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Month: November 2022

Historical Marker Dedication: Bennett Family Gardens

Members of DCPA Cemetery Group joined friends and family members attending the Bennett Family Gardens Texas Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony on November 4, 2022, including Gwyneva Winters, Kathy Ann Reid, Marsha and Mike Leach.  Below are images from that event.

Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2022

Dallas County Pioneer AssociationFounded 1875, Reorganized 1979P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 – info@dallaspioneer.org From the President Howdy, It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost over, my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving full of family, friends and especially food! Our next meeting is December 10th at 9:00 a.m meeting at the Point Center for Arts and Education in…
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Judge Thomas A. Work and Lulu Ann Johnston Work

From: Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print “After leaving the ancient seat of the family in Tennessee and sojourning in Kentucky for a very few years, we left for Texas in 1869”, so said the Hon. T. A. Work, Judge of the Sixty-Eighth District Court of Dallas, as he reminisced years…
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Vickery Place Subdivision

The subdivision known as Vickery Place is named for Richard Alfred Vickery and family. Richard Vickery was born in England and is likely best known in Fort Worth as having been a successful land developer. Many Fort Worth locations are named for him his family. Dallas’ Vickery Place is located about four miles north of…
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