(Used with permission) Willie Newbury Lewis was an author who became known for her work pertaining to the early days of Anglo settlement in North Texas and the Panhandle. Her biographical information has been recounted in numerous newspaper articles, which are the main sources for this brief sketch. Willie was born October 28, 1891 to…
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Walter Phillip Buhrer, my father, was born October 10, 1896 to Anna Hinterman and Jacob Buhrer at their home on the west bank of White Rock Creek, on land now under White Rock Lake. They came to Texas from West Virginia, following their immigration to the United States from Switzerland. The family later moved to…
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Members of DCPA Cemetery Group joined friends and family members attending the Bennett Family Gardens Texas Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony on November 4, 2022, including Gwyneva Winters, Kathy Ann Reid, Marsha and Mike Leach. Below are images from that event.
Dallas County Pioneer AssociationFounded 1875, Reorganized 1979P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 – info@dallaspioneer.org From the President Howdy, It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost over, my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving full of family, friends and especially food! Our next meeting is December 10th at 9:00 a.m meeting at the Point Center for Arts and Education in…
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From: Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print “After leaving the ancient seat of the family in Tennessee and sojourning in Kentucky for a very few years, we left for Texas in 1869”, so said the Hon. T. A. Work, Judge of the Sixty-Eighth District Court of Dallas, as he reminisced years…
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The subdivision known as Vickery Place is named for Richard Alfred Vickery and family. Richard Vickery was born in England and is likely best known in Fort Worth as having been a successful land developer. Many Fort Worth locations are named for him his family. Dallas’ Vickery Place is located about four miles north of…
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DCPA members who came to the Glover Cemetery work day Oct 22 were Bill Vilbig, Gwyneva Winters, Wally Daniels, M.C. Toyer, Danny Hall, Lee Baldwin and Kathy Ann Reid. Just as the last 2 of us were about to drive away, three Glover family members drove up. They were Michael Glover of Cleburne, Texas, his…
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As another year of the State Fair is in the books, one of our members brought the great information below to us. It is based on an article attributed to the Dallas Morning News from back in 1960. The reporter relayed the recollections of several people at the 1960 fair who had also attended the…
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On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Warren Angus Ferris Cemetery the Craig Austin Rowley Chapter, The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Texas, and the John Cavet Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 honored Benjamin Dye (1793-1852) for his service in the War of 1812. Ben Sandifer’s Photos:…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. Benjamin Long, whose family name, Lang, was pronounced Long in Europe, was born March 7, 1838 in Zurich, Switzerland. His father was a school master and his grandfather a minister in the Lutheran Church of Zurich. Ben’s father expected his son to go into the ministry…
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