Hilliard C. Brite, Jr. was a veteran lawman in Dallas County. He was the oldest son of Hilliard C. Brite, Sr. and Georgia Ellen Lochard. Hilliard Brite, Jr. served as a deputy sheriff under several administrations, including that of Sheriff Smoot Schmid. He was often written up in area newspapers. Some of the unusual cases…
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WHITE ROCK CEMETERY GARDEN OF MEMORIES Historical Narrative Written and Researched by Sheniqua Cummings for the Texas Historical Commission 2019 Undertold Marker Application, Dallas County I. BACKGROUND For over 170 years, the land that the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories now occupies has retained the history of the Upper White Rock community. Aptly named…
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Today at the McAdams Cemetery we had 10 participants 6 of which are DCPA members. The weather was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time. Mike Rowlands worked on two tombstones with about half the group watching and helping him. Mike and Marsha Leach took care of cutting up and disposing of a medium sized…
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(Used with permission) Gottlieb Heinrich/Henry Schoellkopf was born in Germany on September 23, 1849. He came to the United States when he was a youth of 14. A newspaper article in the Amarillo Daily News of June 18. 1940 recounted his early days. Not long after the Civil War, G. H. Schoellkopf had come to Texas in…
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World War I was known then as “The Great War.” It ended officially on June 28, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, though the fighting had ceased some seven months earlier. As older students were taught, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918,…
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As we approach Veterans Day, November 11, we are reminded of the life of Dallas County resident, John Wesley Low. Please see the article below written by Sue Bucy. He was the first boy from Dallas County that sacrificed, and gave his life that the world might be free for Democracy so it was written…
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The 13th Annual Texas State Fair was held in Dallas in October, 1898. The November 4, 1948 issue of the Decatur Texas Messenger retold the story of one event at the fair, the reuniting of two long lost brothers, Henry N. Haskell and Horace H. Haskell, as transcribed below: Get future posts by email.
By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Mills Cemetery at 1925 Commerce in Garland is near the intersection of Bankhead Highway and Centerville Road. To the east is the Rowlett Creek Preserve and Mill Creek, just south of the cemetery, empties into this greenbelt area. The over two acre Mills Cemetery and the expansion across…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Helen Gertrude Smith, born 28 December 1907, Bourgere, Louisiana, the fifteenth and last child born to Ada Elizabeth (Tuggle) Smith (born 18 August 1872, died 25 October 1952) and Robert Thomas Smith (born 14 January 1865, died 20 May 1920). Helen’s grandmother, Mary Ellen…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. In 1904 the Oriental Oil Company was organized. It was named from a meeting in the Oriental Hotel (later named the Baker Hotel [see note below]). First office was in Room 305 Wilson Building at 1621 Main Street. Phone number was 3673.…
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