Niece and ward of United States President James Monroe. Daughter of President Monroe's personal secretary, Joseph J. Monroe and wife Elizabeth Kerr. Some records show her as Jane or Jane, with maiden name spelled Munroe.
When Lucy's mother died, President James Monroe became her legal guardian living in his home. When she herself became a widow, Lucy came to the Peters Colony area of Texas as a widow with her sons. Their land provided the first drinking water supply, called "Browder Springs,"to settlers in what is now the downtown Dallas area. Some of their original property includes Old City Park, and it is now a historical reenactment heritage park. A historic marker stands there honoring the family's contributions to Dallas' beginnings.
Known as the first business woman of Dallas, Texas. She had her own land patent in the Peter's Colony area. With her son, Edward, she developed the first residential neighborhood of Dallas, called The Cedars and Browder's Addition. Only a small street named Browder remains today where the homes once stood, now part of the downtown Dallas area.
She thought she was a descendant of Pocahontas, and helped to get a street named for Pocahontas, which also remains downtown. The Pocahontas connection has since been disproven, but she was a direct descendant of John Rolfe, the Englishman Pocahontas married, from his next marriage after her death.
Her sons Isham and Edward are buried at Pioneer Park (once called Masonic Cemetery). Their grave markers were placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Resources include the book: Dallas County: a Record of its Pioneers and Progress: being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County; Robert Bennett of the Families of Long Creek Cemetery Association; and Ancestors and Descendants of John Price, Immigrant to Virginia, 1610-11; Vina Chandler Price, CG; Gateway Press, 1988; pg 526.
When Lucy's mother died, President James Monroe became her legal guardian living in his home. When she herself became a widow, Lucy came to the Peters Colony area of Texas as a widow with her sons. Their land provided the first drinking water supply, called "Browder Springs,"to settlers in what is now the downtown Dallas area. Some of their original property includes Old City Park, and it is now a historical reenactment heritage park. A historic marker stands there honoring the family's contributions to Dallas' beginnings.
Known as the first business woman of Dallas, Texas. She had her own land patent in the Peter's Colony area. With her son, Edward, she developed the first residential neighborhood of Dallas, called The Cedars and Browder's Addition. Only a small street named Browder remains today where the homes once stood, now part of the downtown Dallas area.
She thought she was a descendant of Pocahontas, and helped to get a street named for Pocahontas, which also remains downtown. The Pocahontas connection has since been disproven, but she was a direct descendant of John Rolfe, the Englishman Pocahontas married, from his next marriage after her death.
Her sons Isham and Edward are buried at Pioneer Park (once called Masonic Cemetery). Their grave markers were placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Resources include the book: Dallas County: a Record of its Pioneers and Progress: being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County; Robert Bennett of the Families of Long Creek Cemetery Association; and Ancestors and Descendants of John Price, Immigrant to Virginia, 1610-11; Vina Chandler Price, CG; Gateway Press, 1988; pg 526.
Niece and ward of United States President James Monroe. Daughter of President Monroe's personal secretary, Joseph J. Monroe and wife Elizabeth Kerr. Some records show her as Jane or Jane, with maiden name spelled Munroe.
When Lucy's mother died, President James Monroe became her legal guardian living in his home. When she herself became a widow, Lucy came to the Peters Colony area of Texas as a widow with her sons. Their land provided the first drinking water supply, called "Browder Springs,"to settlers in what is now the downtown Dallas area. Some of their original property includes Old City Park, and it is now a historical reenactment heritage park. A historic marker stands there honoring the family's contributions to Dallas' beginnings.
Known as the first business woman of Dallas, Texas. She had her own land patent in the Peter's Colony area. With her son, Edward, she developed the first residential neighborhood of Dallas, called The Cedars and Browder's Addition. Only a small street named Browder remains today where the homes once stood, now part of the downtown Dallas area.
She thought she was a descendant of Pocahontas, and helped to get a street named for Pocahontas, which also remains downtown. The Pocahontas connection has since been disproven, but she was a direct descendant of John Rolfe, the Englishman Pocahontas married, from his next marriage after her death.
Her sons Isham and Edward are buried at Pioneer Park (once called Masonic Cemetery). Their grave markers were placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Resources include the book: Dallas County: a Record of its Pioneers and Progress: being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County; Robert Bennett of the Families of Long Creek Cemetery Association; and Ancestors and Descendants of John Price, Immigrant to Virginia, 1610-11; Vina Chandler Price, CG; Gateway Press, 1988; pg 526.
When Lucy's mother died, President James Monroe became her legal guardian living in his home. When she herself became a widow, Lucy came to the Peters Colony area of Texas as a widow with her sons. Their land provided the first drinking water supply, called "Browder Springs,"to settlers in what is now the downtown Dallas area. Some of their original property includes Old City Park, and it is now a historical reenactment heritage park. A historic marker stands there honoring the family's contributions to Dallas' beginnings.
Known as the first business woman of Dallas, Texas. She had her own land patent in the Peter's Colony area. With her son, Edward, she developed the first residential neighborhood of Dallas, called The Cedars and Browder's Addition. Only a small street named Browder remains today where the homes once stood, now part of the downtown Dallas area.
She thought she was a descendant of Pocahontas, and helped to get a street named for Pocahontas, which also remains downtown. The Pocahontas connection has since been disproven, but she was a direct descendant of John Rolfe, the Englishman Pocahontas married, from his next marriage after her death.
Her sons Isham and Edward are buried at Pioneer Park (once called Masonic Cemetery). Their grave markers were placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Resources include the book: Dallas County: a Record of its Pioneers and Progress: being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County; Robert Bennett of the Families of Long Creek Cemetery Association; and Ancestors and Descendants of John Price, Immigrant to Virginia, 1610-11; Vina Chandler Price, CG; Gateway Press, 1988; pg 526.
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