1891
A Golden
Wedding.
Uncle
Charlie Barnard, who lives near Lancaster, will celebrate his
golden wedding next Saturday night. He came to Dallas county
in 1847, and settled on the place where he now lives. His children
and grand children have grown up around him there and the old
pioneer is young and spry yet.
- September
1, 1891, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 1, col. 2.
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1894
WORMLEY CARTER'S BIRTHDAY.
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The
First Sheriff of Dallas County Cele-
brates His 78th Year.
Mrs.
Ben Tanner returned yesterday from Lewisville, Denton county,
where, on Wednesday, she attended the celebration of her father's
-- Mr. Wormley Carter -- birthday anniversary. Mr. Carter came
from Kentucky in 1845 and located in Dallas county, in which
he was the first sheriff, and where he lived until 1882, when
he went to Lewisville, his present home.
Mr. Carter, who is in fine health,
has never worn spectacles, and can still see to shoot squirrels
with a rifle, and he still retains all his teeth sound, and has
never given up a cent to a dentist. Mr. Carter's birthday comes
on Emancipation Day, and he always says "the negroes and
I have a great time," and it is said that there is neither
a negro or white man in all North Texas that can beat Mr. Carter
dancing a jig or a hornpipe.
- June
21, 1894, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 5, col. 1-2.
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1895
Added
May 23, 2004:
CITY
NEWS NOTES.
Mr.
J. R. Lancaster and wife celebrated their golden wedding yesterday
at the home of Rev. R. H. H. Burnett, in Oak Cliff. Four children
and sixteen grandchildren were present, besides a large number
of relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster were married
in Shelby county, Kentucky, May 15, 1845, and came to Texas in
1860 from Missouri. An unusual feature of the occasion was the
presence of two half sisters of Mrs. Lancaster, and a cousin,
who were present at the wedding fifty years ago. The town of
Lancaster, in this county, was named for Mr. Lancaster.
- May
16, 1895, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 2, col. 4-5.
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1914
J. T. McFARLAND
IS NOW NINETY
YEARS OF AGE
In
prime physical and mental condition, Joseph T. McFarland has
celebrated his ninetieth birthday and expects to be sound and
well when he passes the century mark. Mr. McFarland was born
in Cadiz, Ky., Aug. 7, 1824, and when quite a young man, moved
to Allen county, where he married Miss Emily A. Worden, daughter
of a pioneer and much respected family living north of Scottsville.
Mr. McFarland is a farmer by occupation and knows how to make
a living on the hill sides of Kentucky. In 1880, he moved with
his family of wife, three boys and two girls, to Texas and settled
on a farm six miles north of Dallas. He followed farming with
his sons until they engaged in the drug business and other lines
in Dallas, where he has made his home with his younger son, John
C. McFarland, since the death of his wife in 1893.
Friday, August 7, at the home of
his son, John C. McFarland, 5367 Columbia avenue, all of his
children except Mrs. W. L. Spencer, who resides in Glasgow, Ky.,
were present, as were all the grand-children and great grand-children.
Under the direction of his daughters, Miss Mattie McFarland,
who resides with him, a cake of ninety good wishes were expressed
for many returns of the day.
Because of an accident to his hand,
blasting rock near Scottsville, when a mere boy, he was incapacitated
for military service in the Civil war, but his labor and means
went to the support of the cause he loved. He has been a life-long
democrat and has voted for every presidential candidate of the
Democrats since he reached his majority, four of those candidates
have been elected and he declares that none has given him greater
cause for thankfulness than Woodrow Wilson.
Strong, also, are his religious
principles, he has been an active member of the Baptist church
for seventy years, and in his days, has ridden many miles to
attend religious service, or to do a good turn for his fellow
men. He has never had a severe spell of sickness in his life,
and is clock-like in the regularity of his habits.
His children are Henry S. McFarland,
of Dallas; Amanda, now Mrs. J. T. Pinson, wife of a Dallas minister;
Laura T., now Mrs. W. L. Spencer of Glasgow, Ky.; Miss Mattie
McFarland of Dallas, J. R. McFarland and J. C. McFarland, well
known business men of this city.
- August
10, 1914, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 5, col. 1.
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1917
MRS. ANNIE E. GEORGE
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mrs.
Annie E. George celebrated the ninety-fifth anniversary of her
birth Friday at the home of her son, Attorney John W. George,
501 East Ninth street, Oak Cliff. Mrs. George, although of advanced
age, has an unusual vitality. She was born in Fulton, Mo., Oct.
5[?], 1882 [1822]. She came to Texas in 1861 and settled near
Lancaster. In 1894, she came to Dallas. Her five children were
at the reunion Friday. They are: Rev. Benjamin Y. George, Elmwood,
Ill.; Mrs. C. L. Garrett, Oak Cliff; A. M. George, Denton, W.
L. George, Fort Worth, and John W. George, of Dallas. The Rev.
Mr. George is the eldest, being seventy-five years old and John
W. George, the youngest, age fifty-seven.
- October
7, 1917, Dallas Daily Times Herald, Sec. I, p. 18, col. 1.
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1923
Lancaster Couple Observed
Their
66th Wedding Anniversary Sunday
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Lancaster, Texas, Aug. 15.--Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Rogers were given a very pleasant function at
the home of their daughter, Mrs. C. L. Hayden, Sunday afternoon,
the occasion being the sixty-sixth anniversary of their wedding.
Some forty of their neighbors and old friends were invited and
cream and cake were served.
Mr. Rogers was born in Preston
county, West Virginia, May 4, 1836, and was 87 years old last
May. He has been a very active man until within the last few
years, when he retired from business, and with his wife, has
been at home with their daughter. Mrs. Rogers was born in Clairmont
county, Ohio, Dec. 7, 1836, and was 86 years old on her last
birthday. They were married in Litchfield, Ill., Aug. 13, 1857.
Mr. Rogers was in the war between the states and is drawing a
pension, [and is] able to come down town and [fill] out his own
pension papers. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers occasionally attend church
services.
They came to Texas in 1878, and
made Lancaster their home. Their wedding and birthday anniversaries
are always made happy occasions by their daughter and granddaughters,
Mrs. R.[?] L./H.[?] L. Ellis and Mrs. Georgia Hayden. They both
delight in telling stories of their early life, and Mr. Rogers
is very fond of a joke, even when it is on himself.
- August 15, 1923,
Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 10, col. 3-4.
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1926
Golden Wedding
Anniversary Held
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Special to the News.
GLEN ROSE, Somervell Co., Texas, Feb. 27.-- Dr. and Mrs.
E. D. Langley celebrated their golden wedding anniversary here
last Tuesday, Feb. 23. Dr. Langley and Miss Mattie Taylor were
married in Lancaster, Dallas County, Feb. 23, 1876.
They have two children, Will H.
Langley of Dallas and Mrs. R. L. Eshleman of Glen Rose, both
of whom attended the celebration.
Among those present at the wedding
fifty years ago were Mrs. C. R. Brotherton of Dallas and Mrs.
J. E. Crabtree of Lancaster. Among those attending the wedding
anniversary celebration were Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McAdams of Corsicana,
Mrs. E. A. Hauser and son, Billie, of Dallas; Mrs. Will H. Langley,
Mary Edith Langley, E. D. Langley Jr., Will Irvine Langley of
Dallas, Mrs. E. Buck of Dallas, Mrs.. W. L. Halloway of Wichita
Falls, Mrs. R. A. Brotherton, Ben and Tom Brotherton, Mrs. H.
A. Brotherton of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rippy of Denton and
their two daughter, Alma B. and Eva Frances; R. G. Langley of
Ponder, Texas, Miss Josie Sanders of Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Boulter of Fairy.
- February 28, 1926,
Dallas Morning News, Section VI, p. 3, 2.
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MR. AND MRS. G.
O. HAMBRICK.
Mr. and
Mrs. G. O. Hambrick, 3013 Adolph street, quietly observed
their sixty-ninth wedding anniversary at their home Thursday.
Mr. Hambrick was 91 years of age on March 25, and Mrs. Hambrick
will be eighty-five years old on her next birthday. Both were
born and raised in Franklin county, Virginia, where they were
united in marriage on April 1, 1857. They attended the same school
and Mrs. Hambrick, who was Maranda Akers, became a bride when
only a few months past fourteen years of age. Mr. Hambrick had
just turned twenty-one when he claimed his schoolgirl bride.
Mr. Hambrick served on the Southern side during the four years
of the Civil war while his young wife, with two small children,
kept "the home fires burning." Twelve children, six
boys and six girls, were born to the couple, nine of whom are
still living.
While Mr. Hambrick suffered a severe
attack of flu during February, he won over the malady and feels
so well now, that he walked from his home to the courthouse a
few days ago. Considering their advanced age, both are in very
good physical condition and apparently will see a number of other
wedding anniversaries.
- April 2, 1926, Dallas
Daily Times Herald, Section I, p. 14, 3-4.
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[Note: a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Hambrick accompanied the
above article]
1927
MANY LONG-WEDDED COUPLES
IN CONTEST CLAIMING THEY
HAVE MOST "MARRIED YEARS"
The "party"
promised to the oldest married couple in Dallas by R. B. Ellifritz,
manager of the Adolphus, will take place next Friday evening.
The long-married pair will be guests of the hotel. Following
the dinner, a short entertainment will be given for them. Mayor
Louis Blaylock, C. B. Gillespie, Dr. J. B. Cranfill and other
old-timers will be present and will make "I remember when"
talks. Dr. Cranfill has promised to bring along his "fiddle"
and play some of the tunes that seldom have been heard in the
last thirty years.
All of the old couples who have
entered the married couple contest , and all of their friends,
are invited to attend the "party." There will be no
charge for the "party," and all old-timers and pioneers
are welcome.
Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Post of 511 North Patton avenue are now leading
in the contest with a record of sixty-five married years on March
20.
Special mention is made of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Cunningham of Bowie. They are not eligible, because
they do not live in Dallas, having moved away many years ago.
They have run up a total of sixty nine years and six months,
which is more than four years above anything Dallas has yet shown.
Jacob C. Bohart, of 1525 Haskell
avenue, announces a sixty-one-year run of matrimony, and there
are two new applicants claiming sixty years each--Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Johnson, 5611 Hudson street, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dixon,
1401 South Akard. There were several friends who entered Mr.
and Mrs. Dixon's names.
Many couples with fifty-odd years
to their credit have considered themselves married a long time
and entered the contest. New entries in the fifty-year class
are Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Rust, 210 South Waverly drive, fifty-seven
years; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gallie, fifty-four years; Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Patton, 2500 Second avenue, fifty-six years; Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Payne, fifty-eight years; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dalton,
700 West Seventh street, fifty-nine years.
Reports have been made that there
is a married couple living in Dallas for almost seventy years,
but no official notice of this couple has yet been received.
- January 23, 1927,
Dallas Daily Times Herald, Sec. IV, p. 8, col. 2-3.
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