Individual Details
Elizabeth Ellis
(1796 or 1797 - )
Johnson: Kentucky and Kentuckians -- " . . . a woman, strong in character and constitution, who lived to the great old age of ninety-three or ninety-four years, and died several years after the close of the Civil war, having witnessed many of the most stirring incidents of American history. . . . belonged to the Baptist church."
Events
| Birth | 1796 or 1797 | Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1817 | Reason Downing | | ||
| Census | 1850 | District 1, Mason, Kentucky, United States |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Reason Downing (1793 - 1849) |
| Child | John Downing (1817 - 1855) |
| Child | Nancy Downing (1819 - 1886) |
| Child | Susan Downing (1820 - 1842) |
| Child | Isaac Ellis Downing (1821 - 1892) |
| Child | James Downing (1823 - 1884) |
| Child | Lydia Ann Downing (1824 - 1856) |
| Child | Eliza J. Downing (1826 - 1871) |
| Child | William Downing (1828 - 1884) |
| Child | Elizabeth F. Downing (1830 - 1906) |
| Child | Reason Downing (1833 - ) |
| Child | Joseph T. Downing (1835 - 1908) |
| Child | Thomas M. Downing (1837 - 1907) |
Notes
Census
Her real estate is valued at $10,000.Endnotes
1. Elizabeth Downing household, 1850 U.S. census, District 1, Mason Co., Kentucky, page 14, household 189, family 192; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-432, Reel 212..
2. E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago: Lewis, 1912).
3. Elizabeth Downing household, 1850 U.S. census, District 1, Mason Co., Kentucky, page 14, household 189, family 192; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication M-432, Reel 212..