Alfred King Lucas (1848-1905) was born in Tennessee in 1848. He was the son of Thomas L. and Narcissa (Wommack) Lucas, who came to Dallas County in 1853 and bought land for $1.50 per acre at the present Maple and Cedar Springs streets. At age 17, King enlisted in Colonel Warren Stone's Confederate 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, and served throughout the war. He later married Mary Alice Cole (1855-1925) and built a log house in the Cedar Springs area. They had a garden and orchard, made syrup and ground their wheat at the Cedar Springs Grist Mill. King hauled cotton to Navarro County, sold it for W a pound, and traded for coffee and sugar not available at Cedar Springs.
Mary Alice learned to spin thread and weave cloth to make clothes. To dye it brown, she boiled it in Bois d'arc chips, and for red she boiled it in poke berries. The log cabin was expanded to 12 rooms as the family grew. They were members of the Cedar Springs Methodist Society, then Cochran Chapel, and Oak Lawn Methodist Church when it was organized in 1874. The Mary King Memorial Church on King's Road was named for Mary Alice and her husband.
Their children were all born on their Lucas farm. Tom, Jim and Etta (Haynes) attended Professor Cole's school at Ross and San Jacinto in Dallas. Laura (Stephenson), Fred, Ruth (Gilliland) attended county schools. They all attended Methodist camp Meetings on White Rock Creek, and always took plenty of food to those gatherings. In later years, Ruth kept the four-poster bed the family brought to Texas in the early 1850s. The cradle and high chair were given to the Miller home at City Park.
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Mary Alice learned to spin thread and weave cloth to make clothes. To dye it brown, she boiled it in Bois d'arc chips, and for red she boiled it in poke berries. The log cabin was expanded to 12 rooms as the family grew. They were members of the Cedar Springs Methodist Society, then Cochran Chapel, and Oak Lawn Methodist Church when it was organized in 1874. The Mary King Memorial Church on King's Road was named for Mary Alice and her husband.
Their children were all born on their Lucas farm. Tom, Jim and Etta (Haynes) attended Professor Cole's school at Ross and San Jacinto in Dallas. Laura (Stephenson), Fred, Ruth (Gilliland) attended county schools. They all attended Methodist camp Meetings on White Rock Creek, and always took plenty of food to those gatherings. In later years, Ruth kept the four-poster bed the family brought to Texas in the early 1850s. The cradle and high chair were given to the Miller home at City Park.
Dallas Family HIstories. Dallas Gateway: Pioneers of Dallas County
Above info from Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Alfred King Lucas (1848-1905) was born in Tennessee in 1848. He was the son of Thomas L. and Narcissa (Wommack) Lucas, who came to Dallas County in 1853 and bought land for $1.50 per acre at the present Maple and Cedar Springs streets. At age 17, King enlisted in Colonel Warren Stone's Confederate 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, and served throughout the war. He later married Mary Alice Cole (1855-1925) and built a log house in the Cedar Springs area. They had a garden and orchard, made syrup and ground their wheat at the Cedar Springs Grist Mill. King hauled cotton to Navarro County, sold it for W a pound, and traded for coffee and sugar not available at Cedar Springs.
Mary Alice learned to spin thread and weave cloth to make clothes. To dye it brown, she boiled it in Bois d'arc chips, and for red she boiled it in poke berries. The log cabin was expanded to 12 rooms as the family grew. They were members of the Cedar Springs Methodist Society, then Cochran Chapel, and Oak Lawn Methodist Church when it was organized in 1874. The Mary King Memorial Church on King's Road was named for Mary Alice and her husband.
Their children were all born on their Lucas farm. Tom, Jim and Etta (Haynes) attended Professor Cole's school at Ross and San Jacinto in Dallas. Laura (Stephenson), Fred, Ruth (Gilliland) attended county schools. They all attended Methodist camp Meetings on White Rock Creek, and always took plenty of food to those gatherings. In later years, Ruth kept the four-poster bed the family brought to Texas in the early 1850s. The cradle and high chair were given to the Miller home at City Park.
Dallas Family HIstories. Dallas Gateway: Pioneers of Dallas County
Above info from Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mary Alice learned to spin thread and weave cloth to make clothes. To dye it brown, she boiled it in Bois d'arc chips, and for red she boiled it in poke berries. The log cabin was expanded to 12 rooms as the family grew. They were members of the Cedar Springs Methodist Society, then Cochran Chapel, and Oak Lawn Methodist Church when it was organized in 1874. The Mary King Memorial Church on King's Road was named for Mary Alice and her husband.
Their children were all born on their Lucas farm. Tom, Jim and Etta (Haynes) attended Professor Cole's school at Ross and San Jacinto in Dallas. Laura (Stephenson), Fred, Ruth (Gilliland) attended county schools. They all attended Methodist camp Meetings on White Rock Creek, and always took plenty of food to those gatherings. In later years, Ruth kept the four-poster bed the family brought to Texas in the early 1850s. The cradle and high chair were given to the Miller home at City Park.
Dallas Family HIstories. Dallas Gateway: Pioneers of Dallas County
Above info from Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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