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Ben Ellis (Nelson County, KY, confectioner)

b. 1818? d. 1876-09-24

Nelson County, Kentucky, confectioner. Kentucky native. Married to Emeline Hite Ellis in Nelson County on August 13, 1840. Father of Thomas Ellis, A. E. Ellis, Benjamin Ellis, J. Ellis, Emma Ellis, Susan Ellis, Isabell Ellis, and Owen Ellis. Clerk in Nelson County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in 1850. Confectioner in Nelson County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 282B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 155.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, District 1, p. 179.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nelson County, Bardstown, 78B.

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Film # 000481507, Nelson County, August 13, 1840 (accessed via ancestry.com).

_Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll # 994050, Nelson County Deaths, September 24, 1876.

Citation

Ellis, Ben. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214395 (November 12, 2026).

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