Life span: 04/11/1837 to 05/24/1861TabsLife SummaryFull name: Elmer Ephraim EllsworthPlace of Birth: Saratoga County, NYBurial Place: Mechanicville, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFriends: Abraham Lincoln Family: Ephraim Ellsworth (father), Pheobe Ellsworth (mother) Occupation: MilitaryAttorney or JudgeBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanMilitary: Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 05/24/1861 05/24/1861 Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a former law student of President Lincoln, is killed in Alexandria, Virginia Documents Subject Docs Date Title 05/25/1861 Abraham Lincoln to Ephraim and Phoebe Ellsworth, May 25, 1861 Images Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, detail Bibliography