Hi, I would appreciate someone who has access to Ancestry.com doing a check for me. I am seeking information on my gg-grandfather, and his ancestry. I have a free 2 week tral to Ancestry.com, and found where my gg-grandfather my be listed (among other places??). I found a listing under the "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000". He is listed as W.E. Jones -Ellis, if you could check out that site I will be most grateful to you. I hope that his father's or mother's name will be listed there, along with other information. I need everything that is there to continue my search into my ancestry. His information is: William Edward Jones born: Abt. Sept 1833 died: Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

I need information on my great grandmother and her parents, husband and three sons. According to census records she was born abt. 1874 in Texas. She married James Richard Jones Abt. 1891 and they took up residence in Navarro County, Texas, and had three sons there, until his death in 1898. She and her children then went to live with his father in Ellis County, Texas. A later census shows her gone but her three sons still residing in the home of William Edward Jones along with their aunt Mattie. Their chlidren were: 1. William Wade, bornDecember 1892 2. Royal Curtis, (also known as Roy, and as Bud); he married Ina Mae Rotenberry, also born in Ellis County in 1900; they had three children 2 sons and 1 daughter. 3. James Richard Jones, born 1898; died in 1969 at Stamford, Jones County, Texas Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

Seeking information on the ancestry and descendants of William Edward Jones and his spouse, Frances Matilda Kirkland. He was born abt. September 22, 1833 in Ellis County(?), Texas; died in 1916; married 1856 in Ellis County, Texas. She was born August 15, 1838 in North Carolina; died May 21, 1882 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas. They had at least seven(7) all believed to have been born in Ellis County, Texas: John William Jones Martha (Mattie) Jones Mary Jones Minnie Le Jones James Richard Jones Phillip Edward Jones Annella Jones Liz [email protected] God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.

> Does this PYNES thread belong on the TXELLIS Mailing List? I do not see > the relevance to Ellis County so it appears to be off-topic. --------- Possibly it does not. I used my sig file and received a message from someone who saw the Pynes name in my list on this forum. Although that name may not have an Ellis County link, I certainly received the information via a message from this site. Perhaps it was sent privately -- I didn't check. I, too, am involved in my county historical commission and have lived in my home county all of my life, but I don't pretend to know every name that has ever lived in my county. I supposed that since whoever responded to me was on the Ellis list, that perhaps there were Pynes in Ellis County as well. Sorry if I posted something that did not belong. I am grateful for any crumbs of information that come my way. Betty -- Betty DuBose Hamilton Maternal: Cook, Polk, Wooten, Sowders, McDonald, Rodgers, Waters, Deering, Aycock, Henley, Phillips, Strickland - Scotland>Ireland>TN>TX also England>MD>TN>TX Paternal: DuBose, Morgan, Smith, Pitts, Pynes, Hampton, Carter, Evans, Heartley, Neville, Gibbes, Mann, Bohannan - France>England>SC>FL>AL>TX>

Does this PYNES thread belong on the TXELLIS Mailing List? I do not see the relevance to Ellis County so it appears to be off-topic. Please continue this conversation privately or show your Pynes connection to this county. Thank you. Please contact me privately if you wish to respond to this message. My e-mail is [email protected] Rob Yoder - List Administrator Ellis County TXGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~txellis/

Hi all, What a coincidence as I just started researching my great aunt Elizabeth TIDWELL of Mart, Texas. Born 02 Apr 1905 died ? She married an Edgar B. WOOTEN born about 1899. Had a daughter Helen born about 1926. That is all the information I have to start my research. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Wootens > Thanks for the Wooton/Wooten information, Jeff. I'm saving it in my Wooten > file just in case.... You just never know when a connection can be made. > As > a matter of fact, during this discussion, I've found an unknown link to my > Pynes line! Wonderful! As I said, you just never know! > > Betty > >> My gg grandmother was Francis Cornelia Wooten who married into the Saxon >> family. Her daughter married my g grandfather Stephen Kenyard Dickson. >> Francis was born in 1841 in Mississippi and died in 1913. She is buried >> in >> the Richland Cemetery just east of Mertens. >> The Wooten or Wooton came first to America sometime in the early 1600's >> from >> Northamptonshire, England. Thomas Wooton(1565 Castor, Northamptonshire, >> England-after 1641 in Isle of Wight Co. Virginia). His father was also >> Thomas Wooton and his grandfather was Lewes Wooton who would be my >> great-grandfather 11. From Virginia descendants moved into North >> Carolina >> and then into Mississippi. There used to be a Wooten Cemetery near West >> Point, Mississippi, in a small place called Lone Oak. This is in central >> Mississippi in Clay County. The last report that I had was the owner of >> the >> farm on which the cemetery is located, moved all of the headstones up >> against an out building and probably has planted crops over the actual >> graves. It is as if these people never existed. I could never do that >> to >> a >> cemetery. >> >> My connection to Ellis County is that my grandfather Earnest A. Dickson >> had >> a farm just west of Mertens in Ellis County. >> >> Thanks for responding. We are always looking for another branch of our >> family tree. >> >> Jeff Frederick >> Ada, Oklahoma > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for all of the help. Yes, as with other names, there are many Wootens, I'm discovering. I'm still stuck on one branch, so I'll keep searching. The name I'm most interested in in Ellis County is COOK. I suspect that I'll have to go elsewhere for the Wooten line -- but I do appreciate all of the suggestions. "Papa" Cook (Robert Iverson) was born in Ellis County in 1883 and apparently his father died when they still lived there because I KNOW that his brother Clifford died there in 1904 and is buried in Ozro Cemetery (thanks to members of this list). The Lilly family ("Papa's" mother's second husband) were also there in 1900 (census). I know nothing about "Papa" Cook's father, Alford G. Cook. He is my brick wall right now. Thanks again. (I'll look for Wootens elsewhere.) Betty -- Betty DuBose Hamilton Maternal: Cook, Polk, Wooten, Sowders, McDonald, Rodgers, Waters, Deering, Aycock, Henley, Phillips, Strickland - Scotland>Ireland>TN>TX also England>MD>TN>TX Paternal: DuBose, Morgan, Smith, Pitts, Pynes, Hampton, Carter, Evans, Heartley, Neville, Gibbes, Mann, Bohannan - France>England>SC>FL>AL>TX>

Sam Houston, not Stephen F. Austin, is in Huntsville, Texas. Anne Walton Wilson ---- Garland Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Gail, > Contact the Stephen F Austin Univ. in Huntsville, Texas. They have a large archive on Texas and the flag that was used in the Texas and Mexico War. They should have good information on Texas Counties you want. They have a nice Museum. > > Garland Walker > > A friend saw another friend with > the first tear in her eye. > A friend catches the second tear > and stops the third tear > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gail Ellis <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:22:24 PM > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Fwd: question ELLIS TX > > > Hi, > > Perhaps someone at either the library or the alumni association of the > current Trinity University now located in San Antonio, Texas would have > information in the University archives? > > > >From: Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [TXELLIS] Fwd: question ELLIS TX > >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:00:32 -0500 > > > >Is anyone on this list able to help him or make suggestions? I'm not that > >familiar with Waxahachie, but my guess is that the library would have some > >of these school annuals for that time period. Maybe someone can find out > >what years they might have and we could post it for future requests. > > > >He had written to the Sims Library, but I know how busy they are, and > >probably don't have volunteers to really help for requests like this. I > >hoped maybe someone on our list would have annuals in their possession, and > >might be able to share. > > > >We were lucky enough to get the Ennis annual, Cicerone on-line listing for > >1942. If anyone has school annuals, please consider helping to get some of > >this on-line. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/ellis/history.html > > > > >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:10 -0500 > > >From: Edgar Humphrey <[email protected]> > > >Subject: question ELLIS TX > > > > > > > > >VIRGINIA CRILLEY > > > > > >I am in a genealogical search for the students records of my father EDGAR > > >MURPHY RAGSDALE, who began his school studies around 1914. I have the > > >understanding that only a one high school were operating in 1907 and 4 > > >elementary schools. This can help in the search. > > > > > >His mother and father migrated from Houston to Waxahachie and were there > > >in the census of 1920. His parents worked for around 35 years in Trinity > > >University. In the year 1918 they were living in 322E University, > > >Waxahachie, as was indicated in a registration card of Melvin Oscar > > >Ragsdale, his father. > > > > > >Maybe You have yearbooks of the high school and elementary school or any > > >other records that indicate that my father studied in those schools. I > > >previously request this same information at the Sims Library and they had > > >not aswer my mail. As a reference I already have the information of his > > >studies in Trinity University in the years 1926 & 1927, from the mirage > > >yearbook. This is the reason that I am searching for the others schools. > > > > > >I life in Panama, and I am unable to travel and make this kind of > > >search. Any help will be highly appreciate. If a payment or > >contribution > > >is required for the service rendered please send and email with the cost > > >of the same and form of payment. > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > >Edgar (Ragsdale) Humphrey > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The discussion on WOOTENs has taken a new direction that has become off-topic for the TXELLIS Mailing List. If you have information on WOOTENs from counties other than Ellis, please contact the Wooten researchers directly instead of through this forum. If you don't remember who all is researching Wooten, please consult the mailing list archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=txellis If you have information on Wootens in Ellis County, please continue to post. All others please refrain. If you must comment, please do not reply to this message through the list. My address is [email protected] Rob Yoder - List Administrator Ellis County TXGenWeb Project - www.rootsweb.com/~txellis/

Hi, Perhaps someone at either the library or the alumni association of the current Trinity University now located in San Antonio, Texas would have information in the University archives? >From: Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXELLIS] Fwd: question ELLIS TX >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:00:32 -0500 > >Is anyone on this list able to help him or make suggestions? I'm not that >familiar with Waxahachie, but my guess is that the library would have some >of these school annuals for that time period. Maybe someone can find out >what years they might have and we could post it for future requests. > >He had written to the Sims Library, but I know how busy they are, and >probably don't have volunteers to really help for requests like this. I >hoped maybe someone on our list would have annuals in their possession, and >might be able to share. > >We were lucky enough to get the Ennis annual, Cicerone on-line listing for >1942. If anyone has school annuals, please consider helping to get some of >this on-line. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/ellis/history.html > > >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:10 -0500 > >From: Edgar Humphrey <[email protected]> > >Subject: question ELLIS TX > > > > > >VIRGINIA CRILLEY > > > >I am in a genealogical search for the students records of my father EDGAR > >MURPHY RAGSDALE, who began his school studies around 1914. I have the > >understanding that only a one high school were operating in 1907 and 4 > >elementary schools. This can help in the search. > > > >His mother and father migrated from Houston to Waxahachie and were there > >in the census of 1920. His parents worked for around 35 years in Trinity > >University. In the year 1918 they were living in 322E University, > >Waxahachie, as was indicated in a registration card of Melvin Oscar > >Ragsdale, his father. > > > >Maybe You have yearbooks of the high school and elementary school or any > >other records that indicate that my father studied in those schools. I > >previously request this same information at the Sims Library and they had > >not aswer my mail. As a reference I already have the information of his > >studies in Trinity University in the years 1926 & 1927, from the mirage > >yearbook. This is the reason that I am searching for the others schools. > > > >I life in Panama, and I am unable to travel and make this kind of > >search. Any help will be highly appreciate. If a payment or >contribution > >is required for the service rendered please send and email with the cost > >of the same and form of payment. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Edgar (Ragsdale) Humphrey > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message

Liz, our library has book sales every year and I'm sure other library's do also, I've noticed they always have a lot of "High School" and College annuals for sale for a lot of different years and different towns, maybe you might get lucky and find the one your looking for from the 60's. David Berry

There were Wootens in Hill and Johnson Counties also. In 1963 my daughter's first Grade Teacher was a Mrs. Wooten in Cleburne, Johnson County,Texas and when we had a mobile home at Lake Whitney abt. 1999, the neighbors across the street were named Wooten. Callie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garland Walker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Wootens > There are Wooten's in Henderson, Texas, we are good friends to. Check the Henderson Texas Area too. > > Garland Walker > > A friend saw another friend with > the first tear in her eye. > A friend catches the second tear > and stops the third tear > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 7:31:34 PM > Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Wootens > > > In 1940-41 I went to highschool in Ft.Worth with a lovely girl named Nell > Sitton and she had a cousin named Lonnie Wooten who was attending > Schreiner Institute in the Texas Hill country.Don't know if that might help > in any way.-Peggy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the Wooton/Wooten information, Jeff. I'm saving it in my Wooten file just in case.... You just never know when a connection can be made. As a matter of fact, during this discussion, I've found an unknown link to my Pynes line! Wonderful! As I said, you just never know! Betty > My gg grandmother was Francis Cornelia Wooten who married into the Saxon > family. Her daughter married my g grandfather Stephen Kenyard Dickson. > Francis was born in 1841 in Mississippi and died in 1913. She is buried > in > the Richland Cemetery just east of Mertens. > The Wooten or Wooton came first to America sometime in the early 1600's > from > Northamptonshire, England. Thomas Wooton(1565 Castor, Northamptonshire, > England-after 1641 in Isle of Wight Co. Virginia). His father was also > Thomas Wooton and his grandfather was Lewes Wooton who would be my > great-grandfather 11. From Virginia descendants moved into North Carolina > and then into Mississippi. There used to be a Wooten Cemetery near West > Point, Mississippi, in a small place called Lone Oak. This is in central > Mississippi in Clay County. The last report that I had was the owner of > the > farm on which the cemetery is located, moved all of the headstones up > against an out building and probably has planted crops over the actual > graves. It is as if these people never existed. I could never do that to > a > cemetery. > > My connection to Ellis County is that my grandfather Earnest A. Dickson > had > a farm just west of Mertens in Ellis County. > > Thanks for responding. We are always looking for another branch of our > family tree. > > Jeff Frederick > Ada, Oklahoma

Thanks, Peggy. I'll make a note of the Lonnie Wooten name, but unless he/she (male? female?) is interested in genealogy, it may not do me much good. I have discovered that not everyone loves genealogy as I do, especially the youngsters. We even had a friend who inherited a huge box of folders with family histories, and he THREW THEM AWAY! He said he didn't have a place to keep all that stuff! ARRRRGGGGHHHH! I'll keep that in mind, though, in case I come in contact with some other Wootens. Thanks again. Betty > In 1940-41 I went to highschool in Ft.Worth with a lovely girl named Nell > Sitton and she had a cousin named Lonnie Wooten who was attending > Schreiner Institute in the Texas Hill country.Don't know if that might > help > in any way.-Peggy

I think at one time there was a man at Blooming Grove named Cal Sitton. The name is all I can remember. Anne Walton Wilson ---- [email protected] wrote: > In 1940-41 I went to highschool in Ft.Worth with a lovely girl named Nell > Sitton and she had a cousin named Lonnie Wooten who was attending > Schreiner Institute in the Texas Hill country.Don't know if that might help > in any way.-Peggy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are Wooten's in Henderson, Texas, we are good friends to. Check the Henderson Texas Area too. Garland Walker A friend saw another friend with the first tear in her eye. A friend catches the second tear and stops the third tear ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 7:31:34 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Wootens In 1940-41 I went to highschool in Ft.Worth with a lovely girl named Nell Sitton and she had a cousin named Lonnie Wooten who was attending Schreiner Institute in the Texas Hill country.Don't know if that might help in any way.-Peggy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gail, Contact the Stephen F Austin Univ. in Huntsville, Texas. They have a large archive on Texas and the flag that was used in the Texas and Mexico War. They should have good information on Texas Counties you want. They have a nice Museum. Garland Walker A friend saw another friend with the first tear in her eye. A friend catches the second tear and stops the third tear ----- Original Message ---- From: Gail Ellis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:22:24 PM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Fwd: question ELLIS TX Hi, Perhaps someone at either the library or the alumni association of the current Trinity University now located in San Antonio, Texas would have information in the University archives? >From: Virginia Crilley <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXELLIS] Fwd: question ELLIS TX >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:00:32 -0500 > >Is anyone on this list able to help him or make suggestions? I'm not that >familiar with Waxahachie, but my guess is that the library would have some >of these school annuals for that time period. Maybe someone can find out >what years they might have and we could post it for future requests. > >He had written to the Sims Library, but I know how busy they are, and >probably don't have volunteers to really help for requests like this. I >hoped maybe someone on our list would have annuals in their possession, and >might be able to share. > >We were lucky enough to get the Ennis annual, Cicerone on-line listing for >1942. If anyone has school annuals, please consider helping to get some of >this on-line. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/ellis/history.html > > >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:10 -0500 > >From: Edgar Humphrey <[email protected]> > >Subject: question ELLIS TX > > > > > >VIRGINIA CRILLEY > > > >I am in a genealogical search for the students records of my father EDGAR > >MURPHY RAGSDALE, who began his school studies around 1914. I have the > >understanding that only a one high school were operating in 1907 and 4 > >elementary schools. This can help in the search. > > > >His mother and father migrated from Houston to Waxahachie and were there > >in the census of 1920. His parents worked for around 35 years in Trinity > >University. In the year 1918 they were living in 322E University, > >Waxahachie, as was indicated in a registration card of Melvin Oscar > >Ragsdale, his father. > > > >Maybe You have yearbooks of the high school and elementary school or any > >other records that indicate that my father studied in those schools. I > >previously request this same information at the Sims Library and they had > >not aswer my mail. As a reference I already have the information of his > >studies in Trinity University in the years 1926 & 1927, from the mirage > >yearbook. This is the reason that I am searching for the others schools. > > > >I life in Panama, and I am unable to travel and make this kind of > >search. Any help will be highly appreciate. If a payment or >contribution > >is required for the service rendered please send and email with the cost > >of the same and form of payment. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >Edgar (Ragsdale) Humphrey > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If anyone has any old the o-l-d Ellis County, school annuals, I would love some pictures of my great aunts and uncles who grew there. They are the William Jones children, and the John Rotenberry children. Please inform me if anyone has any of the above. I know that all of my high school annuals were lost in a fire back in the 1980's. Of course I was in high school back in the 1960's in Abilene, Texas. I sure wish I still had them for my memories, as well as helping others. Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.

In 1940-41 I went to highschool in Ft.Worth with a lovely girl named Nell Sitton and she had a cousin named Lonnie Wooten who was attending Schreiner Institute in the Texas Hill country.Don't know if that might help in any way.-Peggy

Is anyone on this list able to help him or make suggestions? I'm not that familiar with Waxahachie, but my guess is that the library would have some of these school annuals for that time period. Maybe someone can find out what years they might have and we could post it for future requests. He had written to the Sims Library, but I know how busy they are, and probably don't have volunteers to really help for requests like this. I hoped maybe someone on our list would have annuals in their possession, and might be able to share. We were lucky enough to get the Ennis annual, Cicerone on-line listing for 1942. If anyone has school annuals, please consider helping to get some of this on-line. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/ellis/history.html >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:10 -0500 >From: Edgar Humphrey <[email protected]> >Subject: question ELLIS TX > > >VIRGINIA CRILLEY > >I am in a genealogical search for the students records of my father EDGAR >MURPHY RAGSDALE, who began his school studies around 1914. I have the >understanding that only a one high school were operating in 1907 and 4 >elementary schools. This can help in the search. > >His mother and father migrated from Houston to Waxahachie and were there >in the census of 1920. His parents worked for around 35 years in Trinity >University. In the year 1918 they were living in 322E University, >Waxahachie, as was indicated in a registration card of Melvin Oscar >Ragsdale, his father. > >Maybe You have yearbooks of the high school and elementary school or any >other records that indicate that my father studied in those schools. I >previously request this same information at the Sims Library and they had >not aswer my mail. As a reference I already have the information of his >studies in Trinity University in the years 1926 & 1927, from the mirage >yearbook. This is the reason that I am searching for the others schools. > >I life in Panama, and I am unable to travel and make this kind of >search. Any help will be highly appreciate. If a payment or contribution >is required for the service rendered please send and email with the cost >of the same and form of payment. > >Thanks in advance. > >Edgar (Ragsdale) Humphrey