_____ Smith

F, ID# 18951
  • Last Edited: 29 Jun 2008

Family: S. E. Sale

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith) (naming Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith as her mother).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

S. E. Sale

M, ID# 18952
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2004

Family: _____ Smith

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

_____ Smith

F, ID# 18953
  • Last Edited: 29 Jun 2008

Family: C. W. Ferrell

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith) (naming Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith as her mother).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

C. W. Ferrell

M, ID# 18954
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2004

Family: _____ Smith

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

_____ Smith

F, ID# 18955
  • Last Edited: 29 Jun 2008

Family: Frank V. Cobb

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith) (naming Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith as her mother).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

Frank V. Cobb

M, ID# 18956
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2004

Family: _____ Smith

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

_____ _____

F, ID# 18957
  • Last Edited: 22 Jun 2008

Family: Charles Winston Smith b. 25 Sep 1876, d. 14 Mar 1947

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 23 Oct 1936, sec. 2, p. 12 (obituary of Mrs. Alice Amanda Smith).

Susan _____

F, ID# 18962
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2004

Family: J. William Smith

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 17 Oct 1931, sec. 1, p. 12 (obituary of James H. Smith) (naming Susan _____ as his mother).

J. William Smith

M, ID# 18963
  • Note*: He was a shoemaker and cabinetmaker who moved from Tennessee to Dallas, Texas in the early 1850s and settled on 256 acres near Cochran Chapel in northwest Dallas County in 1858.1
  • Last Edited: 22 Jun 2008

Family: Susan _____

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 15 Mar 1947, p. 2 (obituary of Charles Winston Smith).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 17 Oct 1931, sec. 1, p. 12 (obituary of James H. Smith) (naming J. W. Smith as his father).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 15 Mar 1947, p. 2 (obituary of Charles Winston Smith) (naming J. William Smith as his father).

Catherine Rose Wengler

F, ID# 18965, b. 26 January 1912, d. 15 January 2003
  • Last Edited: 30 Dec 2006

Family: Albert Coles Breckinridge b. 16 Nov 1907, d. 28 Apr 1968

Citations

  1. [S955] Jim Breckenridge, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 15 Mar 2004, (naming Myrl Wengler as her father).
  2. [S955] Jim Breckenridge, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 15 Mar 2004.
  3. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 30 Dec 2006.

Jean Oliver Taylor

M, ID# 18968, b. 6 November 1907, d. 25 September 1976
  • Note*: He lived in Dallas, Texas until 1945, when he moved to Hope, Arkansas. He moved to Lafayette, Arkansas not long before his death. He was a building contractor and was survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, two brothers, a sister, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.4
  • Last Edited: 10 Feb 2013

Family: Bertha Davis b. 2 Jan 1910, d. 3 Jun 2003

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Dec 1933, sec. 1, p. 4 (obituary of William S. Taylor) (naming William S. Taylor as the father of Jean O. Taylor).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 2 Oct 1976, sec. E, p. 30 (obituary of Jean O. Taylor) (not giving the date but stating that he was sixty-eight years old when he died on 25 Sep 1976).
  3. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006.
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 2 Oct 1976, sec. E, p. 30 (obituary of Jean O. Taylor).
  5. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006 (stating that he died in Sep 1976; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Lewisville, Arkansas when he died).
  6. [S1073] Wilson Cemetery, Lafayette County, Arkansas, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/lafayette/…

Berry Brooks Taylor

M, ID# 18969, b. 27 July 1917, d. 7 April 1994
  • Note*: He was an Army veteran, a life insurance agent, and a member of First United Methodist Church in Cleburne, Texas. He was survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter, a sister, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.6
  • Last Edited: 10 Feb 2013

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Dec 1933, sec. 1, p. 4 (obituary of William S. Taylor) (naming William S. Taylor as the father of Berry B. Taylor).
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006 (giving the date but not the place).
  3. [S1069] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., 8 Apr 1994, p. 25 (obituary of Berry Brooks Taylor) (stating that he was born in Dallas, Texas; not giving the date but stating that he was seventy-six years old when he died on 7 Apr 1994).
  4. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006 (stating that he died on 7 Apr 1994; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Cleburne, Texas when he died).
  5. [S1069] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., 8 Apr 1994, p. 25 (obituary of Berry Brooks Taylor) (stating that he died at his home in Cleburne, Texas on 7 Apr 1994).
  6. [S1069] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., 8 Apr 1994, p. 25 (obituary of Berry Brooks Taylor).

Mary Charles Taylor

F, ID# 18970, b. 17 October 1912, d. 21 September 2002
  • Note*: She was born on the family farm in Dallas County, Texas where Love Field is now located. After graduating from North Dallas High School and earning a bachelor's degree from College of Industrial Arts in Denton, Texas, she did graduate work at Southern Methodist University and then taught for eight years at Walnut Hill Elementary School in Dallas, where she was one of two teachers when the school opened in 1935. She ran the family business, Tile Distributing Co. of Dallas, from her husband's death in 1969 until selling it in the mid-1970s and moving to Puebla, Mexico to teach missionaries' children for two years. She was a charter member of the Dallas County Pioneer Association, an organizing member of the Highland Park chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of the Plano Federated Music Club, a member of Cochran Chapel United Methodist Church, and a member of Plano Bible Chapel. She was survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.3
  • Last Edited: 10 Feb 2013

Family: George W. Jacobie b. 14 Sep 1911, d. 9 Mar 1969

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 5 Dec 1933, sec. 1, p. 4 (obituary of William S. Taylor) (naming William S. Taylor as her father).
  2. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006 (giving the date but not the place).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 25 Sep 2002, p. 31A (obituary of Mary Charles Taylor Jacobie).
  4. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 19 Dec 1950, pt. III, p. 8 (obituary of Mrs. Beulah Taylor).
  6. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 14 May 2006 (stating that she died on 21 Sep 2002; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Plano, Texas when she died).
  7. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (not giving the date).

Mary Kate Johnson

F, ID# 18973, b. 28 May 1887, d. 18 November 1974
  • Scrapbook*: "Gulick-Johnson.—Corsicana, Tex., Jan. 13 [1912].—Wiley Gulick Clarkson and Miss Mark [sic] Kate Johnson, daughter of Dr. S. W. Johnson of Dallas[,] were married here at the First Methodist Church, Rev. Sam R. Hay of Houston officiating. The attendants were Mike Hogg[,] Lamar Stone, Carter Pannill, all of Houston; Wister Johnson of Dallas, brother of the bride; George Miller and William Clarkson Jr., brother of the groom, best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Wita Jackson, Miss Ruby Key, Miss Rosa Clarkson, Miss Minnie Singer and Miss Lila Jester; Mrs. B. C. Fortson, sister of the bride, matron of honor. Flower girl, little Miss Christina Key; ring bearer, Master Benjamin Fortson; ushers, Robert Johnson, Lowry Martin, Earle Clay Johnson, Lawson Coulson. The decorations formed a garden scene in the altar, overspread with a pergola. A reception was given the bridal party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Fortson, where congratulations were extended, after which the bride and groom left for New Orleans. They will return after the 20th and make their home in Corsicana."3

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2014

Family: Wiley Gulick Clarkson Sr. b. 28 Nov 1885, d. 5 May 1952

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 14 Jan 1912, pt. III, p. 6 (marriage of Wiley Gulick Clarkson and Mark Kate Johnson) (naming Dr. S. W. Johnson as her father).
  2. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Mary Kate Johnson Clarkson, memorial no. 118157681, viewed on 28 Jul 2014.
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 14 Jan 1912, pt. III, p. 6.

Wiley Gulick Clarkson Sr.

M, ID# 18974, b. 28 November 1885, d. 5 May 1952

Oil City Iron Works, Corsicana, Tex., courtesy of Edward L. Williams.
  • Scrapbook*: "Gulick-Johnson.—Corsicana, Tex., Jan. 13 [1912].—Wiley Gulick Clarkson and Miss Mark [sic] Kate Johnson, daughter of Dr. S. W. Johnson of Dallas[,] were married here at the First Methodist Church, Rev. Sam R. Hay of Houston officiating. The attendants were Mike Hogg[,] Lamar Stone, Carter Pannill, all of Houston; Wister Johnson of Dallas, brother of the bride; George Miller and William Clarkson Jr., brother of the groom, best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Wita Jackson, Miss Ruby Key, Miss Rosa Clarkson, Miss Minnie Singer and Miss Lila Jester; Mrs. B. C. Fortson, sister of the bride, matron of honor. Flower girl, little Miss Christina Key; ring bearer, Master Benjamin Fortson; ushers, Robert Johnson, Lowry Martin, Earle Clay Johnson, Lawson Coulson. The decorations formed a garden scene in the altar, overspread with a pergola. A reception was given the bridal party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Fortson, where congratulations were extended, after which the bride and groom left for New Orleans. They will return after the 20th and make their home in Corsicana."3
  • Obituary*: "W. G. Clarkson, 66, Corsicana Native, Dies In Ft. Worth
       "W. G. Clarkson, 66, died at his home in Fort Worth late Monday night [May 5, 1952] from a heart attack. He had been a prominent architect in Fort Worth 40 years.
       "A native of Corsicana, Clarkson was one of the owners of the Oil City Iron Works and owned other properties here.
       "He had been in Corsicana a considerable portion of the last two years incident to his work with local institutions. His firm is the architect for the $1,600,000 Navarro County Memorial Hospital plant, the Navarro Junior College home, the new Medical Arts clinic being erected near the Memorial hospital, and the extensive Corsicana school district improvements under way including a new ward school two physical education plants, and other improvements.
       "Surviving are his wife, a son, W. B. Clarkson, Jr., both of Fort Worth; two grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. Bert Nicol, Corsicana; Mrs. Stuart Woods, Kansas City, and Mrs. Felix D. Evans, Dallas, and a number of nieces and nephews.
       "Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. Wednesday from the First Methodist church in Fort Worth. Burial will be in Fort Worth."7
  • Note*: He was a prominent architect in Fort Worth and owned an interest in Oil City Iron Works and other properties in Corsicana.2

Additional Resources

• His biography, written by his grandson, is here.
• A history of Oil City Iron Works, also written by his grandson and which originally was published in 1975 in the Navarro County Scroll, the publication of the Navarro County Historical Society, is on the Navarro County, Texas Genealogical and Historical Web Site here. Wikipedia also has an article, here.
• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 13 Aug 2021

Family: Mary Kate Johnson b. 28 May 1887, d. 18 Nov 1974

Citations

  1. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Wiley Gulick Clarkson, Sr., memorial no. 118157680, viewed on 28 Jul 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  2. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive at http://corsicana.newspaperarchive.com, 6 May 1952, p. 1, col. 6 (obituary of W. G. Clarkson, Sr.).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 14 Jan 1912, pt. III, p. 6.
  4. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 6 May 1952, p. 1, col. 6 (obituary of W. G. Clarkson, Sr.) (stating that he died of a heart attack late that night).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Wiley Gulick Clarkson, Sr., memorial no. 118157680, viewed on 28 Jul 2014 (not giving the date).
  6. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 6 May 1952, p. 1, col. 6 (obituary of W. G. Clarkson, Sr.) (stating that burial would be on 7 May 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas without naming the cemetery).
  7. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 6 May 1952, p. 1, col. 6 (reprinted here with consent of the Corsicana Daily Sun).

J. A. Davenport

M, ID# 18976
  • Last Edited: 9 Jan 2005

Family: Ann Bachman b. Jul 1894, d. Apr 1977

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 7 Apr 1977, sec. B, p. 16 (obituary of Mrs. Ann Davenport) (giving her name as Mrs. Ann Davenport at the time of her death).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 28 Dec 1932, sec. 1, p. 3 (obituary of Daniel Bachman) (naming Mrs. J. A. Davenport as a surviving daughter of Daniel Bachman without giving Mrs. Davenport's name).

Margaret Cochran

F, ID# 18979, b. 23 November 1901, d. 14 October 1993
  • Note*: She graduated from Bryan High School in Dallas, Texas, earned a bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University in 1924, and taught in several elementary schools in Dallas for thirteen years. She was a member of Oak Lawn Methodist Church in Dallas. Survivors included a son, a sister, two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.6
  • Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Family: Fred Hempel b. 15 Apr 1897, d. 30 Oct 1988

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. Fred Hempel and naming G. H. Cochran as her father).
  2. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. Fred Hempel).
  4. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  5. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Oct 1993, p. 32A (obituary of Margaret C. Hempel).
  7. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Henry Mack Haney) (not giving the date).

Fred Hempel

M, ID# 18980, b. 15 April 1897, d. 30 October 1988
  • Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Family: Margaret Cochran b. 23 Nov 1901, d. 14 Oct 1993

Citations

  1. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. Fred Hempel).
  3. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  4. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Margaret Cochran Hempel).

Nell Cochran

F, ID# 18981, b. 16 December 1907, d. 20 November 2003
  • Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Family: William Llewelyn Charles Williams b. 15 Nov 1904, d. 3 Jan 1992

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. W. L. C. Williams and naming G. H. Cochran as her father).
  2. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  3. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007.
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. W. L. C. Williams).
  5. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  6. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (stating that she died on 20 Nov 2003; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Oklahoma City, Okla. when she died).
  7. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with William Llewelyn Charles Williams).

William Llewelyn Charles Williams

M, ID# 18982, b. 15 November 1904, d. 3 January 1992
  • Last Edited: 3 Feb 2007

Family: Nell Cochran b. 16 Dec 1907, d. 20 Nov 2003

Citations

  1. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  2. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007.
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. W. L. C. Williams).
  4. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  5. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Oklahoma City, Okla. when he died).
  6. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Nell Cochran Williams).

Wesley Taylor Jones

M, ID# 18983, b. 16 January 1888, d. 27 August 1972
  • Last Edited: 4 Feb 2007

Family: Katie Lee Cochran b. 14 Nov 1888, d. 11 Sep 1977

Citations

  1. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  2. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  3. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007.
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 25 Jun 1946, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Mrs. Garrett Dies in Illinois") (identifying her as Mrs. W. Taylor Jones); 6 Apr 1956, sec. 1, p. 9 ("Death Takes Official of Drug Firm") (identifying her as Mrs. Katie Jones).
  5. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  6. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Dallas, Tex. when he died).
  7. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Katie Lee Cochran Jones).

J. Sid Pulliam

M, ID# 18984, d. 17 May 1952
  • Note*: At the time of his death he had lived in Dallas, Texas for sixty years. In Dallas he was a founder of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Traders Realty Company, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Pulliam Transfer Company, and Pulliam-Trewitt Coal Company. He was instrumental in establishing the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin and bringing the Presbyterian Book Store to Dallas. He had been a vice president of National City Bank in Dallas for thirty-five years when he died and was a thirty-two-degree Mason and a member of Hella Temple. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack.1
  • Last Edited: 12 Sep 2011

Family: Anne Cochran b. c 1886, d. 5 Oct 1967

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 May 1952, part 4, p. 13 (obituary of J. S. Pulliam).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 25 Jun 1946, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Mrs. Garrett Dies in Illinois") (identifying her as Mrs. J. S. Pulliam).

Betty Lee Cochran

F, ID# 18987, b. 9 January 1916, d. 22 March 1986

Betty Cochran Meletio's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.
  • Note*: She was a graduate of North Dallas High School and of Southern Methodist University, where she received a bachelor's degree in education, and a member of Pi Beta Phi. They were married in her parents' home on Lemmon Avenue Road in Dallas, Texas. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas. Survivors included her husband, two daughters, a son, and six grandchildren.16

Additional Resources

• Her Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 11 May 2014

Family: John Edward ('Jack') Meletio b. 11 Oct 1915, d. 14 Aug 1994

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 6 Oct 1955, part 1, p. 8 ("Member of Pioneer Family Dies") (stating that Mrs. Jack E. Meletio of Dallas was the surviving daughter of James R. Cochran).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12 (naming J. R. Cochran as her father).
  3. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  4. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007.
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Betty Cochran Meletio, memorial no. 66122325, viewed on 11 May 2014.
  6. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12.
  7. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Betty Cochran Meletio, memorial no. 66122325, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date or place).
  8. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John E. 'Jack' Meletio, memorial no. 66122314, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date or place).
  9. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (giving the date but not the place).
  10. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 24 Mar 1986, p. 13B (obituary of Betty Cochran Meletio).
  11. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (stating that she died in Mar 1986; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Dallas, Tex. when she died).
  12. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Betty Cochran Meletio, memorial no. 66122325, viewed on 11 May 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  13. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with John E. Meletio) (not giving the date).
  14. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 24 Mar 1986, p. 13B (obituary of Betty Cochran Meletio) (giving the date of her funeral but not the place of burial).
  15. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Betty Cochran Meletio, memorial no. 66122325, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12 (marriage to Jack Meletio), 24 Mar 1986, p. 13B (obituary of Betty Cochran Meletio).

John Edward ('Jack') Meletio

M, ID# 18988, b. 11 October 1915, d. 14 August 1994

Jack Meletio's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 11 May 2014

Family: Betty Lee Cochran b. 9 Jan 1916, d. 22 Mar 1986

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12 (naming Alex Meletio, Sr. as his father).
  2. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  3. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for John E. 'Jack' Meletio, memorial no. 66122314, viewed on 11 May 2014.
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct 1937, part 1, p. 12.
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Betty Cochran Meletio, memorial no. 66122325, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date or place).
  6. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John E. 'Jack' Meletio, memorial no. 66122314, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date or place).
  7. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Betty Cochran Meletio) (not giving the date).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 16 Aug 1994, p. 21A (obituary of Jack Meletio).
  9. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for John E. 'Jack' Meletio, memorial no. 66122314, viewed on 11 May 2014 (not giving the date).

William Rhea ('Bolie') Cochran

M, ID# 18989, b. 4 July 1894, d. 20 January 1972

William Rhea Cochran's grave marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Tex., photographed by Roger Bartlett.
  • Note*: He lived in Dallas, Texas all his life. He attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and in World War I served with the U.S. Army in the Baylor Hospital medical unit. He was a member of the Julian & Cochran Insurance Agency from 1932 and was a member of Highland Park Methodist Church in Dallas. He grew irises for thirty-five years and is credited with producing several hybrid strains. His picture was published with his obituary in the Dallas Morning News on 22 Jan 1972.7

Additional Resources

• His Find A Grave memorial is here.
  • Last Edited: 26 Feb 2014

Family: Dorothy Shaw b. 3 Aug 1901, d. 17 Oct 1978

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (giving the date but not the place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S248] Supposition as to place, based on parents' residence at the time.
  3. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (giving the date but not the place).
  4. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (giving the date but not the place).
  5. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for William Rhea Bolie Cochran, memorial no. 68573073, viewed on 26 Feb 2014 (giving the date but not the place).
  6. [S175] Supposition as to marriage, based on common grave marker.
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 22 Jan 1972, sec. D, p. 3 (obituary of William Rhea Cochran).
  8. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (stating that he died in Jan 1972; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Dallas, Tex. when he died).
  9. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming the place but not giving the date).
  10. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas (common marker with Dorothy Shaw Cochran) (not giving the date).
  11. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for William Rhea Bolie Cochran, memorial no. 68573073, viewed on 26 Feb 2014 (not giving the date).
  12. [S976] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online at http://www.dallasnews.com, 14 Jun 2005 (obituary for Alice Charlene Cochran Styron), viewed on 26 Feb 2014 (naming William Rhea Cochran as her father).

Kate Knight

F, ID# 18990, b. 22 September 1852, d. 25 October 1931
  • Note*: She was a member of Oak Lawn Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, the Southern Memorial Association, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Dallas County Pioneer Association. Her survivors included a sister, two brothers, six daughters, three sons, eleven grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Her picture appears in the Dallas Morning News of 26 October 1931.7
  • Last Edited: 10 Feb 2007

Family: John Field b. 12 Feb 1835, d. 10 Jan 1912

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Obadiah Knight as her father).
  2. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Obadiah Knight as her father).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Serena Hughes as her mother).
  4. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Serena Caroline Hughes as her mother).
  5. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  6. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (stating that she was born in Dallas County, Texas; not giving the date but stating that she was seventy-nine years old when she died on 25 Oct 1931).
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago").
  8. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above.
  9. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the date but not the place).
  10. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (giving the place but not the date).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (stating that her funeral was on 26 Oct 1931, thus implying that she was buried on that date, but not naming the place of burial).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Mrs. Whitfield Harral).
  13. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Kate Field as his mother).
  14. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of John Y. Field).
  15. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming Kate Field as her mother).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Mrs. James G. Field).
  17. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Thomas U. Field).
  18. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Mar 1960, sec. 1, p. 11 (obituary of Mrs. Serena Field Carwile) (naming Obediah and Serena Hughes Knight as her grandparents).
  19. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Mrs. W. L. Carwile).
  20. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Mrs. H. R. Carwile).
  21. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 31 Jul 1977, sec. A, p. 27 (funeral notice for Mrs. Katie Lee Carwile) (naming Katherine Field as her mother).
  22. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of E. K. Field).
  23. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Mrs. Earl Watterworth).
  24. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a brother of Miss Lucy Field).

John Field

M, ID# 18991, b. 12 February 1835, d. 10 January 1912
  • Obituary*: JOHN FIELD, PIONEER, ANSWERS DEATH CALL
    SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS—FUNERAL FRIDAY MORNING.
    Born in Missouri in 1835, He Had Lived in Dallas Forty-Three Years.
    John Field, for forty-three years a prominent resident of Dallas and the head of an esteemed family, died last night at 9:30 o'clock at the family homestead, 3201 Welborn street. He had been confined to his bed for nearly a year afflicted with dropsy. His last moments were peaceful and he died surrounded by his large family. The funeral will be conducted at the home Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock.
    Active pallbearers have been chosen as follows: W. W. Weston, Maj. B. P. Jett, Sydney Noell, George Hughes, W. B. Taylor and H. H. Smith. The honorary pallbearers are as follows: James M. Cochran, Epps G. Knight, R. E. L. Knight, E. J. Gannon, Col. S. E. Moss, J. A. Mahon, Vick Bowles, Jim Field of McKinney, Col. Jonce Dowell of McKinney, John W. Field, L. V. Meyer and Col. Henry Exall.
    Mr. Field was a descendant of a fine old English family. He was born at Warsaw, Henry County, Mo., Feb. 12, 1835, and was the eldest of five children. During the Civil War he was Indian Agent at Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory. He came to Collin County, Texas, in 1866, and about two years later came to Dallas County. During the active years of his life he was a farmer and was one of the leaders in practical farming in Texas. He contributed many articles to various publications on agricultural subjects.
    In 1871 he married Miss Katie Knight, sister of Epps G. Knight and R. E. L. Knight of Dallas. His wife has been a tireless watcher at the bed of affliction all the months of Mr. Field's last illness. Besides the widow, the following children survive: Joe Field, Dallas; Dr. Knight W. Field, County Health Officer, Dallas County; Mrs. Whitfield Harral, Dallas; Mrs. James G. Field of Chicago; Mrs. W. L. Carwile, Dallas; Mrs. Hugh L. Carwile, Marshall; Thomas Field and Epps Field, Miss Gussie Field and Miss Lucy Wilson Field of Dallas.
    Of his brothers and sisters, only two survive him, Mrs. M. A. Bartholow of Dallas and Mrs. William H. Sells of Berkeley, Cal.
    Mr. Field retired from work several years ago, but retained his active mind until the last days of his life. He gook a keen interest in affairs of the day. He was much interested in the work of the Texas Industrial Congress and only recently expressed the desire to have Col. Exall come out to his home and talk with him. It was a hobby of Mr. Field to keep a diary of the weather which, kept faithfully through many years, was a source of interest and usefulness in his business of farming.
    Among a wide circle of friends Mr. Field was known as a citizen and a kind-hearted father and friend. He was noted for his kindness to those in destitute circumstances. Since his illness an old negro man asked to be allowed to come in and see him. Mr. Field did not remember the old man, but spoke to him kindly. The old negro said "Marsa I tell you how you can remember me. I didn't have no shoes one day long time ago and you called me in the house and give me a pair."9
  • Note*: He owned a 300-acre farm at what now is the area around Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane in Highland Park, a city within Dallas, Texas. After selling the farm to Col. Henry Exall in 1891 for a race horse training track, the family lived for many years in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. Eventually he bought 1,500 acres in northwest Dallas County, near Farmers Branch.10
  • Last Edited: 31 Aug 2011

Family: Kate Knight b. 22 Sep 1852, d. 25 Oct 1931

Citations

  1. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976) (giving the date but not the place). Tom Ellis provided an electronic copy to Roger Bartlett on 5 Jul 2002.
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jan 1912, p. 5 (obituary of John Field).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago").
  4. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above.
  5. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org
  6. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 22 Nov 1953, part 3, pp. 1, 11 (obituary of Tom W. Field) (giving the year but not the month and day or the place).
  7. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming the place but not giving the date).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jan 1912, p. 5 (obituary of John Field) (giving the date but not naming the place).
  9. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 11 Jan 1912, p. 5.
  10. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 22 Nov 1953, part 3, pp. 1, 11 (obituary of Tom W. Field).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Mrs. Whitfield Harral).
  12. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming John Field as his father).
  13. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of John Y. Field).
  14. [S755] Anna Baker & Anne Cochran, Cochran Chapel Cemetery (1976), above (naming John Field as her father).
  15. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 ("Lieutenant Knight Field Died in France Oct. 13") (naming John Field as his father).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Mrs. James G. Field).
  17. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Thomas U. Field).
  18. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Mar 1960, sec. 1, p. 11 (obituary of Mrs. Serena Field Carwile) (naming John Field as her father).
  19. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Mrs. W. L. Carwile).
  20. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Mrs. H. R. Carwile).
  21. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 31 Jul 1977, sec. A, p. 27 (funeral notice for Mrs. Katie Lee Carwile) (naming John Field as her father).
  22. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of E. K. Field).
  23. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Mrs. Earl Watterworth).
  24. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Nov 1918, p. 7 (obituary of Lt. Knight Field) (naming Lt. Knight Field as a son of John Field and a brother of Miss Lucy Field).

Robert E. Lee Knight

M, ID# 18992, b. 7 April 1865, d. 6 March 1936

R.E.L. Knight, from a newspaper obituary.
  • Note*: Except for time at college, he lived in Dallas County, Texas all his life. His obituary says that he married in 1892, but his widow's obituary says that they married on 29 May 1890 (at her parents' home). He was president of the State Fair of Texas, was a leader in developing the state's centennial celebration, which occurred in Dallas, and was a fellow of the Dallas County Historical Society, an attorney, and a vice-president of National Bank of Commerce. He was born a few weeks before Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox (thus his name) and died, of a heart attack at his home in Dallas, on the 100th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo. His survivors included his wife, a daughter, four sons, and seven grandchildren. His photograph was published with his obituary on the front page of the 7 Mar 1936 edition of The Dallas Morning News.9,11,12
  • Last Edited: 12 Jul 2011

Family: Amanda ('Annie') Armstrong b. 19 Aug 1867, d. 20 Aug 1938

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Obadiah Knight as his father).
  2. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Obadiah Knight as his father).
  3. [S1021] Darwin Payne, As Old As Dallas Itself: A History of the Lawyers of Dallas, the Dallas Bar Associations, and the City They Helped Build (Dallas, Tex.: Three Forks Press, 1900), p. 72 (stating that he was the youngest child of Obediah W. Knight).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Serena Hughes as his mother).
  5. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Serena Caroline Hughes as his mother).
  6. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 7 Mar 1936, sec. 1, p. 1 ("'Colonel Bob' Knight, Beloved and Brilliant Texas Personage, Dies").
  7. [S1021] Darwin Payne, As Old As Dallas Itself, above, p. 72 (stating that he was born in 1865 in Dallas County, Texas).
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 29 May 1890, p. 8 (stating that they married in Bryan, Texas the day before; 21 Aug 1938, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Death Claims Widely Known Dallas Woman") (giving the date as 29 May 1890 and not giving the place).
  9. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 9 Mar 1936, sec. 1, p. 3 ("Funeral Services Will Be Monday for R. E. L. Knight").
  10. [S1021] Darwin Payne, As Old As Dallas Itself, above, p. 72 (giving the year but not the month and day or the place).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 21 Aug 1938, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Death Claims Widely Known Dallas Woman").
  12. [S1021] Darwin Payne, As Old As Dallas Itself, above, pp. 72-73, 90.
  13. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 7 Mar 1936, sec. 1, p. 1 ("'Colonel Bob' Knight, Beloved and Brilliant Texas Personage, Dies") (naming Robert E. Lee Knight as his father).
  14. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 7 Mar 1936, sec. 1, p. 1 ("'Colonel Bob' Knight, Beloved and Brilliant Texas Personage, Dies") (naming Robert E. Lee Knight as her father).
  15. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 2 Apr 1926, part 2, p. 13 ("R. E. L. Knight Jr. Dies from Pistol Wound") (naming R. E. L. Knight Sr. as his father).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 2 Jun 1966, sec. A, p. 11 (obituary of Henry Coke Knight) (naming Col. R. E. L. Knight as his father).

Epps Gabriel Knight

M, ID# 18993, b. 25 February 1858, d. 7 November 1943

Epps G. Knight, from a newspaper obituary.
  • Note*: He grew up on the family farm near the community of Cedar Springs, now part of Dallas, Texas but then about three miles from Dallas. He attended Cedar Springs Academy, on land donated by his father, the Rock College in what then was East Dallas, and Marvin College in Waxahachie, Texas and finished his education at the E. B. Lawrence Commercial College in Dallas. He was elected tax collector for Dallas County in 1896, serving three terms, and in 1904 became chief of police of Dallas, serving one year. He made money in Dallas real estate and in the Wichita Falls oil field in the 1920s. He built Knight's Motor Hotel beside the Medical Arts Building in downtown Dallas and in 1927 bought considerable farm lands in Dimmit County, Texas, where he lived for two years and after which he retired from business. He was a Methodist and contributed to Southern Methodist University and Methodist Hospital. He was a promoter of the Oriental Hotel, the Majestic Theater, cotton mills, and Baylor Hospital in Dallas, served as president of the Dallas County Pioneers Association for thirty-three years until his death, was a director of the Dallas Historical Society, was president and a director of the Mutual Building Association, and was a vice president of the George A. Brewer Undertaking Company. He was a Democrat and an ardent prohibitionist. His survivors included his second wife, four daughters, four sons, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His picture accompanies his obituary in the Dallas Morning News of 8 Nov 1943.7
  • Last Edited: 6 Mar 2008

Family 1: Fannie Lee Patton b. May 1865, d. 3 Sep 1935

Family 2: Alva Owen b. c 1872, d. 30 Sep 1964

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Obadiah Knight as his father).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1943, sec. 2, pp. 1, 7 ("Epps G. Knight, 85, Dallas Pioneer, Dies") (naming Obadiah W. Knight as his father).
  3. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Obadiah Knight as his father).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (naming Serena Hughes as his mother).
  5. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1943, sec. 2, pp. 1, 7 ("Epps G. Knight, 85, Dallas Pioneer, Dies") (naming Serena C. Knight as his mother).
  6. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Serena Caroline Hughes as his mother).
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1943, sec. 2, pp. 1, 7 ("Epps G. Knight, 85, Dallas Pioneer, Dies").
  8. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (giving the date but not the place).
  9. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 4 Sep 1935, sec. 1, p. 4 ("Early Dallas Resident Fatally Stricken With Heart Attack at Home") (giving the year but not the month or day).
  10. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (stating that they married in 1887 without giving the month or date).
  11. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1964, sec. 1, p. 21 (obituary of Mrs. Alva Owen Knight) (not giving the date).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Feb 1940, sec. 2, p. 5 ("Epps G. Knight Marks Birthday With Party") (naming Epps G. Knight as her father).
  13. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1943, sec. 2, pp. 1, 7 ("Epps G. Knight, 85, Dallas Pioneer, Dies") (naming Epps Gabriel Knight as his father).
  14. [S1170] Ann Hill, Dallas, Tex., chart of descendants of William A. Patton sent to Roger Bartlett, 14 Oct 2007 (giving his name as Epps B. Knight and naming Epps Gabriel Knight as his father).
  15. [S1170] Ann Hill, chart of descendants of William Al Patton, above (naming Epps Gabriel Knight as his father).
  16. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Nov 1943, sec. 2, pp. 1, 7 ("Epps G. Knight, 85, Dallas Pioneer, Dies") (naming Epps Gabriel Knight as her father).
  17. [S1170] Ann Hill, chart of descendants of William Al Patton, above (naming Epps Gabriel Knight as her father).
  18. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 22 Dec 1964, sec. 4, p. 4 (obituary of George S. Knight) (naming Epps G. Knight as his father and Obadiah Knight as his grandfather).

Margaret Amanda ('Maggie') Knight

F, ID# 18994, b. 24 August 1856, d. 17 March 1937
  • Note*: She was educated in private schools in Dallas, Texas "and was active in society there until her marriage." She moved to Arlington, Texas in the early 1890s, then to Weatherford, Texas, and back to Arlington about 1921. Her survivors included a brother, four sons, a daughter, and seven grandchildren.7
  • Last Edited: 20 Jul 2011

Family: Maj. Benjamin Bartlett Cannon II b. 12 Oct 1843, d. 20 May 1924

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (giving her name as Maggie and naming Obadiah Knight as her father).
  2. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Obadiah Knight as her father).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 26 Oct 1931, sec. 2, p. 1 ("Dallas County Pioneer Dies Within Mile of Place Where She Was Born 79 Years Ago") (giving her name as Maggie and naming Serena Hughes as her mother).
  4. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Serena Caroline Hughes as her mother).
  5. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above.
  6. [S1221] E. B. Comstock and V. S. Albertson, comps., The Knight Family in Dallas, with the Descendants of Obediah W. Knight (Dallas, Tex.: n.pub., 1932), (giving the date but no other details). This material probably was privately printed in a small quantity. A copy can be downloaded at http://www.rabgenealogy.com/ui52
  7. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington").
  8. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington") (stating that her funeral was on 18 Mar 1937, thus implying that she was buried on that date, and stating that she would be buried in Weatherford, Texas).
  9. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Margaret Amanda Knight as her mother).
  10. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington") (naming Margaret Amanda Knight as her mother).
  11. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Margaret Amanda Knight as his mother).
  12. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington") (naming Margaret Amanda Knight as his mother).

Maj. Benjamin Bartlett Cannon II

M, ID# 18995, b. 12 October 1843, d. 20 May 1924

Benjamin Bartlett Cannon II, courtesy of Sam March.
  • Last Edited: 17 Mar 2012

Family: Margaret Amanda ('Maggie') Knight b. 24 Aug 1856, d. 17 Mar 1937

Citations

  1. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, message posted to Dallas History Message Board, 16 Aug 2004, online http://www.dallashistory.org (naming Benjamin Bartlett Cannon I as his father).
  2. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Eliza Tunnell as his mother).
  3. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above.
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 18 Mar 1937, sec. 1, p. 6 ("Obadiah Knight's Last Daughter Is Dead at Arlington") (stating that he died in 1924 without giving other information).
  5. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Benjamin Bartlett Cannon II as her father).
  6. [S1020] Sam March, Descendants of Obadiah Knight, above (naming Benjamin Bartlett Cannon II as his father).

Lawrence Carter Harrison

M, ID# 18997, b. 9 December 1914, d. 5 January 1978
  • Note*: His grave marker gives 8 Dec 1914 as his birth date.6
  • Last Edited: 3 Feb 2007

Citations

  1. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 31 Jan 1966, sec. A, p. 7 (obituary of John Leslie Harrison) (naming John Leslie Harrison as his father).
  2. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 9 Oct 1948, sec. 2, p. 18 (obituary of Miss Mary A. Cochran) (stating that he was a nephew of Miss Mary A. Cochran).
  3. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 9 Oct 1948, sec. 2, p. 10 (obituary of Miss Mary A. Cochran) (stating that he was a nephew of Miss Mary A. Cochran).
  4. [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 8 Aug 1973, sec. E, p. 9 (funeral notice for Mrs. Martha A. Harrison) (naming Mrs. Martha A. Harrison as his mother).
  5. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007.
  6. [S1107] Cemetery marker, Cochran Chapel Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
  7. [S1108] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/RootswebSSDI, viewed on 3 Feb 2007 (stating that he died in Jan 1978; not naming the place of death but stating that last benefits were sent to an address in Dallas, Tex.).