Constance Riek was 49 years of age in 1875 when he moved his family from Hermann, Missouri to Dallas, Texas. He had many accomplishments to his credit and was respected and loved by those who knew and worked with him. He had been a member of the Missouri Legislature and served as Judge in Gasconade…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. John Motley, the oldest son of Robert Page Motley and Emma Sarah Lawrence Motley, who brought their family from Warren County, Kentucky in 1856 to settle on their farm four miles east of Reinhardt, was born September 29, 1877. He was the grandson of Thomas Zachariah…
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By Mike Judd Born into slavery in 1839 in rural Alabama, Anderson Bonner died in North Dallas in 1920 a well-to-do entrepreneur and landowner. Married in Northern Alabama in 1822, Willis and Mahulda Bonner farmed outside Elkmont where Mahulda gave birth to seven (7) children between 1825 and 1835 – including a son named Anderson…
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By Frances James The Crawford Cemetery has an address of 700 Cedar Hill in Cedar Hill, Texas. This site is in the southwest corner of Dallas County. Ever since histories have been written about Dallas County mention has been made of “the tornado that wiped out the village of Cedar Hill in 1856.” The death…
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