From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Daniel Bechtol and his wife, Mahala, migrated to Duck Creek, Dallas County, Texas, from Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, in 1876, settling on 310 acres in what is now south Garland. Daniel Bechtol was born 13 January 1824 near Middletown, the son of Ludwig (Lewis)…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Henry Washington Ball was born in Talladega, Alabama in 1840, the son of Reuben Ball whose relatives included Mary Ball, mother of George Washington. Reuben married Mourning “Morning” (Carter) Ball in Georgia in 1832. They moved to Alabama in 1838. The 1850…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Perry Cemetery is in Carrollton with an address of 1800 Perry Road. The cemetery was started as a family cemetery in 1896 near the Alexander W. Perry’s home. When Alexander came to Texas in 1844 he was a thirty year old Illinois native with five children. He had…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. In 1927 a young baker and his wife moved to Dallas from Muskogee, Oklahoma. Kathryn and Roy Braden who had learned to bake on a troop ship in World War I, bought a little shop on Gaston Avenue around the corner from…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. In 1927 a young baker and his wife moved to Dallas from Muskogee, Oklahoma. Kathryn and Roy Braden who had learned to bake on a troop ship in World War I, bought a little shop on Gaston Avenue around the corner from…
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It is not unheard of, but from time to time when there is an amputation, the limb may be buried by itself. There happen to be two such burials at Motley Cemetery in Mesquite, Texas, as noted below: John Motley was born in Dallas County on September 29, 1877, the son of Robert Page Motley…
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Transcribed from July 19, 1914, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 13, col. 3. OLDEST NATIVE OF DALLAS CO. IS DISCOVERED William Wald Glover William Wald Glover was born July 31, 1846 in Dallas County, Texas and died March 13, 1928, also in Dallas County. He married Julia Ann Lanham on July 15, 1871 and the couple…
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Transcribed from July 19, 1914, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 13, col. 3. OLDEST NATIVE OF DALLAS CO. IS DISCOVERED William Wald Glover William Wald Glover was born July 31, 1846 in Dallas County, Texas and died March 13, 1928, also in Dallas County. He married Julia Ann Lanham on July 15, 1871 and the…
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This congregation dates back to the summer of 1873 and is the first African American church organized in Dallas, Texas established by independent African American residents of Dallas. Its current website gives a date of July 27, 1873 for the origin. Over the years, it has conducted worship services in at least two locations. Its…
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Samuel Eric Curry was born in Lancaster, Texas, January 12,1901. His father was J. W. Curry who had been born in Virginia and came to Texas as a teen-age boy to make his way in life. Sam’s mother was Lucy Angeline Greene of Lancaster, Texas. The family was active in church and civic affairs in…
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