| 1911 Extracts from Barry County, MO, Newspapers An interlibrary loan of microfilm from the State Historical Society of MO was the source of the below given data. Extracts from Barry County, MO, Newspapers Extracted by: Donna Cooper, Coordinator |
November 9, 1911, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO
On Death's Roll:
Mrs. J. N. Barr of Exeter died Saturday Nov 4, following an illness of only one day. She was taken suddenly ill Friday with hemorrhage of the brain and lived an about twenty-four hours. Her sudden death came as a great surprise to the members of her family and to her neighbors and friends. Mrs. Barr was born in Iowa in 1858. She had lived in this county for many years. The family has lived at Exeter ever since the town started in 1881. She leaves a husband, J. N. Barr, and five children. The children are Robert Barr, Mrs. Pat Bayless, Mrs. Chas Bates, Mrs. Horace Packwood and Glenn Barr. Glenn is still at Home. Mrs. Barr was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Exeter as long as that church had an organization at Exeter. She was an excellent Christian lady and her sudden death brings grief to the entire community in which she lived. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Exeter Sunday afternoon and her body laid to rest in the Maple Wood cemetery. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. C. M. Smith. Geo. W. Marbut Dead:
George Washington Marbut, one of this county's pioneer citizens passed away at his home near Bethel Church in the north part of the county, Friday, Nov 3, at the advanced age of 79 years, from broken health and general debility. He had lived in this county since the early forties, having moved where when only a small boy with his parents who came from Tennessee. His father Phillip Marbut was one of the early settlers of the county and started what has for years been known as the Marbut settlement little Flat Creek northwest of McDowell. There was a large family but there are now since the death of G. W. Marbut only two of the children living, they are A. J. Marbut and Mrs. Clemens. G. W. Marbut was married in 1851. His wife's maiden name was Fly which was also one of the oldest families to settle in this county. She is still living and is 81 years old. To them were born ten children. Seven are still living and all but one, E. A. Marbut, live in the immediate vicinity of their parents. The children living are in order of their ages. E. A. Marbut, J. W, Geo. D. and Ira M. Marbut, Marinea J. Morlin, M. Davis and M. J. Inmon. In the death of G. W. Marbut the county loses a good citizen and another one of its oldest settlers who have been passing away rapidly during the past few years. Those remaining who here here as far back as 1840 are very few. The funeral was held Saturday and his body buried at the Bethel Cemetery. |
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