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7083 Bell's Chapel Cemetery From the intersection of FM 813 and Loma Linda Rd. in Rockett Community, take Loma Linda Rd. N. approx. 1mi., then W on Bell Chapel Rd. approx. 1.5mi. to cemetery. Founded 1875. Site for church cemetery was given on Dec. 27, 1875, by local landowners John and Elizabeth Gibbons. This tract and some later purchases ... 12451 Bessie Coleman Freedman's Park, E. Main and Clift Sts., Waxahachie (1892-1926) Born in Atlanta, Texas, pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman grew up and went to school in a Waxahachie neighborhood a few blocks north of ... 7084 Bethel Cemetery From Waxahachie take FM 876 S about 10 mi. to Bethel Rd., then W about 1.5 mi. to cemetery In 1852 N.P. Sims (1806-1902) gave 10 acres of land at High Springs (4 mi. W) for a church and burial ground to trustees of Bethel Methodist Church. ... 7085 Bethel Methodist Church From Waxahachie take FM 876 S about 10 mi. to Bethel Rd. Then head W. on Bethel about 1.5 mi. to church. In 1853 Bethel Church was begun under a brush arbor at High Springs. After meeting in a log school building at Greathouse, services were moved in ... 12389 Boren Cemetery Cemetery is located 500 feet W of the end of Boren Dr. and 600 feet SW of Old Waxahachie Rd. Kentucky native Michael Boren and his second wife, Mary Ann (Ridgeway) moved to this part of Texas with their children and slaves in 1847. Hers ... 7987 Bristol School Corner of Church St. and Union Hill Rd., Bristol The community's first school was housed in a multi-purpose building erected here in 1870. The Bristol School district was established in 1877. Youth ... 24005 Brooks Family Cemetery marker pending marker pending 7086 Burnam Square and Cemetery N.E. corner of Clay and Lampasas St., Ennis William R. and Edeline House bought the land on which Burnam Square and Cemetery were located in 1856 for the price of a slave named John. In 1861, ...

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7112 Eddy O. Hawkins Home 200 S. Hawkins St., Waxahachie Eddy Pennell Hawkins, a member of a pioneer Ellis County family, built the first two rooms of this home soon after he wed Netta Lewis Carson in 1878. ... 7093 Ellis County picnic area, west side of US 77 in Red Oak Created December 20, 1849 from Navarro County Organized August 5, 1850 Named in honor of Richard Ellis, 1781-1846 a Virginian by birth and education ... 7091 Ellis County Courthouse Courthouse Square on Main St., Waxahachie Built 1895-1897 of Texas granite, limestone, marble. Over east door, sculptor carved face of beautiful local girl he admired. Example of Romanesque ... 7092 Ellis County Courthouse Courthouse Square on Main St., Waxahachie Ellis County's first courthouse was made of cedar logs and built here in 1850. A second courthouse was built on this square in 1853 and a third in ... 12835 Ellis County Farm Cemetery Ellis Co. Farm is at the SE corner of the T-intersection of FM 878 and a NW to SE gravel road connecting FM878 and FM 879. Cemetery is in the SE corner of the farm bordered by a white iron pipe fence. It is on FM 879, 1.2 miles N of the intersection with FM 878. Ellis County Farm Cemetery This fenced area marks the boundaries of what has sometimes been called the Pauper Cemetery, one of possibly three burial ... 13611 Ellis County Woman's Building (Davis Hall) 407 W Jefferson St Dallas architect Bertram C. Hill designed this building, erected in 1925-26 on land deeded by Quincy Davis Getzendaner for a public park and a "rest ... 16024 Elm Branch Cemetery Elm Branch Cemetery, 2 mi. S. of Bardwell on FM 984, S side 0.2 mi. W of Anthony Road The rural community of Elm Branch served as a social, economic and religious center for the scattered farming families who lived in the area. The ... 23855 Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Ennis Welcome Center. In the 1930s, Ennis resident John Louie Clarke (1868-1956) recognized the beauty of Country Club Hills as yearly a profusion of bluebonnets swept ... 7097 Ennis City Hall 109 W. Brown, Ennis Designed by prominent local architect Hix McCanless, this Classical Revival structure was built in 1915 to house city offices and the Ennis police ... 7098 Ennis National Bank 110 W. Ennis Ave., Ennis This structure was built in 1883 to house the Ennis National Bank, which was established the same year, with businessman Joseph Baldridge as its ...

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7100 First Baptist Church of Milford 101 S. Pecan Street Chartered in 1855 with eleven members, this congregation was organized at the home of Dr. J. M. Higgins. The first pastor was the Rev. J.M. Perry ... 13254 First Baptist Church of Ovilla 803 E Main Area residents organized a Baptist church in September 1903. The next year, the community built a wooden tabernacle on Red Oak Creek for use by local ... 7101 First Baptist Church of Palmer First Baptist Church of Palmer, NW corner S. Sherman and W. Cooper streets The Rev. T. H. Durham preached at the organizational meeting of this Missionary Baptist Church on Nov. 17, 1873. Charter members included Lucinda ... 7102 First Baptist Church of Waxahachie First Baptist Church Waxahachie, E side US 287 Bypass between Broadhead Rd. and Park Place Blvd. Organized in 1861 by twelve citizens meeting in the Methodist church, the Baptist congregation elected W.H. Stokes as its first pastor. The group ... 7103 First Christian Church of Palmer Stacks and Paris St., Palmer In 1853 disciples in the area around Rockett and Brushy Creek (8 miles northwest) established a church called "Liberty-Sylvania". Members of the ... 11858 First Presbyterian Church Building 501 W. Main St. The Rev. J. A. Smiley organized the First Presbyterian Church in 1871 with 16 charter members. The first church building was erected in 1876 and ... 7104 First Presbyterian Church of Ferris 201 N. Church St., Ferris Organized by 13 charter members in 1858, this congregation moved from its original site near Bluff Springs (2 miles west) to Ferris in 1875. A church ... 22661 First United Baptist Church of Waxahachie 450 East U.S. Hwy 287 Bypass 11859 First United Methodist Church of Ferris 101 Redbud Dr. The town of Ferris was laid out by the Houston & Texas Central Railway in 1874. In that year, the Reverend John S. Davis and the Reverend George ... 7105 First United Methodist Church of Midlothian 800 South 9th St., Midlothian Methodist worship services in this area date to the late 1840s, meeting in homes, the people were served by circuit riding ministers from Waxahachie. ... 11860 First United Methodist Church of Waxahachie 505 W. Marvin St. In the spring of 1849, the Rev. Falacius Reynolds and nine charter members met in the cabin of E. W. and Nancy Rogers in the new settlement of Waxahachie ... 7141 Frederick Harrison Rankin Myrtle Cemetery, W. Knox St., Ennis Born in Kentucky, February 15, 1795. Came to Texas in 1822 with Austin's first colony, died July 2, 1874. His wife Elizabeth Smith Rankin, born January ... 7064 Fry - Butcher House 501 FM 2377 Sam and Sarah Jane "Jennie" Fry purchased 150 arces here in 1882. Aided by noted local carpenter Lewis Butcher, the Frys built this farmhouse in ...

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11862 Jack Lummus Ennis Public Library, courtyard on northwest corner at W. Ennis Ave. and S. Gaines St. (October 22, 1915 - March 8, 1945) Born on an Ellis County farm, Jack Lummus attended school at Alma and Ennis, and Baylor University on an athletics ... 15183 Jackson Cemetery Maypearl While moving to Oregon in 1852, North Carolina native and medical doctor Henry L. Jackson and his wife, Nancy Ann (Holland), were in route to visit ... 7117 James McDaniel Milford Cemetery, E. Water St. off US Hwy, 77, Milford Served in the army of Texas in 1836, born in Alabama, September 10, 1810, died January 11, 1885. His wife Idabella Weir McDaniel, born in Alabama, ... 17876 Jay Justin Clarke Southwest Corner of the intersection of N. Dallas St. and W. Knox St. On June 15, 1902, at a baseball field in Ennis, Texas, Jay Justin Clarke set two single game professional Minor League Baseball records. The game ... 7065 Jefferson Dunaway Home 115 Dunaway Road Built 1855 by Jefferson Madison Dunaway for his bride, Sarah Ann Brack. Stone for chimneys came from the nearby creek banks. Cypress wood was used ... 7109 John Marr Hardeman 300 blk. of N. Couch St., Italy A soldier in the army of Texas 1836. Born in Tennessee, February 2, 1804, died October 15, 1891. His wife Mary Hardeman born in Tennessee, February ... 7070 Joshua Chapel A.M.E. Church 109 Aiken St. Organized in 1876, this congregation was named for its first pastor, the Rev. Joshua Goins, who started many African Methodist Episcopal churches ...

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7121 Matthews-Atwood House 307 N. Sherman St., Ennis Pearl C. Matthews purchased this property in 1900 when he and his brother Will, owners of a McKinney department store, opened a second establishment ... 12557 Maypearl Cemetery 0.3 miles north of Maypearl on FM 157 The community of Maypearl was established on the International and Great Northern Railroad line in 1903. The 1907 death of landowner William P. Wilemon ... 17480 McKinney-Aday Farm House Approximately 5 feet north of the brick walkway leading to the house, centered on the mid-point of the length of the walkway Henry McKinney (1863-1936) was born in Kemp, Kaufman County and, at the age of 20, enlisted in Company C of the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers. ... 13081 Midlothian Cemetery 300 S 9th St What would later become Midlothian began as part of the Peters Colony, which brought settlers to Texas from 1841 to 1848. W.A. and Anna Hawkins and ... 16360 Midlothian Presbyterian Church Midlothian, 104 S 4th St In 1911, two congregations merged to form Midlothian Presbyterian Church. One originally organized in 1883 under Pastor D. G. Malloy and was part ... 18899 Midlothian Public Schools 700 W. Avenue H Early education in the area included a 1850 one-room log cabin in the Hawkins settlement, serving as a school and church. Its location was where ... 7122 Milford Cemetery E. Water St., off US 77, Milford W.R. Hudson and J.M. Higgins, early pioneers in this area, came from Cherokee County in East Texas to settle here in 1853. They laid off a townsite ... 7129 Milford Presbyterian Church 300 blk of Main St., Milford Organized in June 1855 with 16 members, as one of 4 Presbyterian churches within a radius of 500 miles. Early, horseback-traveling pastors organized ... 12717 Moore House 400 W. Denton Moore House Built in 1905 for Malinda (Anderson) and Hardin T. Moore, this Neoclassical Revival house is a significant part of Ennis' architectural ... 7130 Mount Zion Cemetery Mount Zion Road, west of Shady Grove Road and US 287 An Indian who often rested on this hill was killed by his wild prairie horse in the 1850s and buried here. Sarah Witherspoon (1832-1857), an early ... 7132 Myrtle Cemetery At the end of W. Knox St., Ennis W.H. Parsons deeded the original ten acres at this site in 1875 for use as a cemetery. The burial ground was named "Myrtle" for a child whose single ...

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7134 Oak Branch Cemetery Oak Branch Rd. 2 mi. off of FM 66, 7mi. SW of Waxahachie In 1875 area pioneer William M. Claunch (1815-1888) donated twenty acres of his ranch land for a Methodist Church, church campground, and cemetery. ... 7071 Oak Lawn School Wyatt Street, Waxahachie Oak Lawn began as an elementary school for Blacks in 1887 on North Aiken Street. In 1893 the school moved to this site. By the end of the 19th Century, ... 23309 Old Bardwell 6102 W State Hwy 34 In the 1880s, Ellis County emerged as a leading cotton producing county in the area. A community known as Pleasant Valley developed here, convenient ... 7094 Old Ellis County Jail At the corner of Rogers and Water St., Waxahachie Due to overcrowding in the existing jail facility, this structure was completed in 1888. The Ellis County Commissioners Court awarded the contract ... 7116 Old Lake Dam Kiwanis Park, Park St. and N. Preston Rd., Ennis Constructed in 1891, this dam created a body of water known variously as the City Reservoir, Ennis Railroad Lake, and Old City Lake. It was built ... 7135 Ovilla FM 664 and Main St., Ovilla One of the oldest communities in Ellis County, Ovilla began as a fortified settlement built in 1844 on upper Red Oak Creek. Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian ... 11782 Ovilla Cemetery 1403 Red Oak Creek Dr. The Ovilla community was founded by members of the Peters Colony in 1844. Benjamin and Erixna Caroline McFarlin were among the early members of the ... 7136 Ozro Cemetery Intersection of Orzo Rd. and Smith Rd. 1 mi. off FM 157, 3 mi. N of Maypearl In 1858 J.P. Gilmore and Richard D. Graves gave land for Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and for this burial ground. The earliest ...

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11864 Railroads in Ennis Pierce Park; NW Main & US 287 The Houston and Texas Central Railroad built tracks through Corsicana en route to Dallas in 1871. In 1872 the town of Ennis was platted along this ... 7142 Red Oak Cemetery South of Red Oak about 1 mi. on SH 342 Originally known as the Kemble Cemetery, this graveyard began as a family burial ground. Abraham Kemble acquired the land on which the cemetery is ... 7067 Richard Ellis Monument Courthouse Square on Main Street 11865 Richardson Cemetery US 287 intersection with Old US 287 N of Reagor Springs (one mile SW) John I. Richardson (1839-1922), county surveyor, Mason, and veteran of the 12th Texas Confederate Cavalry, married Ann Elizabeth Reagor ... 7143 Rockett Christian Church Intersection of FM 183 and Loma Linda Rd., Rockett The Rockett Christian Church grew out of early worship services that began in the area about 1853. Formally organized in 1894, the congregation constructed ... 7069 Rogers Street Bridge Rogers Street Bridge over Waxahachie Creek on Hwy. 77 Located on an early Waxahachie Creek fording site that served pioneer settlers of the area, this truss bridge was built in 1889. It was manufactured ... 7068 Rosemont 701 S. Rogers Street This 20-room home was built in 1894 for $12,000 by Eliza and Burt Ringo Moffett, who owned a flour mill nearby. Amanda B. Cox, the mother of 14 children, ... 7144 Rutherford's Crossing Bridge On Rutherford Rd., 3 mi. off FM 878 and 8 mi. S. of Waxahachie Constructed in 1919 by the Texas Bridge Company at a cost of $565.00, this Warren Pony truss bridge provided transportation across Red Oak Creek ...

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7145 Saint James A.M.E. Church FM 308 and Bois D'arc St., Milford This church was organized by the Rev. Joshua Goins, Sr., in 1883. Services began in the home of Pleasant Zollicoffer and moved to the Odd Fellows' ... 23849 Sand Lake 7000 Hwy 34 For Daniel Buckley’s sacrifice in the 1836 Battle of Goliad, the Republic of Texas granted his heirs some 2,200 acres on the west bank of the Trinity ... 7074 Sardis Cemetery On Honeysuckle Trail in Sardis community, 6 mi. NW of Waxahachie The earliest marked grave in the Sardis Cemetery is that of Susan Jane Rachael (Peevey) Kelly, who died in childbirth in 1871. Early settler Robert ... 7075 Sardis School Sardis Community, N side Sardis Road 0.2 mi. SE of US 287 access road (0.2 mi. NW of Saralvo Road) Children of the Sardis Community attended school in the Methodist church building from the early 1870s until a small two-room schoolhouse was constructed ... 7076 Sardis United Methodist Church From Waxahachie Take Main St. W to the intersection of SH 287 & SH 528. Then take left turn just before intersection onto Sardis Rd. Methodist Church activities in this area can be traced to 1845, when the Rev. Thomas Welch, a circuit-riding minister, preached a sermon. Following ... 18360 Shawnee Cattle Trail 1900 L.R. Campbell Rd In use from approximately 1850 to 1873, the Shawnee Cattle Trail was the first north-south cattle trail and reached the farthest east of the four ... 12572 Shiloh Cemetery 7810 Shiloh Rd. Burials in this cemetery began with Peters Colony pioneers who founded Ovilla in 1844. The earliest marked grave is that of Mary C. Patton, wife ... 7148 Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church intersection of Shiloh Rd. and FM 664, Ovilla The first organized church in Ellis county, the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church congregation was chartered with twenty members on July 25, ... 7989 Site of a Confederate Powder Mill 300 N. Rogers St. Erected in 1862 by William Rowen. On April 29, 1863 it was destroyed by an explosion and its owner killed. Also killed was Joshua G. Phillips. 7106 Site of Grady School On FM 813 about 4 mi. N. of Palmer Originally established in 1895 to serve children on the pioneer Farrar family, Grady school eventually grew into a community rural school. The first ... 7119 Site of Marvin College 101 E. Marvin, Waxahachie The Northwest Texas Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, built a college named for Bishop E.M. Marvin at the site in 1870-71. Waxahachie ... 7114 Site of Old Hawkins Springs On FM 1387, one mile east of Midlothian William Alden Hawkins (1800-67) and wife Anna Eddy (1800-95), from La Porte, IN., arrived with family at this site in May 1848, becoming first settlers ... 7139 Site of Polytechnic Institute In Kimmel Park, 2nd Ave. and Ave. F., Midlothian Founded in 1883 by W.W. Works (1856-1895), Polytechnic Institute was a private, coeducational school. A respected educator and native of this area, ... 7154 Site of the Plantation Home of Edward H. Tarrant Off Lumkins Rd. on private property. Map dot approximate. (1796-1858) Veteran of the War of 1812. Pioneer Indian fighter. Commander of Texas frontier troops. Statesman of vision. The house was built in 1845. ... 15483 Smith Cemetery Smith Cemetery Road, off FM 813 and Farrar Road (Established in 1852) Burial place of pioneers and generations of descendants; on a knoll that was in wilderness when cemetery opened, but now overlooks ... 24365 Sokol Karel Havlicek Borovsky marker pending marker pending 14404 St. Joseph Catholic Church 504 E. Marvin The earliest Catholic settlers in Waxahachie were two brothers of English and American ancestry who arrived in 1859. A German Catholic family joined ... 7147 St. Paul Cemetery St. Paul Cemetery Road, S side 0.1 mi. W of US 287 In 1881 William Gardner deeded this site to the Mountain Creek School community. This tract, which contained graves dating from 1875, remained in ... 7062 St. Paul's Episcopal Grace Anglican Church, SE corner McMillan and N. Monroe streets. City's oldest church. Dedicated by pioneer Bishop A.C. Garrett, 1885. Lancet windows, doors. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 7152 Strickland-Sawyer House 500 Oldham Ave., Waxahachie Maggie Young Beall, a widow, built a house here in 1888. One year later is was purchased by J.F. Stickland (1861-1921), a cofounder of Texas Power ... 23618 Sweatt Family Legacy marker pending marker pending

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7155 Telico Cemetery From Ennis go E on SH 34 about 6 mi. then S on FM 1181 to Telico Cemetery Rd. The first burial in this cemetery was that of the Rev. William J. Kirkpatrick, a local Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, who died on May 1, 1867. ... 7082 The H.P. Barkley Home 709 N. Dallas, Ennis Local contractor B. F. Sargeant constructed this residence in 1892 for H.P. Barkley, a conductor and yardmaster for the Houston and Central Texas ... 7118 The Mahoney-Thompson House 604 W. Main St., Waxahachie Constructed in 1904 by Dennis Mahoney, contractor and builder. He came from Connecticut to Texas in late 1800s to build Trinity University in Waxahachie ... 7131 The Mulkey-Loggins House E. Avenue G, N side between N. 11th and N. 12th streets. Inscription refers to the house's original site at 110 N. Elm St. in Ennis. Marker reported missing Apr. 2017. This property was part of a tract settled in 1854 by pioneer Philip A. Mulkey (d. 1862). Ennis was founded in 1871, when the Houston & Texas Central ... 18603 The Sims Family of Ellis County L. R. Campbell Road (FM 876), northwest of Italy and south of Bell Branch Road, east side of the road at ranch entrance Some of the first pioneers to help in the development of Ellis County, the Sims family settled on and around what would become the foundation for ... 7151 The Southern Pacific Railroad in Ennis 100 NE Main St., Ennis In 1887 the City of Ennis was established at this site, the northern terminus of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad (later part of the Southern ... 7156 The Telico Church From Ennis go E on SH 34 about 6 mi. then S on FM 1181 to Telico Cemetery Rd. Built in 1867 for the Kirkpatrick Presbyterian Church, this sanctuary later served other denominations. It was a Baptist church from 1909 to 1961. ... 11863 Thomas C. Neel 5 mi. W of Ennis on US 287 (1825-1863) Georgia native Thomas C. Neel married Willia E. Latimer in 1848. The couple moved their family to Texas in 1854 and to Ellis County in ... 7115 Thomas J. Jordan Near corner of E. Water St. and US Hwy. 77, Milford Soldier in the Texas Army in 1836, born in Tennessee June 17, 1808, died November 24, 1880. His wife Stacy Choate Jordan, born in Tennessee October ... 7096 Town of Ennis in Pierce Park, US 287 and NW Main St., Ennis Founded 1872 as market town on Houston & Texas Central Railway; Named for an H. & T.C. official, Cornelius Ennis (1813-1899). Cumberland Presbyterian ... 7078 Trippet-Shive House 209 N. Grand Ave., Waxahachie Completed in 1896 for banker and civic leader H.W. Trippet (b.1853), this residence was later sold to Walter E. Shive (b.1873), who owned a successful ... 18604 Trotter House 508 S. 9th Street Jasper “Jake” Preston Sewell, Jr. (1878-1961) bought three lots south of Midlothian’s business district in November 1912. In 1915, Jake married Nettie ...