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Theresa M Barker Sherod

Birth	:	21 Nov 1850
Death	:	5 Dec 1942
Burial	:	Miller Chapel Cemetery, Mount Zion, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8045000, -91.8905000
Description	:	Mrs. Theresa Sherod Mrs. Linford Sherod died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alva Arnold near Mt. Zion, Iowa, Saturday, December 5, 1942, at 3 p. m. from a cold and old age. Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church, Monday, December 7, at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. R. C. Irvine. Burial in Millers Chapel cemetery. Theresa Barker, youngest child of Joseph and Anna Barker, was born near Mt. Zion, Iowa, November 21, 1850, and died December 5, 1942, aged 92 years, 14 days. She was the last survivor of 15 children. She is survived by two... Read More	Mrs. Theresa Sherod Mrs. Linford Sherod died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alva Arnold near Mt. Zion, Iowa, Saturday, December 5, 1942, at 3 p. m. from a cold and old age. Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church, Monday, December 7, at 2 p. m. conducted by Rev. R. C. Irvine. Burial in Millers Chapel cemetery. Theresa Barker, youngest child of Joseph and Anna Barker, was born near Mt. Zion, Iowa, November 21, 1850, and died December 5, 1942, aged 92 years, 14 days. She was the last survivor of 15 children. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Worthy Arnold and Mrs. Weltha Wolf, both of near Keosauqua, Iowa, several grandchildren and a large number of other relatives. She was familiarly known as "Aunt Thess" to all of her relatives and friends. Mrs. Sherod's grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. It is said that Mrs. Sherod was the last granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier in the state of Iowa. In early life she united with the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church of which she has been a consistent and true member her entire life. Music for the funeral service was furnished by the Williams Bros. quartet, Mrs. Florence Campbell, accompanist. The pallbearers were Kenneth Barker, C. P. Barker, Arnold Barker, Conley Nelson, Earle Murphy and Hugh Barker. From Keosauqua, Iowa, library Obit Book B, pg. 18. Name and date of newspaper are unknown. Mrs. Theresa Sherod, 92, Dies Near Place of Birth Mt. Zion Woman for Several Years Was Iowa's Last Surviving Granddaughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Mrs. Theresa M. Sherod, who for the past several years was the only granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier in Iowa, died at her home near Mt. Zion Saturday afternoon at the age of 92 years. She was born in a log house about a mile and a half east of the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church in 1850 and throughout her long life had never lived outside a five-mile radius of the place where she was born. Although a resident of Van Buren county 92 years, Mrs. Sherod was not the oldest resident of the county nor the oldest person born in the county. She was a member of the Presbyterian church at Mt. Zion 75 years. Mrs. Sherod is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gale Wolf and Mrs. Alva Arnold of Keosauqua, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and between 25 and 30 nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in charge of the pastor, the Rev. H. C. Irvine of Birmingham. The Williams brothers quartet sang with Mrs. Florence Campbell as pianist. Burial was at Millers Chapel cemetery. The bearers were Kenneth Barker, Conley Nelson, C. P. Barker, Earle Murphy, Arnold Barker and Hugh Barker. From the Keosauqua, Iowa, library Obit Book B., pg. 143. Name and date of newspaper are not known. Handwritten entry says Dec. 1942. http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi?read=440440

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Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Barker

(1799 - 1882)

Anna Manchester Barker

(1808 - 1880)

Spouse

Linford V Sherod

(1850 - 1918)

Siblings

Eliza J. Barker Schaeffer

(1828 - 1857)

Mary C Barker Hootman

(1830 - 1917)

William Anderson Barker

(1833 - 1899)

Hannah Barker Sherod

(1835 - 1863)

Isabel “Belle” Barker Calhoun

(1838 - 1925)

Arnold Coles Barker

(1842 - 1923)

Joseph A. Barker

(1843 - 1863)

Catharine “Kate” Barker Bott

(1849 - 1923)

Children

Weltha Theresa Sherod Wolf

(1884 - 1946)

Worthie J. Sherod Arnold

(1890 - 1984)

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