Bio: J. J. Ellis, Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker
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J. J. Ellis, general merchant and jeweler of Caddo Parish, La., whose
sketch now claims attention, is a gentleman of genial and courteous manners
and deservedly popular throughout this community.  He has achieved marked
success in his chosen line of work, having endeavored at all times to
practice strict justice in connection with his integrity of purpose.  He
was born in Crawford County, Ga., in 1830, being the son of John W. and
Margaret (Saunders) Ellis, who were both born in North Carolina and married
in that State.  They moved to Georgia, and then to Alabama, where they
died, and both were members of the Missionary Baptist church.  The father
was a planter and a soldier in the Seminole War.  Mr. Ellis spent the
years intervening between infancy and manhood on a plantation, and at the
age of twenty-one commenced a business career for himself, selecting
agriculture as an occupation at that time.  He was the fifth of the eight
children born to his parents.  In 1854 Mr. Ellis married Miss Adeline
Tucker, daughter of Charley and Louisa (Payne) Tucker, natives of Alabama.
This union has been blessed with eight children, of whom two sons and two
daughters are living at the present time.  The subject of this sketch moved
to Caddo Parish in 1859, at first giving his attention to agricultural
pursuits, and starting his present business in 1880.  In the following year
he enlisted in the Confederate army, joining Company B, Twenty-eighth
Louisiana Infantry, and figured in the battles fought in Arkansas and
Louisiana.  He was captured at Franklin, La., in 1864, and held as a
prisoner for twenty-one days, being sick at the time.  The company
disbanded at Mansfield, and Mr. Ellis returned home to take charge of his
private affairs.  The State of Louisiana is growing rapidly in business
resources, and is generally conceded to be a most pleasant place of residence.