From the President Howdy, Make sure to put the June 2 at 6:00 p.m meeting on your calendar. We are pleased to announce our return to the Pavilion in CC Young Senior Living. Dinner will begin serving at 6 and our speaker will begin at 7. Ann McKinley will be the speaker. You will enjoy…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Augustus Frazier “Gus” Poovey was born October 21, 1853 in York County, South Carolina. Gus was too young to serve during the Civil War, so it was his job to protect the family horses from the Yankee soldiers who would ride through the communities in an…
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The Pioneer Picnic was a splendid success. The only thing missing was YOU if you didn’t make it. Thirty-one people were there with twelve first timers. The oldest was the matriarch of the cemetery, Helen J. Sullivan, while the youngest was her seven month old great-great granddaughter, Charlotte Hosler. (Charlotte is a ninth generation Dallas…
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In earlier days, it was not all that unusual for brothers of one family to marry sisters of another family. There were fewer potential mates back then. In one generation of the Lagow and Murchison families, three Lagow brothers married three Murchison sisters. Four brothers of the Thomas and Sarah Bennett Lagow family were orphaned…
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