Dowdy Ferry Road in Southern Dallas County was named in honor of Allanson Dawdy, despite the altered spelling. ALLANSON DAWDY, one of the first settlers of Dallas County, Texas, is a son of Allanson and Nancy Garrison Dawdy. His father was born in Tennessee, July 12, 1786. From there, in 1815, he removed to Illinois,…
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Sensation and Lurid Scene at Pleasant Valley Church YesterdayJune 27, 1897 An unusually large congregation assembled at the Pleasant Valley church, five miles east of Garland, yesterday forenoon to hear the Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Ellis county, preach. The preliminary service of song and prayer was over, and the preacher was about to announce his…
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William C. McKamy, Sr. came to Texas around 1851 from Tennessee. On October 21, 1845, he had previously married the former Rachel Loyd Wester and they brought with them their three children: William Albert, John Lewis and a daughter Keziah (a family name) McKamy. Once settled here, they had three more children: Mary E., William…
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Discover These 8 African American History Sites in Dallas Texas Historical Commission listing of Eight Sites for African American History in Dallas
Phillip, Isaac and Alexander Sanger are credited with having founded Sanger Brothers. They were three sons of Elias and Barbetta Sanger of Bavaria. Elias was a wine merchant and farmer. Isaac had been born in Bavaria (Germany) in 1836 and emigrated to the United States when he was 16, in 1852. Lehman (born in 1838)…
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Dallas County Pioneer Association – Founded 1875, Reorganized 1979. P O Box 12496, Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 dcpa1875@gmail.com From the PresidentGreetings All,Here’s hoping all of you are well and safe. I was without electricity a lot of hours over several days. I hope your luck was better. As you probably saw in an earlier email, we…
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February 20 McKinney Family Cemetery at 11:00 AM 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas- The purpose is to clean the cemetery to the degree allowed by the number of people who arrive between 11:00 and 11:30. An additional benefit is for members to see the cemetery, and visit with other history lovers. A portion of the…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. In the middle of the nineteenth century, Simpson G. Ayers was a cotton farmer in Tippah County, Mississippi. Little is known about Simpson Ayers, other than he was the father of twenty or more children by two wives. Among Simpson’s children was William R.,…
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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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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. L. C. (Leeander Calvin) LaFon rode a horse to Texas from Tennessee, according to a family story my grandfather, Vernie Lee LaFon, related to me several years ago. That journey would have been in the early 1880s, as he married Susan Elizabeth…
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