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Submitted: 5/19/23 • Approved: 5/19/23 • Last Updated: 5/22/23 • R1485666-G1485665-S3
October 6, 1840 - May 19, 1932
Wife of George N Barnett
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Friday, May 20, 1932
BARNETT, Martha Clark - Early Settler's Daughter Dies - Mrs. Martha Clark Barnett, 92, Buried Yesterday At Mount Comfort - Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 3:30 for Mrs. Martha Clark Barnett, 92, who died Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.L. Clay of Muskogee.
KNOWN OVER COUNTY
Mrs. Barnett was well known throughout Washington County. She was the daughter of the late Uncle Jonathan Clark, one of the early settlers of Mt. Comfort. She was born October 6, 1840. Mrs. Barnett has been in failing health the past year and has been blind 14 years. She was the mother of five children, of whom three survivors, Jonathan Clark Barnett of Walnut Grove; Mrs. Alice Wilkerson of Edgebert, Wyoming and Mrs. Clay. She is survived by 16 grandchildren, and was an aunt of Hugh Mount of Mt. Comfort and Mark Mount.
MR. FREYSCHLAG OFFICIATES
Rev. Edward Freyschlag of Fayetteville conducted the funeral services. Songs by the choir included, "When They Ring the Golden Bells For Me," and "I Need Thee Every Hour." Pallbearers included Mack Morton, Homer Jackson, George Appleby, Ernest Dowell, John Scott and V.S. Cannon of Muskogee.
*Obituary (Pension)
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
BARNETT, George – Mrs. Martha C. Barnett, widow of George Barnett, who died March 9, 1912, filed Widow Application #13169 for a Confederate widow pension and on August 7, 1916 it was received as allowed by the State, citing her husband’s service with Company B, Arkansas Troops from 1862 thru 1865.
Contributed on 5/19/23 by judyfrog
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