Ellis B. was born on January 24th, 1895.1 Ellis B.'s father was Canada Ritchie and his mother is Nancy Ann Shepard. His paternal grandparents were Manford Ritchie and Nancy Caudill. He had a brother and two sisters, named William Jason, Luana and Roselia. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 59 on March 7th, 1954.1