The Pioneer Picnic was a splendid success. The only thing missing was YOU if you didn’t make it. Thirty-one people were there with twelve first timers. The oldest was the matriarch of the cemetery, Helen J. Sullivan, while the youngest was her seven month old great-great granddaughter, Charlotte Hosler. (Charlotte is a ninth generation Dallas…
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Join us Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11:00am at W.W. Glover Cemetery for our annual PIONEER PICNIC.This is the biggest pioneer, history and nature lovers reunion in Dallas and surrounding counties! You are encouraged to bring a food item to share. We’ll have a table under the awning for the food. There’s plenty of room on…
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by Frances James The Glover Cemetery is on the south side of the 6600 block of Military Parkway between a Baptist Church and a Methodist Church. The Churches had no connection with the cemetery as the cemetery had been in use for over seventy-five years before the churches were organized and built on the east…
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In February 2022, DCPA and family members held work days at the historic Beeman Cemetery. Below are some images from that effort. Additional comments and images will be added when it becomes available.
By Frances James This three acre cemetery has also been called the Coming Home, the Home Coming, and the Queen City. It is located near the intersection of Overton and Illinois on the west side of the Trinity River. Bulova and Cotton are short streets that dead end at the cemetery. The land in the…
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by Frances James When you drive down the 9000 block of Audelia Road, you might not be aware of the McCree Cemetery behind the telephone company building. The approximately three and a half acre cemetery is on a portion of Peters Colonist Harrison Hostead’s Survey No. 587. Virginia native Harrison Hostead (1800-1852) and Prudence Bartlett…
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by Frances James The Beeman Cemetery is south of Haskell Avenue, off Dolphin Road. Go east on Minga and turn right on (Gault) Pepper to the end. There is no street address for the cemetery. It is behind the Shearith Israel Cemetery on Dolphin Road. John Beeman was quoted as saying the site for the…
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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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The organizers have advised us that the event that was to have been held on 11/21,/21 has been canceled.
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.
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