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John Ellis (Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer and politician)

b. 1815-10-17 d. 1900-07-13

Kenton County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Mason County, Kentucky, native. Son of Elijah Ellis and Phoebe Payton Ellis. Married to Mary H. Carlisle Ellis on August 15, 1839. Father of John F. Ellis, James D. Ellis, and Elijah P. Ellis. Teacher in Kenton County. Member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1845. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a Democrat from Kenton County from 1857 to 1861. Farmer in Kenton County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Kenton County in 1860. Member of the Masons. Common schools commissioner in Kenton County.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 174.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, District 1, p. 4.

W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 7th edition (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1887), 789-90.

Find A Grave, "John Ellis (1815-1900)," Memorial #23114004 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23114004 (accessed March 27, 2017).

Citation

Ellis, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212144 (November 12, 2026).

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