I am need to locate a copy of this. My husbands grandfather William Wirt Holly was born 19 July 1882 in Waxachachie, Texas. Harriett/Arizona Sylvia Smith wrote: > 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