Sources & Information:
Plymouth County Cemetery Records.
Cemetery Stone marker says age 43 yrs which would have made James W. Ellis born in 1832.
Stone marker for wife Sarah Clark, wife of James W. Ellis, marker says she died February 20 1921, aged 81 yrs. This would make her birth date abt. 1840. James W. Ellis would be a 5th Cousin 3 times removed to Edward Dale Ellis.
Ancestry.com: 1850 United States Federal Census, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA., page 349, on 29th day of August, 1850 by John Perkins, Ass’t Marshal. James W. Ellis, age 17, listed as a farmer and living with his parents.
Ancestry.com: 1860 United States Federal Census, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA., pge 141, on 25th day of June, 1860, by R. W. Bagnell, Ass’t Marshal, Post Office South Plymouth. James W. Ellis age 28, a farmer, Sarah Ellis his wife age 20 and Remember [Swift] Ellis, age 71 his mother.
Ancestry.com: 1870 United States Federal Census, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA., Page 10, on 16th day of June, 1870, by Chad H. Howland, Ass’t Marshall, Post Office Plymouth. James W. Ellis age 38, a farmer, Sarah E. Ellis his wife age 30, Hellena W. Ellis age 9, Wallace H. Ellis age 7, Nathaniel L. Ellis age 5, Nancy W. Ellis age 2 and Remember [Swift] Ellis age 78 mother of James W. Ellis.