Rufus Ellis

His brother, George Edward Ellis, was also Unitarian minister.

[3] He was the first regular minister at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester in Rochester, New York, where he led the drive to construct a building for the young congregation in 1843.

[1] Ellis was a lecturer at Harvard Divinity School in 1869 and 1870.

[6] For several years he was associate editor of the Religious Monthly Magazine.

[7] Many of his sermons and other articles were published in a volume commemorating the 250th anniversary of the First Church.