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James L. W. Ellis (Nelson County, Kentucky, editor)

b. 1829?

Bardstown, Kentucky, editor. Kentucky native. Married to Caroline M. O’Brien Ellis on February 9, 1851. Father of William V. Ellis and Mary G. Ellis. Printer in Bardstown in 1850. Editor in Bardstown in 1860. Employed Lawrence Lalar as a printer's apprentice in 1860. Employed Martha Sumners in 1860. Printer in Nelson County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 2, p 389B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, p. 4.

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film # 001929414, Nelson County, February 9, 1861 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 4th Congressional District, Vol. 3, 1863, p. 59, p.61 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on April 9, 2020).

Citation

Ellis, James L. W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197516 (November 12, 2026).

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