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Workday Wednesday – Bye Ball, Bowie Co., Texas Tax Collector
Sam H. Ball, Sr., or Bye Ball as he was known to everyone, was my great-grandfather. He can be seen standing in the doorway of a vault. Blowing the picture up, I could see old courthouse books stacked in a shelf behind … Continue reading
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