The banner headline was followed by this brief obituary: John W. Slaughter, 91, the builder of some of Dallas’ principal buildings and the father of M. A. Slaughter, 132 S. Beckham, died Friday in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Oak Lawn Methodist Church in Dallas –…
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by Paul Ridenour After being at the Bur Oak Tree in the Big Spring Preserve, where Sam Houston camped, I decided to write about my wife Dottie’s Cherokee ancestors and their friendship with Sam Houston. Sam lived with the Cherokee and married a Cherokee woman named Tiana Rogers (also known as Diana or Talihina). She…
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