SPACE IS LIMITED Dallas City Archives Tour, 9/15/2022 – Dallas City Archivist John Slate has generously offered to give as many as 15 people a tour of the facility. Due to the size of the rooms, attendance is limited. Meet John Slate: Meet the City Staff: John H. Slate, City of Dallas Archivist – Dallas…
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Rose-Mary is well known to most of us. She has spoken to DCPA and other organizations for years. It is time to honor her for her long and varied career. She is an actress, teacher, author, historian and humorist. Rose-Mary has been a friend of our group for many years. Event: Rose-Mary Rumbley’s 90th birthday…
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Anderson Bonner (1830-1920) was a freedman and successful businessman who began purchasing land in 1870 in what is today North Dallas. By the time of his death, he owned nearly 3,000 acres north of Forest Lane and east of White Rock Creek. In 1976, the site of his homestead (and 44 remaining acres) were dedicated…
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Julius C. Bourquin was born November 28, 1846 in Switzerland. He arrived at New York Harbor via the ship “Grahams Polly” on October 29, 1864. This ship sailed from La Havre, France carrying individuals from France, Switzerland and surrounding areas. Upon arriving in the United States, he first settled in Oakley, Macon County, Illinois where…
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This past Saturday, September 3, 2022 volunteers and family members gathered at Big A Cemetery in Rowlett and proceeded to set a military gravestone for War of 1812 veteran Thomas Newman and also to reset the gravestone base for his granddaughter. Pictured below left to right, they are Daniel, Hunter, Susan, Larry, Paul and Drake. Paul…
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On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the Chisholm Chapel Cemetery the Craig Austin Rowley Chapter, The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Texas, and the John Cavet Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 honored Samuel Sylvester Beeman (1795-1877) for his service in the War of 1812. Members of the Samuel…
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Endures Coercion, Violence, Neglect, Two Lawsuits End With Triumph for the People by Kathy Ann Reid (Gleaned from Frances James’ Lagow Cemetery File) November, 2021 One acre of the Lagow League, donated in 1883 by Richard Lagow to the people in School Precinct No. 62, was mentioned in many obituaries with the words, “the funeral…
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Dallas County Pioneer AssociationFounded 1875, Reorganized 1979P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334info@dallaspioneer.org===From the President I hope you are staying cool and enjoying our wonderful weather here in North Texas. Please make sure to put September 1st at 6:00 p.m meeting on your calendar at the Pavilion in CC Young Senior Living.Dinner will begin serving…
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Please make sure to put September 1st at 6:00 p.m meeting on your calendar at the Pavilion in CC Young Senior Living. Dinner will begin serving at 6 and our speaker will begin at 7. Clarence Glover, Jr is our next speaker who will be sharing his past 40 years of research of the pioneers…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, not currently in print. Obadiah Woodson Knight, a 38 year old Virginian, followed his older brother, Gabriel B., from Tennessee to Texas in 1846. Obadiah brought with him his 24 year old second wife, Serena Caroline Hughes, and seven children – five by his first and late wife, Mary Ann,…
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