From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. John Cooper Cook was born about 1806 in North Carolina, probably Surry County. His father was Wendel Cook and his mother’s family name was Cooper. According to the Cook family Bible, the father of Wendel was Welh Cook. Wendel was born about…
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A tiny prairie town in Big D What a perfectly gorgeous day this past Saturday, April 29th as we all arrived at the Old Frankford Church for our in-town tour of the Church, Cemetery and surrounding Blackland Prairie. Matt Weinstein of Preservation Dallas, our host for the event, welcomed everyone and then handed it over…
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The annual Glover Cemetery Picnic was held May 6, 2023 and dozens of DCPA members and guests gathered to visit, talk about old times, enjoy some good food and meet new people. We even had a speaker who recounted the story of early settler Huldah Hunnicutt Moore. The story of Huldah Hunnicutt Moore Special thanks…
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Carrollton Black Cemetery Member’s comments: “Appears well maintained inside. Fenced and locked. Is in a low spot so may have flooding issues during rain.” Fish Trap Cemetery/La Reunion Cemetery Member’s comments: “Appears well maintained and is securely locked up with a high fence.” Merrell Cemetery Member’s comments: “This cemetery is not too far from where…
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A pioneer Grigsby family figures into the early days of Dallas County, though none of the family appears to have ever resided in the county. The patriarch of that family was John Grigsby (1787 – 1841). John Grigsby was believed to have been born in Virginia. He married Hester Sharp (1799 – 1831) in 1817…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Howard Cox was born December 6, 1837, in Kentucky. He with his parents, brothers and sisters moved to Missouri about 1841. They moved from Andrew County, Missouri, to Carrollton, Texas, in December 1856. Mary Jane Webb was born, November 26, 1843, in…
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Old Letot Cemetery, North Dallas: Member’s comments: Gate was locked but was able to take some pictures from outside. If John Deere does maintain they are nearby on Harry Hines Blvd. but it does not look like it has been mowed for a long time. Letot Cemterery, North Dallas: Member’s Comments: This cemetery is at…
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On March 18, 2023 a number of our members and guests spent the morning at the old Wesley Cockrell Cemetery cleaning up and repairing a few tombstones with the help of Mike & Shelly Rowlands. Don’t overlook the Wesley Cockrell Cemetery wildlife!
On Saturday, April 15, 2023 DCPA and the Fort Worth Ave. Development Group held a hands-on headstone repair workshop with one of Texas’s foremost authorities on Historic Gravestone and Monument Preservation – Mike Rowlands. Mike demonstrated how to safely clean, reset, and perform repairs on historic headstones. The process of putting back together a broken-in-half…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Enoch Noah Bennett was born 4 November 1854 in Dallas County, to Sarah Dougan (Bennett) and Hiram Bennett. He was the fourth child of his mother and the fourteenth child of his father. When he was about ten years old, his family…
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