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Note: Annie Fariss Ballard reminisces May 29, 1995:
"The house at Dime Box was L-shaped. The downstairs bedroom had a bigfireplace. The stairway was outside, but covered, and started up nearthe dining room.
"There were two big oak trees at the homesite, good for children toclimb, which the children did. The fire killed one of the oaks, but theother survived. The Knox family went back to get acorns from thesurviving tree, and planted the acorns at some other home.
"Ernest Knox, oldest son of Robert and Fannie, lived nearby with hisfamily. Ernest raised goats. He gave a little lamb to Annie once, totake back to Giddings to raise.
"Ernest was accidentally killed by his son-in-law by rifle, while agroup were on a deer hunt. There was real bad weather. Though it was1936, the preacher could not get to the burying in time. FannieWilliams Knox conducted the funeral service for her son Ernest."
Ed. Note: Here we have a discrepancy. Fannie died in 1934, andErnest in 1936.
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