Obituary A. B. Ellison From Research Conducted at the Nicholas P. Sims Library, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas September 20, 2003 by Debbi Rodgers   Waxahachie Daily Light, January 19, 1916 Farmer Ends Life By Jumping In Well A. B. ELLISON OF THE ITALY COUNTRY IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SUICIDED A Brother Is Said to Have Attempted to Prevent Him But Was Fought Off – Body Is Recovered After fighting off his brother who tried to prevent him, A. B. Ellison, a farmer living about one mile north of Italy, jumped into a cistern on the back gallery at his home about five o'clock Tuesday afternoon and when the body was recovered life was extinct. The cause of the act has not been determined. Ellison apparently was in good health. He was in Italy a few hours Tuesday afternoon before he attempted to leap into the cistern. A brother tried to prevent him and was fought off. Before other assistance could be summoned the man [can't read this section] and drowned before he could be rescued. [Note: There is a little more to this but it was cut off on the photocopy.]   Copyright © 2003-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:20:31 MDT