DAVID N. ELLIS, farmer and stock raiser, eldest son of Abraham and Sarah (Couchman) Ellis, 
natives of the State of Virginia and of Irish and German extraction respectively was born in Berkley 
County, Virginia November 3, 1818. From Virginia he removed in the year 1847 to the state of Ohio, 
where he resided in Champaign county until the spring of 1872. Coming thence into Indiana, he located 
at Spencer and for one year carried on the manufacture of brick. In the spring of 1873, he moved 
upon the farm where he has since lived. February 20, 1845 Mr Ellis married in his native county to 
Susannah E. Small, who has borne him eight children--Henry L(deceased), Rebecca H. (deceased) 
Mary Ellen, John B, James L, Sarah, Charles B and Armilda. Mr. and Mrs Ellis are members of the 
Presbyterian Church and Mr Ellis belongs to both the Odd Fellows and Masons. He was reared 
upon a farm and educated at the common schools of Virginia. In politics, he is an out and out 
Democrat of the old school, having cast his first Presidential vote for James K. Polk.


DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings
"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: 
F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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