John Taylor and Catharine Bunting Coit John Taylor Coit traveled to Dallas County, Texas, late in the spring of 1858 to locate a new Texas home for his bride, purchasing 320 acres 15 June 1858 on the Dallas/Collin County line in the Thomas J. Yager survey. While searching for land, John stayed with the McKamy…
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Edward Titche was born August 6, 1866 to Lazarus Titche (1829-1894) and Babette Haas Titche (1829-1914) in Winnsboro, Louisiana. Both of his parents had been born in Germany and emigrated to the United States. Lazarus was a merchant and Edward was the sixth of seven children born to the couple. Edward was living in Louisiana…
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Amon McCommas, Sr. Amon McCommas, Sr., and wife Mary ‘Polly’ Brumfield, were one of the first six families who came to settle in the Peters Colony, a community where, although scattered, a few hostile Indians remained. Amon and Mary had been married in 1826 in Lawrence County, Ohio, where Mary was born in 1805. Amon…
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By Millie Coffey From my infancy the family attended Oak Lawn Christian Church on the corner of Herschel and Douglas streets, then later we moved to Preston Road Christian Church where I joined at the tender age of eight. Then one Sunday morning in August of 1934, Mother and I moved our membership to Greenville…
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In anticipation of the Rylie Reunion on October 2, 2021, the Rylie Cemetery Association is having a work day Saturday, September 25, 2021. Contact information for further details is in the above image, but the Rylie Cemetery is located on Rylie Road, between Tufts and Ellenwood, Rylie, Texas. https://dallaspioneer.org/events/rylie-cemetery-cleanup-day/
E.L. Burks Variety Stores E. Logan Burks (1902-1991) came to Dallas in 1920 from his parents’ farm near Bullard, Texas, after attending Toby’s Business College in Waco, Texas. He found a place to live at the Y.M.C.A., as many young men did in that day. After a stint as a bookkeeper for Southwestern Bell Telephone…
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On September 16, 2019, we had a long, hot, interesting day as witnesses of the disinterments from the Durrett Cemetery and the reinterments of George and Elizabeth Durrett (Edgewood Cemetery), and the Strong Baby Girl, Nancy C. Strong (Hutchins Cemetery). This is the story from our leaving the Edgewood Cemetery to the Hutchins Cemetery. From…
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Dowdy Ferry Road in Southern Dallas County was named in honor of Allanson Dawdy, despite the altered spelling. ALLANSON DAWDY, one of the first settlers of Dallas County, Texas, is a son of Allanson and Nancy Garrison Dawdy. His father was born in Tennessee, July 12, 1786. From there, in 1815, he removed to Illinois,…
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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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by Frances James [A vintage article written by our own Frances James, “the Cemetery Lady.”] The city of East Dallas existed for seven short years (1882-1889), just east of the city of Dallas. Though its life was brief, it was home to many distinguished builders of Dallas. East Dallas was bom when the Houston and…
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