South Dallas in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Tueria Dell Marshall
(1883-1960)
Photographed by Kayla Harper, September 11, 2020
1. Tueria Dell Marshall Marker
A native of Texas, Tueria Dell Marshall attended Wiley College and Prairie View Normal. He became a teacher in Dallas and worked at several schools before being named principal of Lincoln, the city's second high school for African American students, in 1939. He served in that capacity until retirement in 1955. In addition to education work, T.D. Marshall co-founded the Dallas Star Post, a weekly newspaper, and organized Wiley College Extension School. He died in 1960 and was buried in this cemetery, near his beloved Lincoln High, but the exact location of his grave is now unknown.
Recorded – 2005
Erected 2005 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15255.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Hispanic Americans.
Location. 32° 45.437′ N, 96° 45.054′ W. Marker is in Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in South Dallas. It can be reached from Elsie Faye Heggins Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2900 Hatcher Street, Dallas
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Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: L. Butler Nelson Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Lincoln High School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oakland Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); John C. McCoy (approx. half a mile away); Richard M. Gano, CSA (approx. half a mile away); Salem Institutional Baptist Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dr. Edgar Ewell Ward (approx. 0.9 miles away); Juanita Craft House (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dallas.
Also see . . . Tueria Dell Marshall. (Submitted on September 13, 2020.)
Photographed by Kayla Harper, September 11, 2020
2. Tueria Dell Marshall Marker
Photographed by Kayla Harper, September 11, 2020
3. Tueria Dell Marshall Marker
4. Tueria Dell Marshall
Photographed by Kayla Harper, September 11, 2020
5. L. Butler Nelson Cemetery entrance
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 12, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
