ELLISON-James - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

James Ellison, farmer, Covington, is one of that class of old settlers who, during the early times of the county's settlement, spent much of his time in hunting, fishing and trapping the game that abounded during the days of the early settlers. He has probably killed more game than any of the settlers that came to the county in as late a day as himself, his largest deer being one hundred and fifty pounds, dressed. He is a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, where he was born in 1817. He was raised in Clermont county, Ohio, until he was sixteen years old, when he came to this county. He began working by the month on a farm, and being of a free, easy and generous nature, he did not accumulate so much property as many others, though he has a nice little home and farm, which he bought in 1842. He has been married four times, and his wives were all residents of Fountain county, which, as he says, "is proof of his good name at home." He has, however, reared a family of only three children, two boys and one girl. For the past twenty years Mr. Ellison has been a republican, and for forty years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.