When Eleanor Ellis was born on 2 April 1800, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, her father, Mordecai Ellis Jr, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Hastings, was 37. She married Eli Northcutt on 20 January 1823, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Boone, Boone Township, Franklin, Missouri Territory, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 5, Travis, Texas, United States in 1880. She died in 1862, in Boone, Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Carl Cemetery, Carl, Travis, Texas, United States.