Carroll County, KY = Bios:  Ellis, Robert
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Robert ELLIS 3486, Carroll Co. 

Surname: Ellis, Evans, Kirby, Thompson, Elmore

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Carroll Co.

ROBERT ELLIS was born in Ghent, Carroll Co., Ky., December 6, 1844, and is the third of a 
family of nine children born to Timothy and Olivia (Evans) Ellis, natives of Kentucky. 
Timothy Ellis was a blacksmith and followed his trade all his life. Robert Ellis was reared 
in Ghent, Carroll County, where he received his education. In 1862 he joined the Confederate 
Army as a private in the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, under Col. Giltner, and served until the 
close of the war, when he returned to Carroll County, Ky., and devoted his time to farming 
and school teaching until 1873. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Sparta, and 
remained here until 1881, when he moved to Sanders Station, and engaged in his present business, 
a merchant. March 6, 1873, he married Sallie Ellis, a daughter of Solomon and Bettie (Kirby) 
Ellis, of Gallatin County, Ky. Four children have blessed their union--three daughters and one 
son--viz: Solomon T. (deceased), Little E. (deceased), Bertie and Sallie. Mrs. Ellis died in 
1882, and April 14, 1885, Mr. Ellis married Mary H. Elmore, daughter of James M. and Hester 
(Thompson) Elmore, of Owen County, Ky. They are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Ellis is a 
Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the F. & A. M. Politically he is a Democrat.