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OCT 2 1937
	BX-‘SIÄVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY ~icx: BESS was born near Goliad, Tsxaa In 18ö4, a ilavs of Stevs Bees who was a rancher. He worked with atock as a very young boy and this waa his duty during and after the Civil War, as hi rsmaihed with his bou for thres years after emanolpatlono 11e then cams to old Bsn Ficklin four railea south of
the prsaent San Angelo, Texas, when lt was th~ oounty seat of Tom Gresu County and before there vai q~ San Angelo. fis oontlnued hia work on ranoheB hers and has never done any other kind of work. For the p~,st several yeax~ he hae bsn very feeble and has mads hie home with a daughter In San Angelo,


Zack who waa as.istød out ot b•& and dr.es.d by his
gran4~aon, hobbled in ou hie cans and said, “I was Joe‘ a
Enall boy vorkin‘ on de r~n~h Wien I hsar talk ‘bout con-.