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The Manner Family

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. George Manner was born in Germany on February 16, 1828, and migrated to the United States in 1840. He remained in New York for twenty years and served in the Civil War from there. He had studied music in both Germany and…
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Frankford Church & Cemetery Tour

A tiny prairie town in Big D What a perfectly gorgeous day this past Saturday, April 29th as we all arrived at the Old Frankford Church for our in-town tour of the Church, Cemetery and surrounding Blackland Prairie. Matt Weinstein of Preservation Dallas, our host for the event, welcomed everyone and then handed it over…
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W. W. Glover Cemetery 2023 Picnic

The annual Glover Cemetery Picnic was held May 6, 2023 and dozens of DCPA members and guests gathered to visit, talk about old times, enjoy some good food and meet new people. We even had a speaker who recounted the story of early settler Huldah Hunnicutt Moore. The story of Huldah Hunnicutt Moore Special thanks…
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Howard William Cox and Mary Jane Webb Cox

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Howard Cox was born December 6, 1837, in Kentucky. He with his parents, brothers and sisters moved to Missouri about 1841. They moved from Andrew County, Missouri, to Carrollton, Texas, in December 1856. Mary Jane Webb was born, November 26, 1843, in…
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Enoch Noah Bennett and wife, Mary Ann Vanzant, wife Jane Vanzant and wife, Rachel Josephine Beckner

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Enoch Noah Bennett was born 4 November 1854 in Dallas County, to Sarah Dougan (Bennett) and Hiram Bennett. He was the fourth child of his mother and the fourteenth child of his father. When he was about ten years old, his family…
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Wesley Cockrell Cemetery

By Frances James (1922 – 2019) This cemetery is at the dead end of Dwight Street just south of Jefferson Avenue on the western side of the City of Dallas. To the west is Mountain Creek Lake, and the escarpment. From this high spot to the south is a new facility, the Dallas National Golf…
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Christopher Columbus Huffhines and Sallie Chick Huffhines

From: Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print Christopher Columbus “Major” Huffhines was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, on 29 January 1857 after his parents George and Mary C. Wilson Huffhines had returned to their former home for a brief stay. He was reared in the home of his father built before the Civil…
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William C. C. Akard and Sarah Bowen Akard

From “Proud Heritage Volume II ” by DCPA. This 317 page hardcover book is now available online, on this website. By William H. Akard, Jr. William C. C. Akard, for whom Akard Street in Dallas was named, was born in North Carolina on 6 March 1826. He moved from North Carolina to Polk County/Missouri. He married Sarah…
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Abraham Carver Cemetery

Another fine article written by Frances James. By Frances James The Abraham Carver Cemetery is located just east of the 2600 Block of Masters Drive on Sandsprings Drive, about nine miles southeast of the Dallas County Courthouse. The cemetery is located on Peters Colonist Abraham Carver’s Survey No. 263. The approximate one-half acre of land…
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Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2022

Dallas County Pioneer AssociationFounded 1875, Reorganized 1979P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 – info@dallaspioneer.org From the President Howdy, It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost over, my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving full of family, friends and especially food! Our next meeting is December 10th at 9:00 a.m meeting at the Point Center for Arts and Education in…
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