Alexander James Dallas and Margaret Henry

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Husband Alexander James DALLAS

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         Born: 29 Sep 1820 - Hopkinsville, Christian Co, Kentucky 1 2 3 4
         Died: 2 Aug 1889 - Bell Co, Texas 4
       Buried: 1889 - Dallas Cemetery, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas

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       Father: James Laraine DALLAS (1788-1835)
       Mother: Elizabeth REID (1798-1878)

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     Marriage: 27 Feb 1862 - Texas 1

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 Other Spouse: Tabitha L WILLS (1824-1860) 4 - 6 Jan 1842 - Washington Co, Texas 5

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Events in his life were:

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• Census, Washington Co, Texas, p 293, 1850

• Property, 160 acres on Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - bought from James B Wills, 16 Aug 1854

• Occupation ², Farmer, Jul 1860

• Census, Bell Co, Texas, 9 Jul 1860

• Census, Salado, Bell Co, Texas, 23 Aug 1870

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Wife Margaret HENRY

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         Born: 25 Feb 1825 - Tennessee 1
         Died: 4 Sep 1894 - Texas 1
       Buried: Sep 1894 - Dallas Cemetery, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas

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Children

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1 F Jennie DALLAS

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         Born: Abt 1866 - Bell Co, Texas 6
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

       Spouse: J B DALE Jr. (Abt 1860-      )
         Marr: 10 Nov 1885 1

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General Notes (Husband)

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Census Yr: 1850 State Or Territory: Tx County: Washington Reel No: M432-918 Page No: 293 Reference: Enumerated By E. D. Little The 28th Of Oct. 1850
39 135 135 Dallas Alex 29 M 100 Ark
40 135 135 Dallas Tabitha 26 F Texas
41 135 135 Dallas James 7 M Texas
42 135 135 Dallas William 5 M Texas
1 135 135 Dallas Elizabeth 4 F Texas
2 135 135 Dallas Pricilla 2 F Texas

1860 Bell Co, TX Census p. 324b-325a fam/dwell 394/396
Dallas A. G. 39 M . farmer 5,040 5,635 Kentucky . .
(Missouri was crossed out, and Kentucky written above)
Dallas Tabitha 36 F . . . . Missouri . .
Dallas Jas. 17 M . . . . Texas . X
Dallas E. 13 F . . . . Texas . X
Dallas Wm. 15 M . . . . Texas . X
Dallas Mary 10 F . . . . Texas . X
Dallas Reuben 9 M . . . . Texas . X
Dallas M. 6 F . . . . Texas . X
Dallas Elmire 4 F . . . . Texas . X

1870 Bell Co, TX Census p. 68b, 120/120, 8/23/1870 Beat No. 4, Salado
DALLAS, A.J. 50 M W Farmer Ky
Margerit 46 F W Keeping House Tenn
Reuben 19 M W Texas
Mattie 17 F W Texas
Elmira 15 F W Texas
Jennie 4 F W Texas

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.

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1 E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 444.

2 1860 Bell Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/), 324.

3 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/washington/census/1850/), 293.

4 Cemetery, Dallas, Bell Co, TX.

5 Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 6.

6 1870 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/1870/), 68b.