Member Biography

Nathaniel Ignatius "Nathan" Ellmaker 

Member

Portrait: Jacob Eichholtz

Sessions Office Position District Party
1794-1795       4 Federalist
1795-1796       4 Federalist

COUNTIES: Lancaster  


Biography

12/01/1751 - 04/24/1837


Nathaniel Ignatius " Nathan" Ellmaker (Federalist4) Lancaster County 1794-1796

Early Life:

Nathaniel Ignatius " Nathan" Ellmaker, born December 1, 1751, Earl Township, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of John Leonard Ellmaker and Anna Margaret Hornberger Ellmaker; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1794-1796; married Elizabeth Fellenbaum, children, Elias Ellmaker, Catharine Ellmaker Leaman, Anna Margaretta Ellmaker Kinzer, Mary Ellmaker, Levi Ellmaker, Esaias Enfield Ellmaker; died April 24, 1837 (aged 85 years, 4 months and 23 days); interment, Ellmaker Graveyard, Earl Township, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4thd district, Lancaster County, 1794-1796.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu)Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Nathaniel Ellmaker (1751-1837) - Find a Grave Memorial