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Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2021

Dallas County Pioneer AssociationFounded 1875, Reorganized 1979P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 – dcpa1875@gmail.com From the President Greetings All, Make sure to put the December breakfast meeting on your calendar. December 4th at 9 a.m. at Highland Oaks Church. Rusty Williams will be the speaker. He is the author of several books and a very colorful speaker. You will…
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Quarterly Report – DCPA Cemetery Committee

Second Quarter, 2021 Cemetery Report, Southeast Dallas County by Marsha Leach The RYLIE CEMETERY at 10377 Rylie Road is watched over by the Rylie Cemetery Association which was founded in 1962.  They maintain the cemetery grounds through private donations, mostly from family descendants.  The cemetery is protected by a chain link fence and is in…
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Event Canceled – 1812 Dedication Ceremony

The organizers have advised us that the event that was to have been held on 11/21,/21 has been canceled.

John Branaman & Margaret Morris Hughes Bachman

From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA. Margaret Morris Hughes, daughter of William and Ailsey Hughes of Hughesville, Virginia, married John Branaman Bachman in 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born in 1824 in Stokes County, North Carolina. John Bachman was the son of Dr. Daniel Bachman of Delina, Tennessee, (Marshall County). He was…
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John Taylor Coit

John Taylor and Catharine Bunting Coit John Taylor Coit traveled to Dallas County, Texas, late in the spring of 1858 to locate a new Texas home for his bride, purchasing 320 acres 15 June 1858 on the Dallas/Collin County line in the Thomas J. Yager survey. While searching for land, John stayed with the McKamy…
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Edward Titche and Max Goettinger

Edward Titche was born August 6, 1866 to Lazarus Titche (1829-1894) and Babette Haas Titche (1829-1914) in Winnsboro, Louisiana. Both of his parents had been born in Germany and emigrated to the United States. Lazarus was a merchant and Edward was the sixth of seven children born to the couple. Edward was living in Louisiana…
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Amon McCommas, Sr.

Amon McCommas, Sr. Amon McCommas, Sr., and wife Mary ‘Polly’ Brumfield, were one of the first six families who came to settle in the Peters Colony, a community where, although scattered, a few hostile Indians remained. Amon and Mary had been married in 1826 in Lawrence County, Ohio, where Mary was born in 1805. Amon…
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11th Annual Mesquite Meander

Our friends at historicmesquite.org have asked us to share this event with you. Please note the dates and times above, the cost and also the caveat that it is not suitable for small children.

Greenville Avenue Christian Church

By Millie Coffey From my infancy the family attended Oak Lawn Christian Church on the corner of Herschel and Douglas streets, then later we moved to Preston Road Christian Church where I joined at the tender age of eight. Then one Sunday morning in August of 1934, Mother and I moved our membership to Greenville…
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Rylie Cemetery Cleanup Day, 9/25/21

In anticipation of the Rylie Reunion on October 2, 2021, the Rylie Cemetery Association is having a work day Saturday, September 25, 2021. Contact information for further details is in the above image, but the Rylie Cemetery is located on Rylie Road, between Tufts and Ellenwood, Rylie, Texas. https://dallaspioneer.org/events/rylie-cemetery-cleanup-day/ ‎