ABNER ELLIS

Abner Ellis (b. Dedham, Mass., 4 Jan. 1770; d. there, 14 Dec. 1844) was a composer, singing master, schoolteacher, and a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1814-17 and 1823. He joined the Stoughton Musical Society in 1803. Ellis apparently spent most of his life around Dedham where he owned a sawmill in 1816 and kept a tavern, probably for many years.

          Bio-bib. Also Dedham 1893, p. 99; Mann, p. 107; Cooke, p. 42, 79, 128. 

          See Jenks, The Delights of Harmony, 1805, with Additional Music (No. 290). See also D. Read, The Columbian Harmonist, 3d ed. (No. 426), and Supplement to the Columbian Harmonist (No. 480).

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