Rev Jesse Ellis Jr ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, he was a clergyman in Coosa, Coosa County, Alabama. On the 1860 census, he was shown as a M.E. (Methodist Episcopal) minister. He had real estate valued at $1500 and personal assets of $300. His household included second wife Mary, ten years his junior, and farmhand James Dixon, 16.

Jesse married Hannah Murphree, daughter of Rev Solomon L. Murphree Sr and Sarah Ward, in 1809 in , Pendleton County, South Carolina. (Hannah Murphree was born on 25 Aug 1791 in South Carolina and died on 21 Feb 1852 in Wetumpka, Autauga County, Alabama, United States.)

Jesse next married Mary about 1858 in , Jackson County, Alabama, United States. (Mary was born about 1802 in South Carolina and died on 20 Aug 1885 in , Elmore County, Alabama, United States.)