When Christopher Columbus Ellis was born on 15 September 1873, in Texas, United States, his father, Wadkins Watson Ellis, was 42 and his mother, Celia Barrow, was 30. He married Sarah Jane Cavender on 23 October 1902, in Frio, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Frio, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Frio, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 2 April 1959, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Dilley, Frio, Texas, United States.