Sarah Victoria Nelson

Sarah Victoria Nelson

• Father: Nathaniel Holly Nelson
• Mother: Eliza Dupriest

• Sarah Victoria Nelson was born on 30 June 1853 in Alabama.
• She married Howard Welcome Barrett, son of James Howard Barrett and Elizabeth W. Parks, on 15 January 1871 in White County, Arkansas.
• Sarah Victoria Nelson became a widow at the 11 August 1907 death of her husband Howard Welcome Barrett.
• Sarah Victoria Nelson died on 10 April 1925 at age 71 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas, . Informant was W. A. Barrett, Cooper.
• She was interred at Old Klondike Cemetery, Klondike, Delta County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 15 April 1925 in the Delta Courier: Mrs. Sarah V. Barrett passed away at the home of her son, H. F. Barrett in the Stewart addition last Saturday morning at an early hour. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church Sunday at 4 PM, conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. S. Dabney, after which the remains were laid to rest in Klondike Cemetery, by the side of her husband, who passed on 28 [sic] years ago. Deceased was born in Georgia [sic] June 30, 1853. She was married to H. W. Barrett in Arkansas in 1870. [sic] They moved to Fannin County in 1886 and after 8 years moved to Delta County and settled on a farm 3 miles north of Klondike. Her husband died in 1897 [sic]and a few years later she moved to Cooper with her family and purchased a home in the Stewart addition. Mrs. Barrett was a good woman, loved and respected by all who knew her. She is survived by seven children as follows: W. A. Barrett, Mrs. J. R. Wright, Mrs. Max Huffman, H. F. Barrett and Miss Debbie Barrett, all of Cooper and Mrs. E. M. Black of Race Track and L. L. Barrett of Cedar Creek.

• Last Edited: 11 Sep 2014