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Dr. John Cole and Polly McDonald Cole

From Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Dr. John Cole was born in Virginia, June 15, 1795. A young veteran of the War of 1812, he met and married Polly McDonald who was also born in Virginia, June 9, 1794. They began their family in Sumner County, Tennessee, June 16, 1816…
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June 2022 Meeting

Those in attendance at C. C. Young’s Meeting Hall were delighted to learn about the Peak family from speaker Ann McKinley. Ann is the Chief Advancement Officer for Juliette Fowler Communities.  She discussed the century long history of the Juliet Peak Fowler benevolent organization and the family members of Jefferson and Martha Peak. Juliet Peak…
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Augustus Frazier Poovey and Mary Ann Newman Poovey

From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Augustus Frazier “Gus” Poovey was born October 21, 1853 in York County, South Carolina. Gus was too young to serve during the Civil War, so it was his job to protect the family horses from the Yankee soldiers who would ride through the communities in an…
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W. W. Glover Picnic and Social Report

The Pioneer Picnic was a splendid success.  The only thing missing was YOU if you didn’t make it.  Thirty-one people were there with twelve first timers.  The oldest was the matriarch of the cemetery, Helen J. Sullivan, while the youngest was her seven month old great-great granddaughter, Charlotte Hosler.  (Charlotte is a ninth generation Dallas…
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The Lagow-Murchison Families

In earlier days, it was not all that unusual for brothers of one family to marry sisters of another family. There were fewer potential mates back then. In one generation of the Lagow and Murchison families, three Lagow brothers married three Murchison sisters. Four brothers of the Thomas and Sarah Bennett Lagow family were orphaned…
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Pioneer Picnic and Social

Join us Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 11:00am at W.W. Glover Cemetery for our annual PIONEER PICNIC.This is the biggest pioneer, history and nature lovers reunion in Dallas and surrounding counties!  You are encouraged to bring a food item to share. We’ll have a table under the awning for the food. There’s plenty of room on…
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Edward Cabell Browder and Elizabeth Coats Browder

From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Edward Cabell Browder born May 30, 1825 in Missouri was listed in the 1850 census in Missouri as a 25 year old farmer. He migrated to the Peters Colony as a single man and was issued a land certificate by Thomas W. Ward in 1850 and…
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W. W. Glover Cemetery

by Frances James The Glover Cemetery is on the south side of the 6600 block of Military Parkway between a Baptist Church and a Methodist Church. The Churches had no connection with the cemetery as the cemetery had been in use for over seventy-five years before the churches were organized and built on the east…
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Jimtown

WIDOW OF PIONEER EXPLAINS HOW JIMTOWN GOT ITS NAME RECALLS TRINITY TOLL BRIDGE “When I first came to this house, in 1881, I came as a bride,” said Mrs. John H. Yeargan, at 2311 Cedar Springs, “and I have lived here ever since. There weren’t any neighboring houses close by, and Mr. Yeargan, who owned…
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Beeman Cemetery 2022 Work Days

In February 2022, DCPA and family members held work days at the historic Beeman Cemetery. Below are some images from that effort. Additional comments and images will be added when it becomes available.