From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Henry Boll, Sr., born 14 November 1830 in the Canton of Aaragu, Switzerland, was one of five children born to Henri Boll and Magdelena Peier (also spelled Perzer in some records). After completing his formal education, he moved to the Zurich area, where he…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. Mary Theodosia Williams, born 26 May 1834 in Alabama, possibly in Walker County, was the eldest child of John Mason Williams and his wife, Theodosia Menasco. Mary T., as she was known, married James Lee Price on 9 February 1854 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume II by DCPA. This hardcover book is available online. William Baxter Bell was born in Collin County, in a rural community near what is presently known as Wylie, on 25 June 1884. He was the son of Baxter Manton Bell and Louisa Spurgin. His family relocated to Dallas County, west of the community…
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Transcribed from Dallas Daily Herald, Dec. 05, 1882 A Brief Sketch of His Life The funeral of Mr. John Knepfly took place Sunday at 2 o’clock p.m. from the family residence, 614 Main street, to the First Baptist church and thence to Trinity cemetery, where the remains were interred and the last sad rights (sic)…
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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