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Lt Col Alexander James DALLAS

Male 1820 - 1889  (68 years)

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  • Name Alexander James DALLAS  [1] 
    Prefix Lt Col 
    Birth 29 Sep 1820  Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 28 Oct 1850  , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Property 16 Aug 1854  , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 9 Jul 1860  , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 23 Aug 1870  Salado, Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1 Jun 1880  , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name A J Dallas 
    Name Alex Dallas  [6] 
    Death 2 Aug 1889  , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 3 Aug 1889  , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Dallas Cemetery
    Texas
    Bell County 
    Person ID I3686  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2014 

    Father James Laraine DALLAS,   b. 14 Apr 1788, , Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1835, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth REID,   b. 6 May 1798, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1878, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1814  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F1746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Tabitha L WILLS,   b. 11 May 1824, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1860, , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1842  , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. James DALLAS,   b. Oct 1843, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1859 (Age ~ 16 years)
     2. William DALLAS,   b. 1845, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1859 (Age 15 years)
     3. Amy Elizabeth DALLAS,   b. 18 Nov 1846, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1888, , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     4. Mary Priscilla DALLAS,   b. 9 Feb 1849, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1869, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
     5. Reuben T DALLAS,   b. 1851, , Washington, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Deceased
     6. Martha Ann DALLAS,   b. 4 Jan 1854, , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1920, Holland, Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     7. Elmira DALLAS,   b. 1856, , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1904, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F1744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2014 

    Family 2 Margaret HENRY,   b. 25 Feb 1825, , , Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1894, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1862  , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Jennie DALLAS,   b. 15 Jul 1866, , Bell, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1899, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F1745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1820 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Jan 1842 - , Washington, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - pg 293A-B, hh #135 - 28 Oct 1850 - , Washington, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - Property - 16 Aug 1854 - , Bell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - pg 324B-325A, fam/dwell 394/396 - 9 Jul 1860 - , Bell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Feb 1862 - , , Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - pg 16, hh #120 (68B) - 23 Aug 1870 - Salado, Bell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - ED 3, pg 1 (323A) - 1 Jun 1880 - , Bell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Aug 1889 - , Bell, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Dallas Cemetery
    Texas
    Bell County - 3 Aug 1889 - , Bell, Texas, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Was granted three labores of land in Milam District, Bell Co, Texas on 11/16/1853 by Governor E M Pease of Texas. The land lay on Darrs Creek about 14 miles southeast of Belton.
      On 8/15/1854, James B Wills sold Alexander 160 acres in the "forks of Darrs Creek" for $75. Alexander and Tabitha lived there for the remainder of their lives.
      Alexander purchased lots 4, 5, 14, 15, Block 15, Town of Salado on 8/31/1861. The money went to building the Salado College. Alexander was a trustee of the school.
      In 1862, Alexander contributed to the outfitting of Captain X B Saunders' Civil War company.
      His 1889 will provided land for the Dallas Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1249] Texas Marriages, 1837-1973, (FamilySearch.org), Dallas, Alexander J.
      to Tabetha Wills

    2. [S543] Limmer, E A Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), pg 444.
      "He was born September 29, 1820 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky."

    3. [S34] 1860 Bell, TX, pg 324.
      age 39, Kentucky

    4. [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, pg 293A-B, hh #135.
      age 29, R I (Rhode Island?)

    5. [S685] Cemetery, Dallas, Bell, TX, Dallas, A J.
      29 Sep 1820

    6. [S31] 1850 Washington, TX, pg 293A-B, hh #135.
      Alex Dallas

    7. [S685] Cemetery, Dallas, Bell, TX, Dallas, A J.
      2 Aug 1889

    8. [S543] Limmer, E A Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), 444.

    9. [S582] Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6.
      Alexander J Dallas to Tabetha Wills, 6 Jan 1842, by D B Madden, Esq.

    10. [S543] Limmer, E A Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1988), pg 444.


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