James Ellis
born Apr 9, 1814 and died Dec 18, 1883 in Bear Creek, Chatham County, NC.

James Ellis is buried in the front yard of a residence at 10526 Siler City - Glendon Road between Tyson Creek Church Rd/Hwy 2317 (650 yds.) and NC Highway 902 (1000 yds.)

Son of William Boyd Ellis and Nancy (Rowe/Roe).

Brother of (known siblings):
1) Solomon Ellis; b) 1805; d) 1872
2) Abraham Ellis; b) 1829

Husband of Jemima C. (Brewer) Ellis.

James and Jemima had 11 children. They are in order of birth:
1) Laban Ellis; b) Sept 6, 1835 Chatham County, NC; d) July 31, 1905 in Chatham County, NC. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, POW Paroled Aug 24, 1863, 26th NC, Company E; married Martha Anne Scott. (his brother Atlas married his wife's sister Miriam, so brothers married sisters)
2) John Wesley Ellis; b) March 2, 1837 in Chatham County, NC; d) June 29, 1904, Sanford, Lee County, NC. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Reams Station in VA on March 25, 1864, POW until June 12, 1865, 26th NC, Company E; married 1st Rebecca Jane Welch; married 2nd Salina A. Jones.
3) James Nelson Ellis; b) abt 1839 in Chatham County, NC; d) Jan 23, 1864 in Ft Delaware Prison during the Civil War. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, died in prison, 26th NC, Company E; never married and had no children.
4) Nancy "Nannie" Green Ellis; b) Jan 14, 1840 in Chatham County, NC; d) July 21, 1974 in NC; married James Martindale.
5) William Boyd Ellis; b) abt 1843; d) July 1863 in Richmond VA during the Civil War of Typhoid Fever; 26th NC, Company E; never married and had no children.
6) Joseph Cooke Ellis; b) abt 1844 in Chatham County, NC; d) Aug 25, 1864 killed at the Battle of Reams Station in VA during the Civil War; 26th NC, Company E; never married and had no children.
7) Ruth J. Ellis; b) abt 1846 in Chatham County, NC; d unknown; married Benjamin M. Welch.
8) Mary Ellis; b) abt 1847 in Chatham County, NC; d) Jun 25, 1931 in High Point, Guilford County, NC; married William Frank Gribble.
9) Atlas Gilbert Ellis; b) Mar 27, 1849 in Chatham County, NC; d) Aug 4, 1913 in Chatham County, NC; married Miriam Jane Scott. (his brother Laban married his wife's sister Martha, so brothers married sisters)
10) Thomas Henry Ellis; b) May 18, 1856 in Chatham County, NC; d) Feb 27, 1928 in Ramseur, Randolph County, NC; married Elizabeth Della Sheridan.
11) Sarah A. Ellis; b) June 23, 1858 in Chatham County, NC; d) Dec 10, 1900; married John Butler York.

Five (5) of James and Jemima's sons enlisted in the Civil War. All five were in the 26th NC, Company E. Only two (2) survived the war to come home.

James and Jemima raised two of their daughter Nancy's "Nannie" children after she died in 1874; James A. and Fannie J. Martindale. This is according to family and these children show up in the 1880 Census with James and Jemima.