Family Life
He was married 13 June 1816 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Mary Rachael Elder (born 31 December 1799 at Harrisburg, PA; died 15 March 1866), the daughter of Thomas Elder. They had two sons, Nathaniel (born 28 April 1817 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and Levi (born 1828, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Ellmaker died on 28 November 1851 in Lancaster County. He was buried in the churchyard of St. James' Episcopal Church in Lancaster.
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