The Ellis County Genealogical Society, has published a book about Boz. Anita "H G (Doc) Henderson" wrote: > Dear Harold Gosnell > > You asked about Latham in Boz, Maypearl, 1801 and 1827. > > Are you sure you dont mean 1901 and 1927? I have researched Ellis county > for a few years, and my understanding is that the first settlers in Ellis > came in the 1840s. In fact I correspond with someone who thinks his > ancestor, Wm G Howe, was the first settler in Ellis in about 1842, if I read > him right. > I have ancestors buried in a small cemetery about 5 miles west of > Maypearl, and they came in the 50s, when it was well established. The Ellis > co archives will have a lot of info - which I saw from a few months ago from > the messages about families in Maypearl. Someone said Maypearl was a > railroad town at first, but I guess the railroad is gone. > The Ellis county homepage will have the history of Ellis, or you could > just ask, someone will be glad to tell you what you want to know. I believe > the history of Boz was in the Ellis county Quarterly last year. > I would be glad to tell you myself, but I have already told you more > than I know. > H G (Doc) Henderson, > > papadoc@olywa.net > > ==== 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.