Benjamin Alfred Dockery the youngest child of Col. John Dockery and Ann Mask Dockery of Lamartine, Arkansas. Benjamin's parents both died when he was still a child. He worked on the plantation and was raised by his older brother, the famous Brig. General Thomas P. Dockery.
Benjamin married Adeliza Blackwell on 6 Jul 1878 in Jefferson County, Arkansas they eventually made their home in Dallas, Texas where they raised their ten children. John Thomas Dockery, Anna Barbara Eagle, Kizzie Pearl Melton, Myrtle Dockery, Jess Pace Dockery, Ada Lenora (Lena) Carr, Alfie Henrietta McDonald, Nick Tolliver Dockery, William B. (Willie) Dockery, and Robert Benjamin Dockery.
Death Notice in the Dallas Morning News, June 16, 1904, Mortuary Matters, pg 12, col. 5:
B.A. Dockery dies at his home on Preston Road, north of Dallas, aged 49 years.
Benjamin married Adeliza Blackwell on 6 Jul 1878 in Jefferson County, Arkansas they eventually made their home in Dallas, Texas where they raised their ten children. John Thomas Dockery, Anna Barbara Eagle, Kizzie Pearl Melton, Myrtle Dockery, Jess Pace Dockery, Ada Lenora (Lena) Carr, Alfie Henrietta McDonald, Nick Tolliver Dockery, William B. (Willie) Dockery, and Robert Benjamin Dockery.
Death Notice in the Dallas Morning News, June 16, 1904, Mortuary Matters, pg 12, col. 5:
B.A. Dockery dies at his home on Preston Road, north of Dallas, aged 49 years.
Benjamin Alfred Dockery the youngest child of Col. John Dockery and Ann Mask Dockery of Lamartine, Arkansas. Benjamin's parents both died when he was still a child. He worked on the plantation and was raised by his older brother, the famous Brig. General Thomas P. Dockery.
Benjamin married Adeliza Blackwell on 6 Jul 1878 in Jefferson County, Arkansas they eventually made their home in Dallas, Texas where they raised their ten children. John Thomas Dockery, Anna Barbara Eagle, Kizzie Pearl Melton, Myrtle Dockery, Jess Pace Dockery, Ada Lenora (Lena) Carr, Alfie Henrietta McDonald, Nick Tolliver Dockery, William B. (Willie) Dockery, and Robert Benjamin Dockery.
Death Notice in the Dallas Morning News, June 16, 1904, Mortuary Matters, pg 12, col. 5:
B.A. Dockery dies at his home on Preston Road, north of Dallas, aged 49 years.
Benjamin married Adeliza Blackwell on 6 Jul 1878 in Jefferson County, Arkansas they eventually made their home in Dallas, Texas where they raised their ten children. John Thomas Dockery, Anna Barbara Eagle, Kizzie Pearl Melton, Myrtle Dockery, Jess Pace Dockery, Ada Lenora (Lena) Carr, Alfie Henrietta McDonald, Nick Tolliver Dockery, William B. (Willie) Dockery, and Robert Benjamin Dockery.
Death Notice in the Dallas Morning News, June 16, 1904, Mortuary Matters, pg 12, col. 5:
B.A. Dockery dies at his home on Preston Road, north of Dallas, aged 49 years.
Inscription
Erected by the
Woodmen of the World
DUM TACET CLAMAT
(Latin translated: "Though Silent, He Speaks")
B.A. Dockery
Born: Oct 15, 1855
(DOB discrepency: Oct 25,1855)
Died: June 14, 1904
Dearest loved one
We have laid thee
In the peaceful
Grave's embrace
But thy memory
Will be cherished
Till we see thy
Heavenly face
also includes foot marker, inscribed B.A.D.
Gravesite Details
DOB discrepency: Headstone erected in 1904, identifies DOB: 15 Oct 1855, whereas guardianship paper signed by Benjamin Alfred Dockery's brother Thomas P. Dockery in 1865, identifies DOB: 25 Oct 1855.
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