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Trees Cemetery

By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Trees Cemetery is located in Duncanville at 1800 Santa Fe. The original site for this family cemetery is a small portion of the 320 acre Thomas Anderson Survey. Crawford Trees’ Survey is east of the Anderson Survey and the now two and one half acre Trees Cemetery began…
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Unusual Burials at Motley Cemetery

It is not unheard of, but from time to time when there is an amputation, the limb may be buried by itself. There happen to be two such burials at Motley Cemetery in Mesquite, Texas, as noted below: John Motley was born in Dallas County on September 29, 1877, the son of Robert Page Motley…
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Baxter Manton Bell and wife, Louisa Spurgin

From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Baxter Manton Bell was a native of Tennessee. He was born 9 January 1823, the twelfth of sixteen children. Not much is known of Baxter’s early years. He married 21 February 1842 to Sarah E. Haun. Baxter came to Texas around 1858. He brought…
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Trinity Mills

We see many references to Trinity Mills in northern Dallas County. A marker stands in Carrollton entitled “Trinity Mills Community” which tells a condensed version of how the little community came to be. The area was part of Alexander Wilson Perry’s land grant and was named for a grist mill once owned by Perry and a…
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Trinity Mills

We see many references to Trinity Mills in northern Dallas County. A marker stands in Carrollton entitled “Trinity Mills Community” which tells a condensed version of how the little community came to be.

Daniel Bechtol and wife, Mahala Biser

From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Daniel Bechtol and his wife, Mahala, migrated to Duck Creek, Dallas County, Texas, from Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, in 1876, settling on 310 acres in what is now south Garland. Daniel Bechtol was born 13 January 1824 near Middletown, the son of Ludwig (Lewis)…
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Henry Washington Ball and wife, Frances Adams Ball

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Henry Washington Ball was born in Talladega, Alabama in 1840, the son of Reuben Ball whose relatives included Mary Ball, mother of George Wash­ington. Reuben married Mourning “Morning” (Carter) Ball in Georgia in 1832. They moved to Alabama in 1838. The 1850…
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Elias Jefferson Ball and wife, Ollie Florence Yates

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Jeff Ball was born in 1870, the son of Henry Washington Ball and wife, Frances “Frankey” Adams. Frankey was the daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Harris) Adams of Alabama, who married in 1861. Jeff married Ollie Yates in 1893. She was born…
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Perry Cemetery

By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Perry Cemetery is in Carrollton with an address of 1800 Perry Road. The cemetery was started as a family cemetery in 1896 near the Alexander W. Perry’s home. When Alexander came to Texas in 1844 he was a thirty year old Illinois native with five children. He had…
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Uzziel Bagget and wife, Sarah E. Collins and wife, Emily Munden

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Uzziel Baggett, a widower, and his family took up lands in what is now Dallas County as Peters colonists in 1844. His headright lay within the present limits of the city of Cedar Hill. Uzziel Baggett was born 14 March 1797 in…
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