By Frances James (1922 – 2019) [Edited] Pleasant Mound Cemetery is located in Dallas, Texas at the intersection of Buckner Boulevard and Scyene Road. This cemetery on the northwest corner was associated with the Methodist Church that was once at the intersection of the two wagon roads. There are three other cemeteries adjacent to each…
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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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Simpson Levi Beckley was born in Kentucky on April 11, 1813 to Levi Beckley (1775 – 1848) and Keziah Boswell Beckley (1776 – 1852). Simpson’s parents had moved to the new state of Kentucky from Virginia. Simpson Levi was the youngest of three sons. Simpson Levi married Ruth Mathews on January 8, 1835. He was…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) Calvary Hill Cemetery at 3235 Lombardy Lane is the second cemetery within the city limits of Dallas owned by the Catholic Diocese. The first cemetery was a four to seven acre site, (before the streets were widened) purchased in 1874, near the Houston and Texas Central Railroad and Hall…
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Abram McCoy Horne, deceased, one of the earliest settlers of Dallas county, had the distinction of being the first white person born in Lexington, Missouri, the date of his birth being July 31, 1819. He was a son of the Reverend William Horne, a native of East Tennessee, and a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian…
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Preston Road in Dallas County is traditionally believed to be named for William G. Preston. In the story, Col. William Gordon Cooke is said to have been assigned in 1839 by Secretary of War (Republic of Texas) to build a road from the Brazos River to the Red River to help protect settlers from Indian…
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Years ago, Park Cities Bank and Trust sent out postcards to the neighborhood with vintage images of the area. Below are some of the images. Get future posts by email.
By Frances James (1922 – 2019) After the railroads came to Dallas in 1872-73, the population rapidly expanded and by 1887, the four separate downtown cemeteries, the Masonic, the Odd Fellows, the Jewish and the City Cemetery, now known as Pioneer Cemetery were running out of space. George Loudermilk, an entrepreneur, along with other citizens…
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Ela Hockaday was born March 12, 1875 to Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday (1835 – 1918) and Maria Elizabeth Kerr Hockaday (1838 – 1881) in Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas. She was the eighth of nine children and the youngest daughter born to the couple. Mr. Hockaday was born in Virginia but grew up in Maury County,…
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Marsha Leach writes: The TENNESSEE/WOLF SPRINGS CEMETERY on Wolff Springs Road may no longer exist, but we do know its former location. Frances James wrote about the cemetery in “Dallas County History – From the Ground Up, Book II”. It is a very interesting story about the mistreatment of this cemetery. Fortunately, Frances included a…
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