Ellis, James (of Fulton Co., IL)

Born: 1810-02-14 Henry County, Kentucky

Died: 1892-XX-XX Fulton County, Illinois

Flourished: 1837-1852 Fulton County, Illinois

In 1832, Ellis married Armon Evins and together they had nine children. Ellis first purchased land in Fulton County, Illinois, in 1835, and he moved there with his family in 1837. In 1860, Ellis was farming in Vermont, Illinois, and owned $4,000 worth of real estate. Ellis and his wife were members of the Baptist Church.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Fulton County, 696:16, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois (Chicago: Biographical, 1890), 721-22; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Vermont, Fulton County, IL, 283; Gravestone, Vermont Cemetery, Vermont, IL.