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Surrelda Yeary Markrum

7 Feb 1849 – 29 May 1937

Birth7 Feb 1849
Death29 May 1937
CemeteryMesquite Cemetery
Mesquite , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added byFrank Everett on 03 Nov 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18216066

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Thanks to member#47010546 for finding and sharing the following profile. In 1866 Henry married Surrelda Jane Yeary of Lee County, Virginia. She was born February 7, 1849. It is recorded that at the age of 12 she carried food and necessities to Confederate troops quartered near her home in Lee County. After moving to what is now the Mesquite area Henry and Surrelda had nine children. Both were active in the pioneer days of Mesquite. Surrelda was an early member of the First Methodist Church in Mesquite and seldom missed services, often walking the three miles when roads were otherwise impassible by horse or vehicle. She also was one of the leading women to form The Woman's Missionary Society in 1882 along with Mmes. Abbie Frost, Mattie Grace, Anna Vanston and J. C. Simmons. She was a kind and considerate woman who often rode horseback alone many miles to the mill to have corn ground into meal for the three families living near her home. On May 29, 1937, Surrelda Jane went to her glory and to meet again with her husband of 70 years. At the time of their deaths they left 94 living descendants. They were laid to rest in Mesquite Cemetery under a home¬made grave marker, simply incised "Markrum". On October 13, 1985, in the determination of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox and the help of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Waco Chapter #2381, a new bronze marker was procured from the Veterans Administration recognizing and listing Henry's Confederate Regiment with dates of birth and death. Mr. and Mrs. Cox also provided a new bronze marker and granite base for Surrelda Markrum. The new markers were dedicated in the presence of descendants, Mesquite Masonic Lodge #928, A. F. & A. M., and representatives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans - Texas Division http://www.dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=545

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