Our Cemetery Committee has put together this list of “orphan cemeteries” which are Dallas County cemeteries that no one looks after. Here is the report from Kathy Ann Reid. Street addresses and street names, city and county boundaries are subject to change over time. We welcome comments and new information. Cedar Hill Crawford Cemetery/Tornado Cemetery…
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Our next quarterly meeting will be held on June 3, 2021. Please join us for dinner (reservations required) at 6:00 o’clock PM before the 7:00 o’clock meeting at Highland Oaks Church of Christ, 10805 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, Texas 75238. There is no charge to attend. Please feel free to invite others to come with you. Please…
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by Frances James This information is taken in part from DCPA member Frances James’ brief summary to the Texas Historical Commission sometime back in the 1980’s. “By 1876 the Dallas County Commissioners decided our county needed a poor farm. The site that was selected was 339 acres owned by W. J. Keller south of the…
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Annual Pioneer Picnic at W. W. Glover CemeterySaturday, May 1, 2021Cemetery behind the church at 6670 Military Parkway, Dallas, Texas, 10:00 AM Dear Pioneer Descendants, You are invited to the Annual Pioneer Picnic to be held the first Saturday in May, being May,1, 2021. Step inside the wrought iron gate and into the relaxing atmosphere…
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Kathy Ann Reid, Dallas County Pioneer Association McKinney Family Cemetery 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas, Texas McKinney Family Cemetery – 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas, Texas. Cemetery on north side Rylie Crest Dr. at Cade Parkway. North of 10500 US Hwy 175. Not shown on Mapsco as a cemetery; is located in Mapsco 69C. …
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(One of our vintage articles on Old City Park) by Michael V. Hazel Old City Park: The Historical Village of Dallas occupies the site of Dallas’ oldest park, established in 1876 as City Park. That year, James J. Eakins gave the city ten acres of land south of downtown Dallas, which were set aside as…
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James Paris Goodnight (1831-1885) and Mary Ann Hill (1835-1900) were married on September 21, 1854 in Franklin, Kentucky. Early in October, 1854, they left for Dallas County, Texas. They traveled for six weeks with a party of several families, using horse-drawn wagons to transport themselves and their household goods. They settled on a farm in…
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Sensation and Lurid Scene at Pleasant Valley Church YesterdayJune 27, 1897 An unusually large congregation assembled at the Pleasant Valley church, five miles east of Garland, yesterday forenoon to hear the Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Ellis county, preach. The preliminary service of song and prayer was over, and the preacher was about to announce his…
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Phillip, Isaac and Alexander Sanger are credited with having founded Sanger Brothers. They were three sons of Elias and Barbetta Sanger of Bavaria. Elias was a wine merchant and farmer. Isaac had been born in Bavaria (Germany) in 1836 and emigrated to the United States when he was 16, in 1852. Lehman (born in 1838)…
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