Harold, For a few min. I thought we may have had a match, now Im not so sure. My Gibbs line has Abijah Smith Gibbs (he went by Smith) b:1805 in Tn d:1851 in Ellis, co, TX. he was married to Sarah Garret b: 1808 in Green co, Tn. their children were born between 1829-1843 in Tn, 1854 in Mo, and after 1849 in TX. If you run into a Abijah or Smith anywhere get back to me< I have a lot of info on descendants for this couple. Meanwhile I will keep an eye for your line also. Dian

Thanks so much, Linda. I can't make a connection to your Doshie Forston yet, but it will give me another name to look for. That's such an unusual name, I have a feeling there may be a connection there. I'll contact you if I find anything. Thanks again. Glynda Black =^.^= mailto:glynda@ibm.net <http://www.skytoucher.com/gbdesigns/> NEW URL!

Linda, Thank you for your reply. Harold Gosnell -----Original Message----- From: Linda Wood Eaton <lindawe@flash.net> To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 06, 1999 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Surnames >Harold, > >Sorry, I do not. My Wilsons came from Decatur, Alabama. > >Linda > >-----Original Message----- >From: gosnell <gosnell@wnonline.net> >To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 7:56 AM >Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Surnames > > >>Linda, Do you have a James K. Wilson born 1848 >>in N.C. moved to Mo., He married Elizabeth Jane >>Gibbs, and they had a son Grover Cleveland Wilson >>born 1878 in Mo. >>Harold Gosnell >>gosnell@wnonline.net >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Linda Wood Eaton <lindawe@flash.net> >>To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Mittwoch, 3. November 1999 23:05 >>Subject: [TXELLIS] Surnames >> >> >>>My names for Ellis Co. are: >>> >>>WILSON >>>WINTERROWD >>>WATKINS >>>RAMSEY >>>BREWER >>>FORSTON >>>SHANKS >>>HARTHCOCK >>> >>>Linda Wood Eaton >>>Arlington, TX >>> >>> >>> >>>==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >>>If you share, others will share with you. >>> >>> >> >> >>==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >>Support RootsWeb: >>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >> >> > > >==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >To search the Ellis County archived messages, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter TXELLIS for the name of the list. > >

J.L. Rhymer Hardware Co. advertising buggies and harness better than the other guys. Allen and Kendall, furniture from the largest and best assorted stock in Ellis County.

>From the Rice Rustler 14 June 1912 Saturday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock, Mrs. S.T. Green, her three children, Dewey and Misses Connie and Gay Green and Miss Ella Alford were out for a ride in Mr. Green's car, and just after they passed Roark's park west of town, the boy, who was driving, lost controll of the car, it skidded and turned over pinning the entire party beneath. Lee Caldwell and party of friends who were right behing them lifted the car and released them and brought them to town. Mrs. Green's left shoulder was painfully injured and she was in bed until this morning. She is now doing nicely. Gay Green received slight bruises, Dewey and Miss Connie escaped injury. Miss Ella Alford received the worst injuries, her left shoulder was hurt, one of her ribs fractured and it is possible that she received internal injuries. She is reported doing well. Johnnie Clark went out and pulle the car in. It was considerably damaged. -- Ennis News. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Roussean & Dobbs > Dian, Thanks for the information. She was wondering if any one was > researching these families on the > list. > > Anita > > Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > > > Anita, > > I was over at the FHC today and checked out the Waxhatchie Cemetary here is > > what I found for your friend, Virginia: > > > > Rouseau, C. C. b: 24 Sep 1834 d: 2 Jan 1917 > > Rouseau, Bethenia b: 5 Sep 1839 d: 12 Mar 1910 w/o C. C. > > They are buried in the 2nd addition block 1 > > > > note the spelling of the last name, but with the wife's name listed I am sure > > they are the same ones. > > Did you want me to check the 1900 or 1910 census for her?? > > Dian > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > To search the Ellis County archived messages, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > and enter TXELLIS for the name of the list. > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Visit the TXGenWeb page for Ellis County > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txellis >

Harold, Sorry, I do not. My Wilsons came from Decatur, Alabama. Linda -----Original Message----- From: gosnell <gosnell@wnonline.net> To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Surnames >Linda, Do you have a James K. Wilson born 1848 >in N.C. moved to Mo., He married Elizabeth Jane >Gibbs, and they had a son Grover Cleveland Wilson >born 1878 in Mo. >Harold Gosnell >gosnell@wnonline.net >-----Original Message----- >From: Linda Wood Eaton <lindawe@flash.net> >To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Mittwoch, 3. November 1999 23:05 >Subject: [TXELLIS] Surnames > > >>My names for Ellis Co. are: >> >>WILSON >>WINTERROWD >>WATKINS >>RAMSEY >>BREWER >>FORSTON >>SHANKS >>HARTHCOCK >> >>Linda Wood Eaton >>Arlington, TX >> >> >> >>==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >>If you share, others will share with you. >> >> > > >==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >Support RootsWeb: >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Glenda, The only Forston I have is Doshie Forston. She married my great-grandmother's brother, Thomas Jefferson Watkins, in Ellis Co. on 12/18/1889. I just recently discovered them. Let me know. Linda Wood Eaton -----Original Message----- From: Glynda <glynda@ibm.net> To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 6:52 AM Subject: [TXELLIS] Forston Surname >At 11:06 PM 11/3/99 -0600, you wrote: >>My names for Ellis Co. are: >> >>WILSON >>WINTERROWD >>WATKINS >>RAMSEY >>BREWER >>FORSTON >>SHANKS >>HARTHCOCK >> >>Linda Wood Eaton >>Arlington, TX > > >Linda, you wouldn't have an F. P. Forston in your family who married an >Emma Harris Oct. 3, 1881, in Ellis Co., TX, would you? He would have been >born probably in the early 1860's. Emma is a great grandaunt of mine, and >her father, Arno L. Harris, has proved most elusive. Any information would >be greatly appreciated. >Glynda Black =^.^= mailto:glynda@ibm.net ><http://www.skytoucher.com/gbdesigns/> NEW URL! > > >==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== >Post, post, post your Ellis County Texas connections. Remember that new members are joining all the time. > >

Anita: Wm. James stevenson ,b Nov 1841 LCTis : s/o Robert " Bobby" A.C.Stevenson b abt 1813 SCdAbt 1899 TN.& Martha J Claunch.-s/o James Stevenson b,abt 1787 Carolina& Sarah.. s/oRobert Stevenson & Isabell Culton Rockbridge CO.,VA.This is as far as Wehave gone.I don't have any other info on CC Roseau except his testimony states " he grew up with WJ Stevenson in TN".. Thanks David L ----- Original Message ----- From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 06 November, 1999 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Roussean & Dobbs > Thanks, that is very interesting. > > Who is William Stevenson's father, I am researching Moore > Stevenson/Stephenson, for TN. > > Anita > > Digitex wrote: > > > Hello,My GG'pa William James Stevenson, b 1841 Lincoln CO.,TN, had a > > life-long friend CC Rouseau, who witnessed G'pa Stevensons' Confederate > > Pension application in waxahatchie, Ellis CO.,Tx., 1 December 1913. > > Could this be your CCRouseau ?? Interested, > > David L Austin > > Slack > > > > david-fredia@digitex.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> > > To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, 06 November, 1999 7:36 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Roussean & Dobbs > > > > > The spelling could be Rousseau, it is hard to tell. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Anita > > > > > > Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > Anita, > > > > Is it possable that your friends family name was spelled Rousseau? > > The index > > > > for Waxahatchee cemtary list a few Rouseau but not any Roussean??? I > > don't > > > > have the first names listed but am going to the FHC tomarrow and > > will check > > > > out who is listed there, what their first names are and the dates > > and get > > > > back to you. > > > > Dian > > > > > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > > > Support RootsWeb: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > > Support RootsWeb: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Post, post, post your Ellis County Texas connections. Remember that new members are joining all the time. > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Post, post, post your Ellis County Texas connections. Remember that new members are joining all the time.

Thanks, that is very interesting. Who is William Stevenson's father, I am researching Moore Stevenson/Stephenson, for TN. Anita Digitex wrote: > Hello,My GG'pa William James Stevenson, b 1841 Lincoln CO.,TN, had a > life-long friend CC Rouseau, who witnessed G'pa Stevensons' Confederate > Pension application in waxahatchie, Ellis CO.,Tx., 1 December 1913. > Could this be your CCRouseau ?? Interested, > David L Austin > Slack > > david-fredia@digitex.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> > To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, 06 November, 1999 7:36 AM > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Roussean & Dobbs > > > The spelling could be Rousseau, it is hard to tell. > > > > Thank you, > > Anita > > > > Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Anita, > > > Is it possable that your friends family name was spelled Rousseau? > The index > > > for Waxahatchee cemtary list a few Rouseau but not any Roussean??? I > don't > > > have the first names listed but am going to the FHC tomarrow and > will check > > > out who is listed there, what their first names are and the dates > and get > > > back to you. > > > Dian > > > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > > Support RootsWeb: > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Support RootsWeb: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Post, post, post your Ellis County Texas connections. Remember that new members are joining all the time.

Dian, Thanks for the information. She was wondering if any one was researching these families on the list. Anita Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > Anita, > I was over at the FHC today and checked out the Waxhatchie Cemetary here is > what I found for your friend, Virginia: > > Rouseau, C. C. b: 24 Sep 1834 d: 2 Jan 1917 > Rouseau, Bethenia b: 5 Sep 1839 d: 12 Mar 1910 w/o C. C. > They are buried in the 2nd addition block 1 > > note the spelling of the last name, but with the wife's name listed I am sure > they are the same ones. > Did you want me to check the 1900 or 1910 census for her?? > Dian > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > To search the Ellis County archived messages, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter TXELLIS for the name of the list.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DC312D690351328C7F55C312 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am also interested in this connection. Also James has a brother Alves who was in Waxahachie High School the same time as I. I have been trying to tie this family to my database for a long time. Gary Turk wrote: > > Hi, > > Okay, I am going to jump in here and ask if anyone on the list can > relate this James Bynum of Ellis County to the Bynums/Murphrees of > Blount County, Alabama. I know he is related, but I do not know how. > At one time many families in Waxahachie, Maypearl, Midlothian, Mountain > Peak etc. had ties back to Blount County, Alabama. > > Thanks, > > Ann (Kiker) Turk....a Murphree in disguise. > > Tom Mote wrote: > > > Tom Mote wrote: > > > > > Harriett and Susan, > > > > > > I went to Waxahachie High School, graduating in 1942, with James > > Bynum. > > > He was from May Pearl and served as its mayor in 1988-1989. > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Post, post, post your Ellis County Texas connections. Remember that new members are joining all the time. --------------DC312D690351328C7F55C312 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="bellew.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Robert D Bellew Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bellew.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bellew;Robert x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 email;internet:bellew@hal-pc.org x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Robert Bellew end:vcard --------------DC312D690351328C7F55C312--

Hello,My GG'pa William James Stevenson, b 1841 Lincoln CO.,TN, had a life-long friend CC Rouseau, who witnessed G'pa Stevensons' Confederate Pension application in waxahatchie, Ellis CO.,Tx., 1 December 1913. Could this be your CCRouseau ?? Interested, David L Austin Slack david-fredia@digitex.net ----- Original Message ----- From: billy prewitt <wb5bxj@earthlink.net> To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 06 November, 1999 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Roussean & Dobbs > The spelling could be Rousseau, it is hard to tell. > > Thank you, > Anita > > Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > > > Anita, > > Is it possable that your friends family name was spelled Rousseau? The index > > for Waxahatchee cemtary list a few Rouseau but not any Roussean??? I don't > > have the first names listed but am going to the FHC tomarrow and will check > > out who is listed there, what their first names are and the dates and get > > back to you. > > Dian > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Support RootsWeb: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Does anyone know when the family of Joseph Marion Davis (b 4-3-1858 d 1877) moved from Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi to Milford, Texas? Also, when did his son, James Edgar Davis (b 9-3-1860 d3-12-1940) open his bank in Milford? James Edgar Davis married Mary Thomas Willims 8-19-1885. Thanks.....James

Thank you. Thank you. Susan

Thank you for your response. I was in Waxahachie on Monday but the Historical Society was closed and the library. I hope to be able to determine that the John Paul who died in Buena Vista was actually James P. Paul who died there and is buried in the City Cem. It will just take a little more digging. Thanks again. Susan, San Gabriel CA.

The spelling could be Rousseau, it is hard to tell. Thank you, Anita Kinfinders@aol.com wrote: > Anita, > Is it possable that your friends family name was spelled Rousseau? The index > for Waxahatchee cemtary list a few Rouseau but not any Roussean??? I don't > have the first names listed but am going to the FHC tomarrow and will check > out who is listed there, what their first names are and the dates and get > back to you. > Dian > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

The address for The New Handbook of Texas: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Allynne Murphy [mailto:CNM@Hillsboro.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 6:46 AM > To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Buena Vista, Ellis Co TX > > > Go to Location: > http//homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtpeaktx/ > Click on "Places" > Click on "Buena Vista" > > The Handbook of Texas Online page gives you the history and > location of Buena > Vista. > > Happy hunting... > > Cecil Murphy > > KANDSANDER@aol.com wrote: > > > Does anyone know where Buena Vista would have been in 1905? In > the Ellis > > Co. TX death records, a John Paul died there in 1905. I > believe this might > > have been my ancestor but need the location to tie it to his > land. Thanks. > > Susan > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Problems/Questions/Comments > > Email: agsa@fwst.com > > Listowner: Rob Yoder > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > To search the Ellis County archived messages, go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter > TXELLIS for the name of the list. > >

The name of the funeral home is Byrum. Edgewood Cemetery was established in 1845. It is located about 1/4 mile south of Beltline Road, south of the city of Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas on both side of Nokomis Road. MAPSCO 86M The other 'unnamed' cemetery is Rawlins Cemetery, established 1848; it is on Old Beltline Road, 2 and 1/2 miles west of the city of Lancaster, Dallas Co., TX and east of Houston School Road. MAPSCO 85L. This cemetery and others of the south Dallas County area have been published by the Dallas Genealogical Society in a book named DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS: GENEALOGICAL DATA FROM EARLY CEMETERIES -VOLUME II 1989. After the information on the deceased person in the Rawlins Cemetery you will find, when at all possible, a SURVIVOR referred to by number. This does not necessarily mean a descendant, but an INFORMANT who is familiar with this particular family. This was one for a benefit to those person doing genealogy or in case of the cemetery needs to get in touch with someone concerning broken stones, etc. The names and addresses of the "survivors" are found at the end of the list of those interred. For the information below and other Volumes go to: http://www.dallasgenealogy.org/sales/catalog.htm Dallas County, Texas: Genealogical Data from Early Cemeteries, Volume 2 Cemeteries included are: Edgewood, Floyd-Taylor, Hutchins, Patrick-Pruitt, Porter, Rawlins, and Stadden. Directions and Dallas Mapsco numbers are included for locating the sites. About 6,000 surnames are listed. Indexed. 1989. (Also available in microfiche). Softbound, 5.5" x 8.5", 205 pp. Item #102: $15.00 > -----Original Message----- > From: Assistant to The President [mailto:president@monolithic.com] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 8:42 AM > To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Lancaster cemeteries > > > Edgewood Cemetery just south of Lancaster is old. It is the oldest > cemetery in Lancastcer, dating back to the 1850's. It has the graves of > those who settled there -- Roderick Rawlins, James Lemmon, and more. One > can find out more about who is buried there by contacting the Lancaster > Cemetery Association, 1412 Wilson Rd. Lancaster, TX 75146. I spoke with > one of the leaders last year. She was located at the Byron Funeral home > - 972-227-2121. She sent me a photocopy of the records of my relatives > buried there. It was wonderful. Some of the oldest headstones (1852, > etc) were almost illegible, but their records were complete. > > Have a great day. > > Sincerely, > > Melinda South > > Ellis1992@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > Sorry, but I did not keep a copy of the post that discussed > the ancestor > > who was buried "2 miles from Lancaster". I got out my Mapsco > of Dallas and I > > have found 2 cemeteries in Lancaster which might meet your needs? > > > > The one that I said I remembered is named Edgewood > cemetery. It has been > > a very long time since I have been by there, but I remember it > seemed old. > > The other cemetery is not named, but it is located off of Main > street, so I > > am not sure how old it is. > > This is not necessarily a complete list. I thought the Mapscos were > > pretty complete on cemeteries, but I just noticed that there is > one between > > Duncanville and DeSoto that is not listed, and it is fairly old as well. > > > > Hope this helps, please let me know if you need anything else, > or if I can > > find something on the Mapsco for you. > > > > Kathleen > > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > > Support RootsWeb: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > If you share, others will share with you. > >

Go to Location: http//homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtpeaktx/ Click on "Places" Click on "Buena Vista" The Handbook of Texas Online page gives you the history and location of Buena Vista. Happy hunting... Cecil Murphy KANDSANDER@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone know where Buena Vista would have been in 1905? In the Ellis > Co. TX death records, a John Paul died there in 1905. I believe this might > have been my ancestor but need the location to tie it to his land. Thanks. > Susan > > ==== TXELLIS Mailing List ==== > Problems/Questions/Comments > Email: agsa@fwst.com > Listowner: Rob Yoder

I am the person who was looking for a relative who was "buried about 2 miles from that place" and they were referring to Lancaster, TX. I have looked in the Rawlins and the Edgewood Cemetery books at the Lancaster Public Library without finding my person. I will try the lady who works at the funeral home and see if she might be able to help. Are there old graves (1914) that might have lost or never had markers? I know this man had children, but none lived in area, and none seemed to be a caretaker for him while he was ill. Thanks to all who took the time to reply to my posting. Joyce Park Riggs, Dallas, Texas