Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

CHARLES M. ELLIS was born in Warren County, Mo., June 19, 1833, the second
son of Joseph and Nancy (Netherton) Ellis, natives respectively of Shelby
and Oldham Counties, Ky.  His grandfather, Charles Ellis, was born in
Virginia, and came to Shelby County in an early day; located near Drover
Church, and followed farming.  His maternal grandfather, Netherton, was
also a native of Virginia, and an early settler of Oldham County.  Joseph
Ellis now resides in Missouri, aged eighty-two years.  Our subject was
reared on the farm, and educated in an academy at Troy, Mo.  In 1859 he
moved to Kentucky and located in Shelby County.  He married, November 2,
1859, Miss Mary K. Booker, a native of Shelby County, and daughter of
Samuel and Nancy Booker.  Nine children were born to their union: Wen E.,
Hallie, Richard B., Samuel, Robert A., Henry, Charles H. Jr., Mollie E.
and Calway.  Mr. Ellis has always engaged in farming, and owns 106 acres
of land.

Ellis Netherton Booker
=
Oldham-KY Warren-MO VA

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