The Munger family got its start in the cotton industry in the Mexia area. Henry Munger was the patriarch. He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1825. When he was still a child his parents, Sylvester Munger (1787 – 1838) and Asenath “Sene” Ingham Munger (1777 – 1840), moved to South Carolina. By 1840, both…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the historic Oakland Cemetery in South Dallas just yesterday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the old McAdams Cemetery last Saturday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an on going project…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. George M. Mellersh led quite a colorful life after coming to the United States with his parents in 1850. He was born November 24, 1836 in Surrey County, England, son of Francis Mellersh, a carriage maker, and Margaret Brooker. An older brother, Francis Jr., came with…
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Date: 10/21/23 Volunteers: Kathy Ann Reid, Marsha and Mike Leach, Gwyneva Winters, Marla and Wally Daniels who brought their handy little tractor with mower and front end loader. We marked the tombstones with orange caution cones, trimmed around them then Wally carefully mowed. We drug out brush and trash and blew the dust off of…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Sowers Cemetery in Irving is located on Pioneer Road near the intersection with Grauwyler. The land for the cemetery is a portion of the Peters Colony 320 acre G.W. Parson Survey. When Illinois native Edmund (1826-1909) and Freelove Thompson Sowers (1833-1901) came to Texas in 1856 they found…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. Nicholas O. Lowrey was born August 25, 1850, died August 10, 1897 near Wilmer, Texas. He came from Tennessee with his father, James B. Lowrey in 1859. He was married to Mary Lou Brown on January 30, 1879 by Dr. Pangborn at the Pangborn home in…
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The outlaw Sam Bass was born to Daniel Bass (1821 – 1864) and Elizabeth Jane Sheeks Bass (1821 – 1861) on July 21, 1851 in Lawrence County, Indiana. Elizabeth died when Sam was ten. Sam was the third son and the fourth of seven children born to Daniel and Elizabeth. Daniel married Margaret Seibert one…
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Betsy Farris was our leader, pointing out the history of each cemetery and notable monuments of people who were buried there. The 9/16/23 tour began at Kit Cemetery, 1413 E. Irving Blvd, Irving, Texas 75060. Kit cemetery is in the southeast corner of Oak Grove cemetery, has a separate entrance and is separated by a…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. John Henderson was born on 4 January 1821 in what was then the Arkansas Territory; during the same month Moses Austin received permission from New Spain to settle three hundred American families in Texas. John Henderson arrived in Texas as a single man in 1840; his…
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