Education
He studied law at Princeton College in New Jersey. He continued his studies under the tutelage of James Hopkins, Esq., of Lancaster and at Litchfield Law School under Tapping Reeve. He completed his studies at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. in the office of Thomas Elder, whose daughter he later married.
In 1808, Ellmaker was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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