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334 until 1858, when he was chosen governor of North Carolina. He was re-elected in 1860, and died in office. On 2 Jan., 1861, Gov. Ellis took possession of Fort Macon, at Beaufort, the works at Wilming- ton, and the U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, pro- fessedly on behalf of the state. On the 20th of April he ordered the seizure of the U. S. mint at Charlotte. He was active in promoting the pas- sage of the secession ordinance in North Carolina.

ELLIS, Powhatan, jurist and politician, b. in Virginia about 1794; d. in Richmond, Va., about 1844. He was graduated at William and Mary in 1813, settled in Mississippi while it was a territory, gained a high reputation as a lawyer, and in 1818 was elevated to the supreme bench of the state, being one of the first judges of that court. He re- mained in office till 1825, when he w^as appointed by the governor to serve out the unexpired term of David Holmes in the U. S. senate. The legis- lature elected Thomas B. Reed for the place, who displaced Mr. Ellis after he had served three months. At the next election, however, the latter was "chosen senator for the full term, but served only from 3 Dec. 1827, till 1832, when he resigned to take his seat on the bench as U. S. judge for the district of Mississippi. While in the senate he joined Thomas II. Benton and William Smith in opposing the ratification of the treaty of 1828 with Mexico, which established a boundary-line inter- secting the Red and Arkansas rivers, thus leaving only Florida and Arkansas for the expansion of slavery. While on the bench he delivered more opinions than any contemporary judge. On 5 Jan., 1836, he was appointed by President Jackson chai'ge d'affaires in Mexico, and on 28 Dec. he closed the American legation. President Van Bu- ren appointed him minister to Mexico on 15 Feb., 1839, in which post he was superseded by Waddy Thompson on 21 April, 1842. After his return he resided in Virginia.

ELLIS, Reuben, clergyman, b. in North Caro- lina: d. in Baltimore, Md., in February. 1796. He entered the Methodist ministry in 1777, and was one of the early leaders of that church. His la- bors extended from South Carolina to Baltimore, which was his last station.

ELLIS, Robert Fulton, clergyman. b. in Tops- ham, Me., 16 Oct., 1809; d. in St. Louis, Mo., 24 July, 1854. He studied at Bowdoin college, and at Newton theological institution, where he was graduated in 1838. From 1838 till 1845 he was pastor of a Baptist church in Springfield, Mass., then for two years a missionary in Missouri, where he established many Sunday-schools and furnished them with libraries, and in 1847-'53 pastor at Alton. 111. He was afterward associate editor of the " Western Watchman," published in St. Louis, and again an itinerant agent in Missouri.

ELLIS, Sumner, clergyman, b. in North Or- ange, Mass., 17 May, 1828; d. in Chicago, 111., 26 Jan.. 1886. He was educated at Melrose seminary. West Brattleboro, Vt., studied divinity under Ho- sea Ballon, Jr., and was the colleague of Sebastian Streeter in the 1st Universalist church of Boston in 1851-'3. Subsequently he held charges in that city, Lynn, Salem, and other places, and went to Chicago as temporary and afterward permanent successor to the Rev. Dr. Ryder. He engaged in literary work in Boston in 1872-'4, and again in 1881-2. He published " At Our Best; or Making the Most of Life" (Boston, 1873); "Hints on Preaching," and a " Life of Edward H. Chapin, D. D. " (1883). He also delivered many lectures in Chicago and other places. After his death ap- peared " Faith and Righteousness," a memoir, together with several of his sermons, edited by the Rev. C. R. IMoor (Boston, 1887).

ELLIS, Theodore Grunville, soldier, b. in Bos- ton, Mass., 25 Sept., 1829; d. in Hartford, Conn., 8 Jan., 1883. He became a civil engineer, was chief engineer of the Sackett's harbor and Saratoga rail- road, subsequently had charge of silver mines in 1856-'58 in Mexico, and in 1859 became engineer of the Hartford dyke. He entered the Federal army as adjutant of the 14th Connecticut infantry, was engaged at Antietam and Fredericksburg, was promoted major in April, 1863, and at the battle of Chancellorsville commanded the regiment. At Gettysburg his regiment was hotly engaged, and captured five battle-flags in a bayonet charge. In September, 1863, he became lieutenant-colonel, and in October colonel, of the regiment. He was en- gaged at Mine Run, and in the battle of the Wil- derness and the subsequent conflicts commanded a brigade. During the summer of 1864 he com- manded the camp at Annapolis, IMd. His regi- ment had become greatly reduced in numbers by many severe engagements. In the winter of 1864-'5 he was a member of a general military court at Washington. He was mustered out on 8 June, 1865, with the brevet rank of brigadier-general. In 1867 he became surveyor-general of Connecti- cut. He was for several years vice-president of the American society of civil engineers. In 1874 he conducted hydraulic experiments with large apertures at Holyoke, Mass. At the time of his death he had charge of the government works on the Connecticut river. He published many im- portant papers on engineering in the " Transac- tions" of the American society of civil engineers.

ELLIS, Welbore, British "statesman, d. 2 Feb., 1802. He succeeded Charles Townshend as parlia- mentary secretary for war, and in 1763 proposed appropriations for twenty regiments for America. In 1776 he opposed the receiving by parliament of the papers from the American congress. On 13 Aug., 1794, he was created Baron ]\Iendip.

ELLISON, Matthew, clergyman, b. in Monroe county, Va., 10 Nov., 1804. He became a Baptist minister in Virginia, travelled over wide districts in that vocation, and organized twenty-five church- es. When seventy-five years of age he gave up preaching and settled at Raleigh, W. Va. He is the author of " Dunkerism, a Plea for the Union of Baptists," and other controversial works on the subject of Baptism.

ELLMAKER, Amos, jurist, b. in New Holland, Lancaster co.. Pa., 2 Feb., 1787; d. in Lancaster, Pa., 28 Nov., 1851. He was edvicated at Yale, but not graduated, and studied law at the Litchfield, Conn., law-school under Judge Reeve, and in Har- risburg. Pa., under Thomas Elder. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1808, was deputy attorney-gen- eral for Dauiahin county in 1809-'12, and served in the legislature in 1812-14. He was appointed presi- dent judge of his judicial district, 3 July, 1815. In 1814 he accompanied the volunteers to Baltimore as an aide to Gen. Forster. On 30 Dec, 1816, he resigned, to accept the office of attorney-general of the state, serving till 1819. In June, 1821. he re- moved to Lancaster and resumed the practice of his profession. He was the anti-masonic candidate for vice-president of the United States in 1832. " Mr. Ellmaker," says Alexander Harris in his " Reminiscences," " was reported to be a good law- yer, and his addresses to the jury when at the bar were clear, distinct, and argumentative."

ELLSKWATAWA, Indian prophet, b. on the banks of the Scioto river, near what is now Chillicothe, early in 1775. The date of his death is