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Frances (Sims) Daniel

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Frances Sims Daniel (1790-1853) arrived in North Texas on February 2, 1849. She settled on 640 acres in present-day University Park (Daniel Avenue) just north of what is now Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University campus. This land was purchased for…
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James Loving and Margaret Nancy Morgan Loving

From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. When James Loving decided to leave Kentucky for the Republic of Texas in 1843, he had in mind free rich land and great navigable rivers. At the time, James was 32 years old and his wife, Margaret Nancy Morgan Loving, was 23. He did not anticipate…
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