by Frances James This small cemetery is located about six miles west of the Dallas County Courthouse surrounded by large warehouses and is in back of the telephone building on Communication, off of Cockrell Hill Road and I-30. The ample parking lot of the telephone company makes access easy – after you clear it with…
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The town of Addison is located at the very northern edge of Dallas County. It was once part of Peters Colony, as was much of North Texas, extending roughly from Dallas and Tarrant counties to the Red River. People of Anglo-European descent settled in the Addison area as early as the 1840s. One of the…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Jacob and Anna Hinterman Buhrer left Ellenboro, West Virginia, their first home in America, to come to Dallas in the summer of 1879, bringing their first child, Lena, with them. Jacob’s sister, Anna, came also. In 1879 she married a young Swiss dairyman, Christian Moser,…
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On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at the Merrifield Cemetery in Oak Cliff, Dallas County, Texas the Craig Austin Rowley Chapter, The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Texas, and the John Cavet Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 honored John “Jack” Merrifield (1792-1873) for his service in the War…
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