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Grandson Stumbles Upon His Ancestors' Graves in the Pioneer Cemeteries in Downtown Dallas by Sam V DALLAS GE:\EALO(:UCAL SOCIETY Grandson Stumbles Upon His Ancestors' Graves in the Pioneer Cemeteries in Downtown Dallas By Sam V. Akins While giving my then 13 year old grandson, Brayden Harris of Austin, Texas, a tour of historical sites in downtown Dallas, we visited the herd of bronze Texas Longhorns, the "Old Red" Court House, the Dallas Public Library, the Sixth Floor Museum and fast the Pioneer Cemeteries1 next to the convention center. My ancestor, Elder Amon McCommas, was the sixth man to bring his family to the village of Dallas in 1844. He-was the first Christian preacher, first County Justice (Judge), and President of the first County Fair, the forerunner of the present day State Fair of Texas. He also signed the deed donating land for the land where the Old Red Court House now stands. But we went to the Pioneer Cemetery to see the beautiful memorial monument to Robert E. Lee and his Confederate Generals sinfe my grandson is a civil war buff and the "other side" of his family believes they are related to Lee. After photographing him with the Lee memorial we wandered through the remainder of the stpnes, which have not been vandalized over the years. He particularly wanted to see the markers for the military veterans and heroes buried there. I visited the cemetery several times before but found no McCommas kin buried there since most are in the Cox Cemetery near White Rock Lake. Brayden literally stumbled upon a concrete stone with nothing left on the base but a War of 1812 memorial plaque and the name George H. Beeler. The large stone of his wife Sarah Cutler Beeler had not been destroyed, stolen or damaged by vandals so it still stood beside the small plaque in the ground. I told my grandson that they "could be" some of your distant kin as your grandmother (my wife) is a descendent of a Niles Beeler from Mclennan ( County Texas (Waco) who served in the war. So we took his photo with the stones. Luck would have it that 3 years later and after much research and good luck on my very first Internet search, I discovered these were my grandson's five great grandparents on my wife's Beeler line. George Helm Beeler and Sarah Cutler Beeler came to Dallas in 1849 and were the parents of Niles Beeler who served in the civil war as a Confederate solider. Their granddaughter, Hattie Rice Hamilton, joined the United Daughters of 1812 if) Dallas in 1923 and they placed the memorial plaque there then. Their son-in-law Benjamin F. Jones, Sr. was elected constable in 1864 and served as deputy constable in 1864 and served as deputy sheriff alongside Junius Peak, the noted captain of the Texas Rangers. Ben then was elected Sheriff in 1880-82. Another son-in-law Dr. A.D. Rice served as Dallas County Treasurer 1852-54 and as Mayor of Dallas in 1858. 1 The presently named Pioneer Cemetery is composed of the "remnants" of the Tannehill Lodge No. 52 Masonic Cemetery, Lodge No. 44 of the cemetery of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Hebrew Benevolent Association's Cemetery, and the Old City Cemetery - with graves dating from the 1850s. continued on page 3 · \ r Dallas Genealogical Society P. 0. Box 12446 Dallas, TX 75225-0446 Voice Mail/Fax: (469) 948-1106 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dallasgenealogy.org Regular meetings and special interest group meetings are held in the plaza level Auditorium and East/West Rooms of the Oallas Public J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, in downtown Dallas. Guarded parking available underneath the library. DGS usually meets the fourth Mondays September- May. There are exceptions due to holidays and scheduling conflicts. Social time is 6:30-7:00 for refreshments and meeting fellow genealogists. The business meeting and program begins at 7:00. DGS COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP meets on first Tuesdays in the Library Auditorium beginning at 6:30 PM. DGS AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTEREST GROUP meets third Tuesdays in the Library Auditorium beginning at 6:30 PM. All DGS and Special Interest Group meetings are free and open to the public. MEMBERSHIP is $25.00 per 12 months beginning with receipt of dues. Members receive the DGS Newsletter and the annual Dallas Journal (optional). Members receive discount registrations to some events. DGS EVENTS include a Summer Institute, Lecture Series, and Salt Lake City Research Trip. Newsletter: The DGS Ne~s!e'fteris published periodically. All articles and correspondence for the DGS Newsletter should be mailed to the society address listed above and sent to the attention of the newsletter editor. Articles appearing in the DGS Newsletter may be reprinted only upon receipt of written permission from the author. Credit should be given to the author and acknowledgment given the DGS Newsletter as the source. Letters requesting reprint permission should be sent to the newsletter editor. The DGS Newsletter is printed by Arrow Reprographics, Inc., 102 Northlake Shopping Center, E. Northwest Hwy., Dallas, TX 75238 © Dallas Genealogical society (ISSN 1091-: 3130) Founded in 1955, the Dallas Genealogical Society (DGS) is the oldest continuously functioning organization of its kind in Texas. It is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation and a member of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). The object of this society shall be to create, foster, and maintain interest in genealogy; to assist and support the genealogy section of the Dallas Public J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, Texas, or its legal successor; and to collect, preserve, copy, and index information relating to Dallas County and its early history. \ Grandson ... cant from page 1 President's Column Lloyd's Wish List Have you ever experienced 'change' We've asked Lloyd Bockstruck to We wondered in such a small village in your life? We all have at one come up with a wish list for the as Dallas in the 1840s how well the time or another. Our ancestors did Genealogy portion of the J. Erik Beelers knew the McCommases -­ and our descendants will. Changes Jonsson Library. He'll add to it his seven great grandparents on my happen starting with birth, growing monthly. The master list will be side. up, making the decision to get maintained on the web pages for married, or staying single, working, everyone to access. The list will Always be alert when you're changing jobs, getting promoted .. .it include individual titles of books and wandering a cemetery. You may continues until we die. Most of the also BIG projects. This should keep stumble upon a genealogical 'big' events in our lives are recorded us on our toes as we try to make treasure in a place where you least somewhere. They may be in the these wishes come true. We expect it. depths of some company's records already have an awesome never to been seen by anyone, but genealogy collection; let's work to +----------t--····-·-· ··-· ··----·f---- -----·······--·t··--····-··-··-- ···+··------__,__ To our Members: the Human Resources clerk who make it unbelievable! Watch for does not know you or his next-door the list to appear on the web and in neighbor. The event though may future newsletters. Shari Degan, our President, be recorded on various levels, all resigned effective January 28, 2002. the way from a society newsletter She has a job opportunity that will to the federal government level. So be a challenge for her, but one that do not be afraid of change, put a great many constraints on her embrace it. Your descendants will available free time. We wish to be thankful when they go 'hunting' express our thanks for the time she for you 100 years from now. has spent on the board and on various DGS projects in the past +---- !- - -- - " -,;~ --·. -·--+----·----t·-···-----r- I've had many 'changes' over my 1930 Census Update and hope she will in the future be lifetime, not all of them wanted The Dallas Genealogical Society able to do so again. We also wish and/or pleasant. I learned from through individual donations, as her well in her new endeavor. them and moved forward in what I well as passing Barbara Dossett's hope has been a positive way. famous pickle jar, plus the receipt The society is fortunate to have by­ Change once again happened on of grant monies,has raised funds to laws that stipulate what happens January 28 with the resignation of purchase ALL of the 1930 United when a President cannot fulfill our President Shari Degan. I States census microfilm plus the his/her term limit. The by-laws accept this new role and hope I can soundex for Tennessee and state that the Executive Vice make a contribution to who and Kentucky. There are additional President shall assume the role of what the Dallas Genealogical 1930 soundex and enumeration President as long as the Society is. The next few months district microfilm left to purchase. requirements stipulated for the will be a challenge. It is one I look position are met, and that the forward to. Executive Vice President be willing to serve in the President position. We all have many things going on Our Executive Vice President, Tresa in our lives and at times too much. Tatyrek, has accepted the position I've had to learn to say the word as President. NO. Actually, I learned how to say it last year; this year, I'm learning to how to ask others to get +------··-·---·-!···--·---------------j------------- ---- - ·'··········-···---------t-···---t- involved. If a big project can be A BIG THANK YOU to those broken into smaller more­ DGS has revised its census history who contributed items for the manageable parts, then we need to and census locator forms to include do this.
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