The above image is a portion of an article in 1976 discussing the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Cedar Hill, which traces its membership back to the congregation that met in the Methodist church destroyed by the tornado. The article below is transcribed from The Dallas Daily Herald issue of May 10, 1856. Warning: Some…
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We had a wonderful informative tour hosted by Sheniqua Cummings, and descendants of pioneer Anderson Bonner, Tony Suber and Glen Bonner. First time guests were Erin Schmidt and Hilary Fry. Our members Marsha and Mike Leach, Gwyneva Winters, Bill Vilbig, Mike Magers, and Kathy Ann Reid were in attendance. We learned many interesting things about…
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The Munger family got its start in the cotton industry in the Mexia area. Henry Munger was the patriarch. He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1825. When he was still a child his parents, Sylvester Munger (1787 – 1838) and Asenath “Sene” Ingham Munger (1777 – 1840), moved to South Carolina. By 1840, both…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the historic Oakland Cemetery in South Dallas just yesterday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the old McAdams Cemetery last Saturday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an on going project…
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