Kenton County KyArchives Biographies.....Ellis, Alexander Campbell August 6, 1830 - unknown
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Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company

Alexander Campbell Ellis, Lawyer, son of William G. and Susan Arnold Ellis, was 
born August 6, 1830, in Kenton County, Kentucky. His father and grandfathers, 
on both sides, settled in Kenton County when it was yet a wilderness, and were 
among the most worthy, valuable men of the early days of the Commonwealth. (See 
sketch of Wm. G. Ellis.) A. C. Ellis received a thorough education in the 
private schools of the country and as a pupil of Prof. Mead at Covington. He 
began to teach school at an early age; and, after pursuing that avocation for
several years, took a thorough course of select study in Cincinnati. In
1856, he had charge of a flourishing school in Bourbon County; and in the
fall of the same year, received the appointment of Deputy Clerk for the
Kenton Circuit Court, occupying the position for nine years. In 1858, he was
appointed to fill the unexpired term of his father as Commissioner for the
Public-schools of the county; was elected Clerk of the County Court of
Kenton County in 1866; was re-elected in 1870, serving eight years;
commenced reading law in 1856; continued his legal studies during his
service in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court; and was admitted to the
bar in 1862, but did not engage in active practice until after retiring from
the office of County Clerk in 1874. He has since pursued, with flattering
success, the practice of his profession at Covington. In 1865, he was
elected member of the Board of School Examiners for Covington, still holding
that position; in 1870, was elected member of the School Board; was
re-elected in 1872, serving four years; and in 1867, was elected member of
the City Council, but resigned before the expiration of his term. He is a
man of admirable personal appearance; of exceptional personal and
professional habits; is a cautious, energetic business man; has a high sense
of personal and professional honor; and occupies a fine position at the bar.
He has always been a Democrat in politics; and since his twentieth year, has
been a zealous member of the Disciples' Church. Mr. Ellis was married July
8, 1859, to Mrs. Kate Hereford, nee Blackburn. They have six living
children.


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