I really appreciated James Burnham's story about his family. This brought another question to my mind. I have always wondered how many Taylor County residents actually came to TEXAS at about the same time....and even who was the FIRST. I think it will be interesting to see who went to what part of Texas. So let's add the area of Texas when possible. Ellis County is about 40 miles south of Dallas. Alma hardly exists any more. Falls County is very near where I live in Waco....Marlin is the county seat. This is about 100 miles south of Dallas....in Central Texas. Marlin was known for its mineral baths for health around the 1930's. My grandmother living in Navarro County used to go there for treatment a couple of times a year. They are trying to do some historical renovations there now. Falls and Ellis Counties are far enough away from each other that these folks probably had very little contact once they came to Texas. Anyway, please share your story. We may even find some common links on leaving Taylor!! Virginia Crilley 4500 Kenny Lane Waco TX 76710 (254)772-5390 Subscribe to RUFFIN mailing list: Ruffin-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Subscribe to CRILLEY mailing list: Crilley-L-Request@Rootsweb.com Homepages: http://www.eramp.net/~crilley Ruffin homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/6276 Taylor Co USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/gataylor.htm