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Henry C. Ellis (Henry County, Kentucky, retired merchant)

b. 1815-02-21 d. 1877-05-26

Henry County, Kentucky, retired merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine J. Prier Ellis in Shelby County on November 10, 1839. Married to Margaret Jane Armstrong Ellis in Shelby County on October 23, 1849. Married to Edna Daugherty Ellis in Shelby County on August 31, 1853. Married to Bettie Ellis. Father of Charles W. Ellis. Retired merchant in Henry County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Henry County in 1860. Member of the Masonic Order in Eminence Lodge, No. 282 at Eminence, Kentucky.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 145.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Subdivision 1, p. 32.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259288.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259291.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259290.
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, Commencing on Monday, the 21st Day of October, 1867 (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 214-215.
Find A Grave, "Henry C. Ellis (February 21, 1815-May 26, 1877)," Memorial #28392704, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28392704 (accessed April 17, 2017).

Citation

Ellis, Henry C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201281 (November 12, 2026).

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