Beginning in southwest Germany in the 1500Õs, this history of the Ellcessor family is traced through the generations until Johannes Ellcessor and his family from Fellbach, Germany, came to America in 1819. Each generation is examined in detail and concludes with Rufus Benton Ellcessor and his family of twelve children. Rufus was Otis EllcessorÕs father. The book also includes an annotated inventory with photos of the Ellcessor-Rapp Cemetery in Lawrence County, Ohio, and an examination of the meaning of the term ÒSnolleyguster.Ó