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John J. Ellis (Jefferson County, KY, grocer & flour dealer)

b. 1826?

Jefferson County, Kentucky, chairmaker, grocer, and wholesale flour dealer. New York native. Married to Sarah Ann Leatherman Ellis in Jefferson County on May 16, 1849. Father of Sarah E. “Libbie” Ellis, Josephine “Josie” A. Ellis, Ida May Ellis, Dixie D. Ellis, and Lee Ellis. Chairmaker in Columbus, Ohio, in 1850. Grocer in Louisville in 1860. Signed a petition as a flour dealer in May 1861 to appoint W. G. Timberlake as flour inspector.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Franklin County, Columbus, p. 329A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 1, p. 128.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 6, p. 579A.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Enumeration District 108, p. 9B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 382.

KYR-0001-017-0163.

Citation

Ellis, John J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207091 (November 12, 2026).

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