My direct ancestor, Indiana ELLIS, was born in Kentucky ca. 1815. She had a brother, James Franklin ELLIS, who went by either James or Frank, and a sister, Martha J. (possibly Jane) ELLIS. James Franklin was born 18 September 1819 in Kentucky, and Martha was born ca. 1830 in Indiana. By 1830, a John Ellis had moved to Wayne County, and looking at the census for the 1830 and 1840 years leads me to believe that there was a sister born in between Indiana, the eldest child, and James Franklin. However, she must have married before 1850, because 1850 finds mother Jane ? ELLIS widowed, with children James Franklin and Martha J. at home with her. Indiana had married by that time, to a James Franklin MINOR. (Yes, the same first names as her brother!). I cannot find James and Indiana MINOR in either the 1850 or 1860 censuses but they must have been there because the family finally appears in the 1870 Crawford County, Indiana census with children all born Indiana. Brother James Franklin ELLIS m. Mary Ann HARRIS b. 25 Mar 1827 in Kentucky; they married 28 Jul 1853 in Indiana. Martha J. was living with her brother James in 1860, at age 30, at had not married. It is *possible* that the first sister could have married a Sheldon and moved to Dubois County, because that is one of the locations that Indiana, James, and Martha J. all lived in. I would be appreciativ of any information on this family, especially any cemetery records. Thank you! --Amy