Dibrell, Ella Dancy, -1920

Ella Peyton Dancy was born near LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, on 1863 November 6, the daughter of John Winfield Scott (1810-1899) and Lucy Nowlin Dancy. Her father, who arrived in Texas in 1836 December, served in the Congress of the Republic of Texas and the Texas State Legislature and, as a soldier, helped repel the Mexican invasion of 1842.

On 1879 February 25, Ella Dancy married Thomas A. Hall (born circa 1854). The couple had two daughters, Clara and Olivia, and apparently later divorced. Ella and her children eventually moved to Austin, where she attended the University of Texas. She married lawyer and politician Joseph Burton Dibrell (1855-1934) in 1899 October. The couple had one son, John Winfield Dancy Dibrell (1904-1937), and resided in Seguin and Austin.

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