Aged 29 at Death.