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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ALQ_old-ellis-county-jail_Waxahachie-TX.html
Due to overcrowding in the existing jail facility, this structure was completed in 1888. The Ellis County Commissioners Court awarded the contract to Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri. A round turret with conical…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R71_bells-chapel-cemetery_Waxahachie-TX.html
Founded 1875. Site for church and cemetery was given on Dec. 27, 1875, by local landowners John and Elizabeth Gibbons. This tract and some later purchases were deeded to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Church and cemetery were named in ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ3O_parsons-cavalry_Waxahachie-TX.html
Originally comprised of men from Ellis and surrounding counties. Organized for Civil War service at Rockett's Spring (4 mi. E. of this site), Sept. 1861, unit was trained and commanded by Col. William H Parsons, Mexican War veteran, colorful dueli…