Sorry, Helen. Not as of this time. Shirley HRsom1@aol.com wrote: > Shirley, > > Do you have any RITCHEY, MCKAY, ALLEN, OR DOBBS? > > Thanks, > Helen

Shirley, Do you have any RITCHEY, MCKAY, ALLEN, OR DOBBS? Thanks, Helen

Janice, Thank you for your reply. I am on the Melungeon List and the Gowen List. Also, a member of the Gowen Foundation. They are really great areas for information. I have enjoyed them tremendously. Navarro Co. has popped up several times. I need to check into it. Thank you so much. Shirley

Janice, I forgot two more surnames: Kines and Flowers. Shirley

Janice, Although, I don't know yet if I have any RUFFIN's in my line, that was very thoughtful of you. I do, though have a lot of family members in and all around Ellis Co. Ennis is where my mother was born. My line encludes Sharp, Banks, Pendergrass, Gowins/Gowen/Goins, maybe Strickland, maybe Prewitt, Chambers, Acker, Herring... and a bunch of surnames attached to these folks. Happy Easter to you and yours. Shirley

->>Happy Holidays, >>I can't remember which list I seen the RUFFIN surname on but am sending it >>to the Navarro and Ellis List. >> >>I put flowers on my parents grave today at the Rice Cemetery in Rice, TX >and >>while there I wrote the below to post for the one that was interested in >the >>Ruffin surname. >> >>1. DOUBLE HEAD STONE >>FATHER >>H.J. RUFFIN >>APR 23 1845 B. >>JUL 19 , 1916 D. >> >>MOTHER >>W.V. HIS WIFE >>JUN 27, 1852 B. >>OCT 18, 1915 D. >> >>ON THE STONE: >>FAITHFUL ARE CERTAIN OF THEIR REWARD >>RUFFIN >> >>SINGLE STONE NEXT TO THEIRS: >>E.C. FUFFIN >>DEC 12, 1871 B. >>SEPT 27 1930 D. >> >>THESE WERE ON ONE ROW THE NEXT ROW: >> >>#1 >>IMOGENE E. RUFFIN >>B. 12-3 1896-BLOOMING GROVE >>D. 9-20-1979-ENNIS, TX >> >>#2 >> CLAUDE J. RUFFIN >>B. 7-3-1892 >>D. 12-12-1952 >>This was on a service marker: >>TEXAS, SGT. 3769 CASUAL CO. WWI >> >>#3 >>CLAUDE J. RUFFIN, JR >>B. MAY 24, 1922 >>D. JAN 23, 1929 >>ANOTHER LITTLE ANGEL BEFORE THE HEAVENLY THRONE >>SON >> >>#4 >>IMOGENE EVELYN RUFFIN >>DAU OF C.J. AND I.E. RUFFIN >>B. AUG 26, 1930 >>D. SEPT 25, 1930 >> >>I hope the person that was looking for these loved ones is on one of these >>list. >> >>Regards, >>Janice >>janiceh@airmail.net >> >> >

You might try contacting the Midlothian ISD. If I am not mistaken, Mt. Peak is on the SE side of Midlothian. Marie Capehart >From: TXELLIS-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXELLIS-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: TXELLIS-D Digest V00 #46 >Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:21:03 -0700 (PDT) > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi, Does anyone know the approximate location of the Walnut School District #19? Thanks, Ann Turk

Would anyone be able to give me the name(s) and address of the Newspaper(s) for Waxahachie? I am interested in any that were in business in 1979. Thanks, Jill

The newspaper in Waxahachie is the Waxahachie Daily Light and has been so for as long as I can remember. The address is 200 West Marvin.

The Ennis Public Library at <library@ennis-tx-lib.com> has the Ennis Daily News Archives. I have no idea as to what arrangements are made for viewing. Good luck, Helen

I am researching Anderson family who lived in Ennis. They died in the early 1900's. Which newspaper,should I obtain,inter-library loan? And,if I understand the Tx Library sight,they will NOT do lookups? Thank you,Kevin Kelly,St Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: <TXELLIS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <TXELLIS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 11:20 PM Subject: TXELLIS-D Digest V00 #43

Sorry-I guess it was wishful thinking that the paper was still called "The Ferris Wheel"-I always loved the name.I thought it Unique!! I think they use to put out an issue every once in a while called -Pioneer Issue or News.I'd surely like to get ahold of those.Again excuse my mistake.I'm old!!!-Peggy

What Prince line are you researching? My Prince line came from TN to Waxahachie in the early 1840s. Bio below ... hope we connect, Marguerite Prince Songy, Pasadena, TX. PRINCE FAMILY LINEAGE: JONATHAN ERWIN PRINCE (SR.) B. 2 Jan 1813 TN (this birthplace is according to the Ellis Co. 1860 Census) Left White Co., TN 1847 to Dallas Co. in Feb 1848, made crops on the Carruth Farm 4 miles NE of old town Dallas, Moved on to Ellis Co. in c. 1849 d. 9 Mar 1888 WAXAHACHIE, TX. m. VITURA McDonald IRWIN (note: on both the 1850 and 1860 Ellis Co. census, her name was listed as "VIENNA M.") b. 29 MAR 1815 TN d. 9 MAR 1889, WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS CO., TX. Daughter of WILLIAM M. IRWIN b. c. 1779-80 d. 1865 Waxahachie, TX. Buried under a large cedar tree in the City Cemetery.) and MARGARET TAYLOR b. VA? d. after 1828 White Co., TN. CHILDREN OF J. E. PRINCE, SR. and VITURA (Vienna) M. IRWIN: (numbered in order of birth) 1.JONATHAN ERWIN PRINCE, JR. b. 1850 WAXAHACHIE, ELLIS CO., TX. m.1844 in Madison Co.,MS, Mary Edward BURTON b. MS ? Dau of MARGUERITE DUVAL and the Reverend EDWARD R. BURTON...(Help please...) 1. MARGUERITE E. PRINCE b. June 3, 1890 D. 1985 m. Marshall Underwood, Vernon, TX, no children born. 2. PHILANDER J. PRINCE b. 1844 TN (listed on 1860 census as Jas I, and on 1850 census was listed as J. L. d. 28 Aug 1853 3. REBECCA J. PRINCE b. Dec 1847 ARK enroute to TX d. 1910 Waxahachie, TX. m. EDWARD HENRY MOORE b. 1827 Stokes Co., NC d. 1871 buried Waxahachie, TX City Cemetery. Their three children were: 1. Marguerite m. George DeBardeladum, 2. Mathew J. Moore moved to OK, 3.Will Moore ofWaxahachie, TX. 5. MARY C. PRINCE, female b. 1856 TX 6. ALTA T. PRINCE b. c. 1858 TX m. WILLIS (family moved to San Antonio, TX area). (note: on the 1860 Census, a J.W. COLEMAN 34 m. Carpenter was listed as living with the family of J.E. Prince, Sr.) 7. HOPE MILLER PRINCE b. Oct. 9, 1896 m. Anna Belle Howard...My line... SIBLINGS OF JONATHAN E. PRINCE SR.: (PARENTS UNKNOWN) 1. (BROTHER) THOMAS PRINCE b. c. 1814 TN m. c. 1840 REBECCA DAVIS in WHITE CO., TN d. c. 1845 MO (went there to take wagon train to Oregon w/wife and the Prince children. Thomas Prince and Rebecca Davis Prince's (6) children were: SIRILDA, JONATHAN D., MARY A., WILLIAM T., REBECCA J. and LEVI PRINCE. Rebecca Davis Prince married 2nd the Wagonmaster, Freeman W. Tyrrell, shortly after arriving out west in Oregon or Washington area? Need help finding Prince descendants... 2. (SISTER) ELEANOR PRINCE m. 8 Dec 1836 JONATHAN DAVIS b. 1817 (brother of Rebecca above). They were reported to have had 12 children. Rebecca continued her journey with her brother and sister in law to Or/WA area. my IRWIN LINEAGE - WILLIAM M. IRWIN b. c. 1781 Cumberland Co.(?), PA d. 28 Feb 1865 Ellis Co., TX m. 1st MARGARET TAYLOR b. c. 1781-90 VA d. before 1840 White Co., TN. dau of THOMAS TAYLOR and wife REBECCA MCCLARN. m. 2nd SUSAN PINEGAR FLINCHUM 10 Apr 1840 b. c. 1801-1810 NC. Children of William M. Irwin and Margaret Taylor were: 1.WASHINGTON H. IRWIN b. c. 1814 White Co., TN d. c. 1848-49 Smith Co. TN (murdered). m. SARAH SMITH, 7 Dec 1836. 2. VELARA MCDONALD IRWIN (TWIN) b. 29 Mar 1815, White Co., TN d.16 Mar 1885 Ellis Co., Waxahachie, TX. m. LARKIN WISDOM STEWART in 1836. 3.**VETURA McDonald (TWIN) IRWIN b. 29 Mar 1815, White Co., TN d. 18 Feb 1889 Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX. m. JONATHAN ERWIN PRINCE, 21 Dec 1839, b. c. 1814 White Co., TN ? d. 1923 Vernon, TX . (my line) 4.LOCKHART JEFFERSON IRWIN b. c. 1817 White Co., TN m. NANCY OPHELIA HEAD 3 March 1843 Brazos Co., TX 5. REBECCA T. IRWIN b. c. 1818 White Co., TN b. Johnson Co., TN m. 1st MOSES S. GRISSOM 12 June 1839 White Co., TN m. 2nd SNOW 6. MARGARET IRWIN b. c. 1825 White Co., TN m. JASPER MARCHBANKS 30 Apr 1846 White Co., TN Child born of 2nd Marriage of William M. Irwin to Susan PINEGAR FLINCHUM: 1. (7th for William M.) SUSANNAH HELEN IRWIN b. c. 1841 WHITE CO m. MCCOY - -------------------------- >From "Bible Records and Marriage Bonds" it states Isaac Taylor, son of Isaac and Margaret Taylor, was born 19th of Sept , in the year of our Lord, 1831. Isaac Taylor married his wife, Margaret Jane Blakemore, the 8th of July,1856. Also, found info on those Taylor governors.... This is from the book "Fiddle and Bow" by Robert Taylor, Jr. 1985. "These Taylors were descended from Isaac Taylor, Sr. and Isabella Wilson Taylor through their son Andrew and Annie Wilson Taylor, and then Nathaniel (the General) and Mary Patton and their son James Patton Taylor and his wife Mary Carter (daughter of Landon Carter). Next in line is Nathaniel Green Taylor who married Emmaline Haynes and their son James Patton who married Mary Susan George, Their son Baxter Taylor married Love THOMAS and produced Robert Love Taylor, SR. who married Merle Wiseman and then Dorothy Antene. One of these wives was the mother of Robert Love Taylor, Jr. who wrote the book. Nathaniel and Emmaline Haynes also produced Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor, each of whom became Governor of TN and are famous for "War of the Roses" during which they ran against each other for that office". Any assistance with these lines would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... Marguerite Prince Songy

The Ennis Daily News has a paper called "The Ellis County News and Advantage" issued once a week, every Wednesday. The e-mail address is <ennisnews@vetec.com>. They have a COLUMN in the last issue called THE FERRIS WHEEL.

Hello, I am looking for the date of death and burial place of my 2 great grandparents, John Bradford Aycock and Celina Katherine (Doss )Aycock. John died in Ellis Co after 1870 and Celina died after 1880. Thank you Donna Cummins donnac@webmail.bmi.net

In a message dated 3/19/00 1:32:42 PM Central Standard Time, peggy@bcni.net writes: << Sorry-I guess it was wishful thinking that the paper was still called "The Ferris Wheel"-I always loved the name.I thought it Unique!! I think they use to put out an issue every once in a while called -Pioneer Issue or News.I'd surely like to get ahold of those.Again excuse my mistake.I'm old!!!-Peggy >> No problem, I liked it too. Robin

thank you so much for your kindness. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS JUDITH

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Sylvia, thank you for correcting my post as to who added additional material to the original Ellis County History published in the Lone Star State series. Barbara Knox -----Original Message----- From: Sylvia Smith <sylsmith@azmail.net> To: TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 18, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: [TXELLIS] ELLIS COUNTY HISTORY BOOK > Across the brown cover of this 774 page book are the words: THE LONE >STAR STATE > >The first page inside this edition reads: >Ellis County History > The Basic 1892 book >(With the Presidents Section deleted) > with > Additional Biographies > compiled by the >Ellis County Historical Museum > and > Art Gallery, Inc. > Waxahachie, Texas > In Memory of > the >Courageous Pioneers and Builders > of > Ellis County > >Copyrighted 1972 by >Ellis County Historical >Museum & Art Gallery, Inc. > >Printed by >Historical Publishers >Fort Worth & Arlington, Texas > >Page 577 reads: > >AN ADDITION TO OUR MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ELLIS COUNTY > MOST OF THE BASIC PORTIONS OF THESE GREAT STORIES HAVE BEEN GATHERED, >EITHER IN WRITTEN FORM OR PASSED ON DOWN THROUGH TRADITION BY THE ANCESTORS, >BUT LEFT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DUE TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION, OR >FOR OTHER UNKNOWN CAUSES. > THIS SECTION CONTAINS SOME OF THE GREAT STORIES WHICH WILL MAKE THE >DESCENDANTS PROUD WHEN THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL WORK OF OUR >ANCESTORS, HOW THEY CAME TO A WILD UNTAMED COUNTRY WITH LITTLE TO WORK ON, >HOW THEY TEAMED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP ONE OF THE GREATEST AREAS IN AMERICA. >HOW MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS BECAME GREAT LEADERS, STATEMEN, DOCTORS, >LAWYERS, RANCHERS, FARMERS, AND PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN. > OUR EMOTIONS RISE TO THE HIGHEST, AND IT MAKES OUR HEARTS PROUD WHEN WE >READ THE BIG STORIES OF THESE PIONEER MEN AND WOMEN- OUR ANCESTORS. > WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS GREAT WEALTH OF MATERIAL. >ELLIS COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, INC. >WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS > > This work is not Indexed... it does have a Table of Contents which list >the Subject of each Article. > > >Thank You >Sylvia Smith >Sylvia Smith >sylsmith@azmail.net > >