When Thomas Harry Ellis Jr was born on 24 April 1915, in Galion, Crawford, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Harry Ellis Sr, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Nichols, was 31. He married Susie Florine Olsen on 19 June 1936. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 16 Northwest Price, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 3 December 1942, in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Price City Cemetery, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States.