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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-557County, Texas. Elizabeth Massey married a Mr. Wood. Elizabeth (Massey)Wood was the mother of three children:............Ray Wood............Margaret Wood............Nell WoodElizabeth (Massey) Wood died prior to 1964. In 1964, Ray Wood was living inSan Antonio, Texas. Margaret Wood married a Mr. Emmrich. In 1964, Margaret(Wood) Emmrich was living in San Antonio, Texas. Nell Wood married aMr. Gaston. In 1964, Nell (Wood) Gaston was living in Oakland, California.Reference: 1) Letter to heirs of Dosia (Moore) Davis from Kemp and Prud’homme, Attorneysat Law, Austin, Texas, March, 1964BENJAMIN F. HILL (12.8) is the son of John W. Hill and Mary Ann (Reed)Hill. Ben was born on July 2, 1860 in Texas. In 1900, Ben Hill was living withEd Leath in Hays County, Texas. Ben Hill married Alice Roberts (born 1878 inTexas). Ben and Alice Hill were the parents of one daughter:............Beatrice Hill, b. 1906, Hays County, TexasBen Hill married a second time to a Miss Jones in San Marcos, Texas. Ben Hilldied on February 24, 1912 and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery inWimberley, Texas. In 1920, Alice (Roberts) Hill and her daughter, BeatriceHill, were living in Hays County, Texas. Beatrice Hill married a Mr. Payne. In1964, Beatrice (Hill) Payne was living in San Marcos, Texas.References: 1) Census, Edward Leath and Benjamin Hill, ED 76, SH 3, HH 49/50,Hays County, Texas, 1900; 2) Census, Alice Hill, ED 68, SH 23B, HH 415/495, HaysCounty, Texas, 1920; 3) Letter to heirs of Dosia (Moore) Davis from Kemp andPrud’homme, Attorneys at Law, Austin, Texas, March, 1964; 4) Hays County Historicaland Genealogy Quarterly, (Wimberley Cemetery) November, 1978, Page 150; 5) PhoneInterview, Johnnie (Frazier) Phifer, September, 2003 (second marriage of Ben Hill)JAMES M. “ROBERT” HILL (12.9) is the son of John W. Hill and Mary Ann(Reed) Hill. Bob was born on September 12, 1866 in Texas. Early in his life,Bob Hill travelled with “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s famous wild west show as a cowboyperformer. He was a personal friend of Cody’s and knew Annie Oakley, thefamous woman trick shot. Around 1908, Bob Hill married Lizzie C. Dailey.Lizzie was born in 1878 in Texas and is the daughter of Mary Dailey (born 1848in Texas). From 1920 to 1930, James and Lizzie Hill were living in HaysCounty, Texas. In 1930, Lizzie’s mother, Mary Dailey, was living with Bob andLizzie Hill. Bob Hill operated a grocery store on Blanco Street in San Marcos,Texas for many years. Bob Hill died on October 9, 1936 in San Marcos, Texasand was buried in the San Marcos City Cemetery. Lizzie (Dailey) Hill was buriedin the San Marcos City Cemetery.References: 1) Census, James and Lizzie Hill, Hays County, Texas, ED 68, SH 20A, HH340/413, 1920; 2) Census, Jesse M. and Lizzie C. Hill, Hays County, Texas, ED 105-1,SH 15A, HH 359/413, 1930; 3) Obituary of Robert Hill, “San Marcos Record” Newspa-