Mr. Burns wrote: "We ordered it from the Texas state library at Austin, they got the information from a roster they have of all who lived there." ---------------- Thanks! I will do a web search and see what I can get. A distant cousin and I contributed information for an online history of our ancestor who is buried at the state cemetery, but I am not aware of anything the Texas State Library might have. For anyone who may have family buried at the state cemetery, here is a sample of what you can see at that web site. Search for Polk then select Nancy Marie McDonald Polk. It will bring up her picture, her gravestone, and family stories. Perhaps your relative is there. If so, you can add whatever information you have that they do not have. http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp 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>

Thanks to everyone that answered my query about the Old soldiers home. Clyde, is there an email address for the home in Austin? Thanks for the information Callie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde W. Burns" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Old Soldier's home > My wife's gggrandfather died at the home in Austin and we got a lot of > information about him from their records.Your's Truly > Clyde W. Burns > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sybil Chapman" <[email protected]> > To: "Ellis County TX" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:55 AM > Subject: [TXELLIS] Old Soldier's home > > > > My great grandfather William E. Gillean lived in Ellis County for a time > > and he was in the Confederate Veteran's Home in Austin, TX twice. I don't > > know if he entered the home from Ellis County or from Victoria County > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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

We ordered it from the Texas state library at Austin, they got the information from a roster they have of all who lived there.Your's Truly Clyde W. Burns [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Old Soldier's home >> My wife's gggrandfather died at the home in Austin and we got a lot of >> information about him from their records. > ----------- > Mr. Burns, where did you go to get the records? Are they in a library or > museum somewhere? > > Thanks! > 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> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I do not remember right off hand, but I will do a little research and get back to you. The info we got enabled us to go way back as it had his wife's maiden name and we did not know that, oops sorry, his mother's maiden name. It also had a lot of other stuff and it did not cost us that much, just mailing charges if I remember right.Your's Truly Clyde W. Burns [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] Old Soldier's home >> My wife's gggrandfather died at the home in Austin and we got a lot of >> information about him from their records. > ----------- > Mr. Burns, where did you go to get the records? Are they in a library or > museum somewhere? > > Thanks! > 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> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

> My wife's gggrandfather died at the home in Austin and we got a lot of > information about him from their records. ----------- Mr. Burns, where did you go to get the records? Are they in a library or museum somewhere? Thanks! 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>

My wife's gggrandfather died at the home in Austin and we got a lot of information about him from their records.Your's Truly Clyde W. Burns [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sybil Chapman" <[email protected]> To: "Ellis County TX" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:55 AM Subject: [TXELLIS] Old Soldier's home > My great grandfather William E. Gillean lived in Ellis County for a time > and he was in the Confederate Veteran's Home in Austin, TX twice. I don't > know if he entered the home from Ellis County or from Victoria County > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

My great grandfather William E. Gillean lived in Ellis County for a time and he was in the Confederate Veteran's Home in Austin, TX twice. I don't know if he entered the home from Ellis County or from Victoria County

I'm sure you already know of the Confederate home (may have been a Confederate Women's) in Austin? My great great grandmother was moved there when she was about 93. Since she died there at age 96 in 1938, she is buried in the state cemetery. I seem to recall that there was also an old soldiers home, but they had the women and men in separate homes, I think. Maybe someone has the two places confused. 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>

Callie, I have lived in Ellis County for 49 years and have never heard anyone mention an Old Soldiers Home. You might be able to contact the genealogical dept at Sims Library in Waxahachie to see if they know. If they don't know maybe you can get the telephone number of the Genealogical Society from them. Maybe the Society knows. The telephone number of Sims Library is 972-937-2671. Sorry but I don't know the number of the Genealogical Society. Best of luck, Joyce Callie Waits <[email protected]> wrote: I was wondering if any of you on the list, has ever heard of an Old Soldiers Home in Ellis County? I would appreciate hearing from anyone with knowledge of this. Callie ------------------------------- 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

I was wondering if any of you on the list, has ever heard of an Old Soldiers Home in Ellis County? I would appreciate hearing from anyone with knowledge of this. Callie

There is a Martha Jane Jones 9 Dec 1884 - 29 Nov 1962 in Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery listed on page 85 of The Ellis County, Texas Cemetery Records Volume II. Hope this helps. Your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart. Dance as if no one were watching Sing as if no one were listening And love every day as if it were your last. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.

Liz, let me try that again. It didn't come out right because I copied and pasted it from the TX Death Records on ancestry.com This should be better Martha Ann Jones 17 Aug 1932 Ellis Mattie Jones 26 Jun 1982 Ellis Female Mattie Jones 29 Jun 1929 Ellis Mattie Ann Jones 4 Aug 1957 Ellis Mattie E. Jones 11 May 1942 Ellis Julie

Liz, here are a couple of possibilites Martha Ann Ann 17 Aug 1932 <HLT> Mattie <HLT 26 Jun 1982 <HLT> Female (https://secure.ancestry.com/VitalChek/selection.aspx?su=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=ma ttie&gsln=+jones&sx=&f11=&f12=&f7=&f8=&rg_f9__date=&rs_f9__date=0&f6=ellis&gsk w=&prox=1&db=txdeath1964&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&ce=2&na=Mattie+Jon es&ge=Female&ed=1982&co=Ellis&st=TX) (javascript:go4876_3394997()) Mattie <H 29 Jun 1929 <HLT> (https://secure.ancestry.com/VitalChek/selection.aspx?su=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=mattie&gsln=+jone s&sx=&f11=&f12=&f7=&f8=&rg_f9__date=&rs_f9__date=0&f6=ellis&gskw=&prox=1&db=tx death1964&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&ce=2&na=Mattie+Jones&ge=&ed=1929& co=Ellis&st=TX) (javascript:go4876_3395047()) Mattie Ann Ann 4 Aug 1957 <HLT> (https://secure.ancestry.com/VitalChek/selection.aspx?su=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=mattie&gsln=+jones&sx=&f11=&f12=&f 7=&f8=&rg_f9__date=&rs_f9__date=0&f6=ellis&gskw=&prox=1&db=txdeath1964&ti=0&ti .si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&ce=2&na=Mattie+Ann+Jones&ge=&ed=1957&co=Ellis&st=T X) (javascript:go4876_3395064()) Mattie E. E. 11 May 1942 <HLT> I hope this helps! My guess would be Mattie E. or Martha Ann. Julie

List Group I am about to ask the nearly impossible of you, and I am hoping that someone is willing to attempt this request. Martha is an aunt of my dad's and she raised my grandfather after his dad died in 1898, and he went to live with her and his grandfather. She lived in Ellis County most of her life, although she was born in 1859 or 1861in Tennessee. She is listed on the 1930 Ellis County census along with her nephew James Richard Jones, and all previous census records before that time. She was born in September 1861, Tennessee according to the 1900 Ellis County census. I cannot locate a date of death for her, although I am sure thast she passed away and was buried in Ellis County. Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

I need the obituaries of William E. Jones and Frances Matilda Jones (Mrs. William E. Jones), and will appreciate your assistance in obtaining them. Their information is below: William E. Jones Frances Matilda Jones born Abt. 1832 in Virginia died: 21 May 1882 died 1916 in Ellis Co., Texas in Ellis County, Texas Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.

I need information on my paternal grandparents and their family. My grandfather Royal Curtis Jones (nicknames: Bud and/or Roy) was born in 1895 and his father died in 1898 in Navarro County, Texas. I would to know what happened to his mother, or for sure who raised my grandfather, and the cause of his father's death. I would also appreciate their obituaries if possible. His parents known information is below. James Richard Jones born: 1868 in Ellis County, Texas died: 1898 in Navarro County, Texas son of: William E. & Frances Matilda (Kirkland) Jones of Ellis County, Texas Willie Jones (maiden name: McWhorter/McQuorter) born: Abt. 1870 in Ellis Co., Texas Their Children: 1). William Wade Jones, born 1892 2). Royal Curtis Jones, born: 1895; died: 1970 in Dickens County, Texas 3). James Richard Jones, born 1898; 1969 in Stamford, Texas Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

Ann, Thank you very much for this website. I will go there and check out the information. Judy Sanders ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Winans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 2:55 AM Subject: Re: [TXELLIS] JEFFERS/ANGUS > Hello Judy, > > The following is the website for the County Clerk's Office in Ellis County where you can find the marriage record and the address and phone number for the office are listed also. > > http://www.co.ellis.tx.us/coclerk.htm > > Good luck, > > Ann Winans > > STEVE AND JUDY SANDERS <[email protected]> wrote: I have found a marriage between W.P. Jeffers and Annie Angus on Dec. 29, 1899 in Ellis Co. > > Would anyone on this list have any knowledge of these 2 people or research either surname: Jeffers/Jeffress/Jeffries and Angus. > > To obtain a copy of the marriage record, should I write the Courthouse or library in Ellis Co.? > > Judy Sanders > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006 > >

Dear Group, I am forwarding to the list a message that some of us have been seeking. I hope it helps. I have sent it as I received it so that everyone could view it. Liz [email protected] wrote: From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:06:48 EDT Subject: Re Ellis Co reunion stuff from Limestone AL list To: [email protected] Hi, Liz. Sorry slow getting back to you, have been ill. Below is the whole post to the Limestone mail list [it is possible to go back on the list archives by going to rootsweb.com, their home page ,and working your way through the Mailing Lists and then browse or search the archived postings]. Below is also a couple of other postings re this matter in case you missed them. The Ruth has offered to search the 1900-1919 'Decades" volumes as she calls them to get the Ellis families mentioned. My thought was that someone in Ellis would be able to search the newspapers there about any such reunion, but no one has volunteered to do that yet, so will see how it goes. Good hunting to us both! Aileen Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:15:03 -0400 From: "delins1" <[email protected]> Subject: [ALLIMEST] sources for researching Limestone County To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have been researching Limestone Co., AL families for more than ten years. Other than census records, here's a list of my favorite sources for researching Limestone County from my home in northern Virginia. If any of you have other sources please add to this list. 1. Computerized listing by surname of court, funeral home records, etc. - secured from Limestone Co., AL archives 2. Obits in Huntsville, AL newspaper - especially for years from 1950-1990's - must have dod. researchers fond at Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness most helpful. 3. Obits in Decatur, AL newspaper - especially for years from 1950-1990's 4. Medical Examiner's records for some years from mid 1880's and 1890's - can only be accessed by personally going to LCA Archives in Athens - the staff will not do look-ups for you in these books. Birth/death records included in these have proven most helpful in my Hastings, Meadows, and Holt families research. 5. some church records found at LCA Archives - can only be accessed by personally going to LCA Archives in Athens. - the staff will not do look-ups for you in these books 4. Athens, AL public library - write them for obits that may have appeared in newspapers. They are helpful, but expect your request to take some time. Must have dod. 5. Great resource tools for sometimes identifying dates of deaths for people whose tombstones have been destroyed or finding out when someone moved to Texas, etc. are Faye Axford's books, especially the "decade" books. It was from reviewing her 1890's decade book that I was able to make a copy of one of my most treasured items, the newspaper article announcing the marriage of my g-grandparents, William Hastings aka Hasten to Anna D. Meadows. It was from this same 1890's book that I was able to learn when my gg-grandfather N.J. Meadows moved to Texas. From Faye's 1900-1910 books I was able to learn that my families who'd moved to Texas "had a big reunion with other families from Limestone Co., AL and Giles Co., TN " in Ellis Co., TX. It seems that there was a correspondent living in Waxahachie who occasionally wrote the Athens newspaper providing news about former Limestone and Giles County residents. Some of Faye's books can be located at the LCA Archives. The Athens College library has a copy of most of them. The Library of Congress has a few as does the DAR Library in Washington DC. Faye's books I've most useful are Limestone County During WW I Limestone County During WW II Decades Series 1870's 1880's 1890's 1900 to 1910 1930-1935 1935-1940 If any of you have other favorite sources please add to this list. Thanks. Ruth Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:25:05 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ALLIMEST] sources for researching Limestone County To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Looks to me like you ran across Pauline Jones Gandrud's various publications of abstracts of records from several AL counties. The books contain a wealth of information and they were published by Southern Heritage Press, I believe. Copies are in many libraries. There are MANY volumes in the series. Below from orig poster ruth on limestone list: Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:50:51 -0400 From: "delins1" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ALLIMEST] Resources Limestone Co To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" None of my family names were named so I did not copy the article. Between now and June 2007 I'm going back to LCA to do additional research. If I haven't purchased the Axford decade books by then I'll recheck them for any mention of Ellis Co., TX families. Ruth Liz rodeo88us God Bless America, Again --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.

Hello Judy, The following is the website for the County Clerk's Office in Ellis County where you can find the marriage record and the address and phone number for the office are listed also. http://www.co.ellis.tx.us/coclerk.htm Good luck, Ann Winans STEVE AND JUDY SANDERS <[email protected]> wrote: I have found a marriage between W.P. Jeffers and Annie Angus on Dec. 29, 1899 in Ellis Co. Would anyone on this list have any knowledge of these 2 people or research either surname: Jeffers/Jeffress/Jeffries and Angus. To obtain a copy of the marriage record, should I write the Courthouse or library in Ellis Co.? Judy Sanders ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.

I have found a marriage between W.P. Jeffers and Annie Angus on Dec. 29, 1899 in Ellis Co. Would anyone on this list have any knowledge of these 2 people or research either surname: Jeffers/Jeffress/Jeffries and Angus. To obtain a copy of the marriage record, should I write the Courthouse or library in Ellis Co.? Judy Sanders