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Tueria Dell Marshall

Dallas, Dallas County

Marker Text

(1883-1960) 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

Marker Details

Address 2900 Hatcher Street
Location Description L. Butler Nelson Cemetery
Marker # 15255
Dedicated 2005
Size, Type grave marker
Code educational topics; African American topics
Latitude, Longitude 32.755935, -96.748229

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