The story given here is based on Benjamin J. Prigmore’s own account of his life recorded in the Dallas Morning News, June 7, 1891 in a story written by Cliff D. Cates entitled “Old Pioneers of Texas.” Benjamin J. Prigmore (1830- 1901) was the son of Kentucky native Joseph Prigmore (1807-ca. 1862). Joseph and his…
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Margaret Beeman Bryan was born on September 19, 1825 to John Beeman (1799-1856) and Emily Manley Hunnicutt (1806-1882) in Greene County, Illinois. Her mother had been born in Greenville, South Carolina and had married John Beeman in 1823. Her father was born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. John and Emily were the parents of at least…
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The organizers have advised us that the event that was to have been held on 11/21,/21 has been canceled.
From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA. Margaret Morris Hughes, daughter of William and Ailsey Hughes of Hughesville, Virginia, married John Branaman Bachman in 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born in 1824 in Stokes County, North Carolina. John Bachman was the son of Dr. Daniel Bachman of Delina, Tennessee, (Marshall County). He was…
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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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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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Annual Pioneer Picnic at W. W. Glover CemeterySaturday, May 1, 2021Cemetery behind the church at 6670 Military Parkway, Dallas, Texas, 10:00 AM Dear Pioneer Descendants, You are invited to the Annual Pioneer Picnic to be held the first Saturday in May, being May,1, 2021. Step inside the wrought iron gate and into the relaxing atmosphere…
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Kathy Ann Reid, Dallas County Pioneer Association McKinney Family Cemetery 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas, Texas McKinney Family Cemetery – 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas, Texas. Cemetery on north side Rylie Crest Dr. at Cade Parkway. North of 10500 US Hwy 175. Not shown on Mapsco as a cemetery; is located in Mapsco 69C. …
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James Paris Goodnight (1831-1885) and Mary Ann Hill (1835-1900) were married on September 21, 1854 in Franklin, Kentucky. Early in October, 1854, they left for Dallas County, Texas. They traveled for six weeks with a party of several families, using horse-drawn wagons to transport themselves and their household goods. They settled on a farm in…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Osborn Love was born in 1800 in Rutherford County, North Carolina to Charles and Fereby Love. He was the third of eight children: John, James, Osborn, Elizabeth, Charity, Sarah, Charles and Nancy. He married Jane Fondren in Rutherford County on 15 August 1825. She was born in…
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