Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Barren County.

WILLIAM B. ELLIS, second of the four children of George A. M. and 
Adaline (Downing) Ellis, was born August 10, 1858, where he now resides 
on Peter's Creek. George A. M. Ellis was born near Jamestown, Barren 
County, and in his younger days flatboated down the Barren and Green 
Rivers to New Orleans; later he farmed and in 1849 went to California 
overland. After making some money in mining he returned by way of 
Panama, and has since farmed. He is a son of William and Elizabeth 
(Hughes) Ellis. William Ellis was born in Fayette County, Ky., in 1785, 
and when a lad of seven years was brought to Barren County. He is still 
living on Peter's Creek, where he first settled, and has passed through 
all the hardships of pioneer life; he has served as deputy sheriff and 
colonel of State militia, and is a member of the Baptist Church.  His 
father, John Ellis, was born in Maryland, and moved with his parents to 
Virginia. About 1785 he immigrated to Fayette County, Ky., where he 
lived in a fort and fought the Indians under Gen. Wayne. He married 
Elizabeth Chapman, of Fayette County, and in 1802 located at Peter's 
Creek, Barren County, where he purchased and improved several hundred 
acres, and built the first mill south of Glasgow; he was also a 
distiller and of English origin. Mrs. Adaline Ellis was born in Allen 
County, Ky., a daughter of Benjamin and Isabel (Campbell) Downing. 
William B. Ellis was reared on a farm, and after he became of age, he 
taught two terms of school.  In December, 1883, he married Anna 
Thomerson, a daughter of James W. and Sarah J. (Britt) Thomerson. One 
child has blessed their union - James Oscar.  Mr. Ellis is a Democrat 
and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Hancock; he is a member of 
the Missionary Baptist Church, and his wife of the Christian.
 
Britt Campbell Chapman Downing Ellis Hughes Thomerson Wayne 
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Allen CA Fayette Jamestown-Barren MD  Panama VA

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