Birth* | circa 1846 | He was born circa 1846 at New YorkG.1 |
| 17 August 1850 | He appeared on the census of 17 August 1850 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, age 4; neis. Andrew Vanderbilt (36); Peter (69) and Mary (60) Selover; img. 38 Hiram (48) and Martha Ellis.1 |
| 18 June 1860 | He appeared on the census of 18 June 1860 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, age 14.2 |
| 16 July 1870 | He appeared on the census of 16 July 1870 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, as Isaac Newton Ellis, age 23, b. NY, farm laborer; Della J named as dau. in 1880.3 |
| 18 June 1880 | He appeared on the census of 18 June 1880 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, as Newton, age 33, farmer, b. NY.4 |
| 16 February 1892 | He appeared on the census of 16 February 1892 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, age 46, farming.5 |