The Times of Long Ago, Barren County, Kentucky. By Franklin Gorin. John P. Morton & Company Incorporated, 1929. Published originally in the Glasgow Weekly Times, 1870's. p. 121. John H. C. Ellis was County Attorney several times, and gave many proofs of his abilities. He died early without arriving to great distinction. Ellis = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/ellis.jhc.txt