Although the death certificate lists her parents as James Alexander and Sarah Dorcas I believe she is the daughter of William Taylor Alexander and Mary Shelby. Both Sarah and her husband Isaac B. Mercer appear in William Alexander's will and Isaac is his administrator.
The stone death date is carved incorrectly as 1903.
The following obituary was found by another person in a junk store in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I don't know which newspaper it comes from.
Mrs. Mercer Dies
Well known in Memphis and Bartlett.
Mother of Mrs. J. F. McCallum, Mrs I. B. Mercer and Walter Mercer-Funeral today. Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, an old and respected lady of Bartlett, Tenn, died last night at 9 o'clock at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. John F. Cochran, 79 Fifth Street. Mrs. Mercer was born in Macklenburg County, N.C., in 1829. her maiden name was Alexander, and she came of a prominent North Carolina family. Her grandfather was one signer of the Mecklenburg declaration. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 75 when the end came. Mrs. Mercer had resided in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tenn. since the commencement of the Civil War, and identified herself with Sunday school and church work at the place for a number of years. She was beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. John F. McCallum and Mrs. John F. Cochran, daughters, and I.B. Mercer and Walter Mercer, sons, survive her. The funeral will take place from the residence of Dr. Cochran this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be at Raleigh, Tenn. the family burying ground.
The stone death date is carved incorrectly as 1903.
The following obituary was found by another person in a junk store in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I don't know which newspaper it comes from.
Mrs. Mercer Dies
Well known in Memphis and Bartlett.
Mother of Mrs. J. F. McCallum, Mrs I. B. Mercer and Walter Mercer-Funeral today. Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, an old and respected lady of Bartlett, Tenn, died last night at 9 o'clock at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. John F. Cochran, 79 Fifth Street. Mrs. Mercer was born in Macklenburg County, N.C., in 1829. her maiden name was Alexander, and she came of a prominent North Carolina family. Her grandfather was one signer of the Mecklenburg declaration. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 75 when the end came. Mrs. Mercer had resided in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tenn. since the commencement of the Civil War, and identified herself with Sunday school and church work at the place for a number of years. She was beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. John F. McCallum and Mrs. John F. Cochran, daughters, and I.B. Mercer and Walter Mercer, sons, survive her. The funeral will take place from the residence of Dr. Cochran this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be at Raleigh, Tenn. the family burying ground.
Although the death certificate lists her parents as James Alexander and Sarah Dorcas I believe she is the daughter of William Taylor Alexander and Mary Shelby. Both Sarah and her husband Isaac B. Mercer appear in William Alexander's will and Isaac is his administrator.
The stone death date is carved incorrectly as 1903.
The following obituary was found by another person in a junk store in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I don't know which newspaper it comes from.
Mrs. Mercer Dies
Well known in Memphis and Bartlett.
Mother of Mrs. J. F. McCallum, Mrs I. B. Mercer and Walter Mercer-Funeral today. Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, an old and respected lady of Bartlett, Tenn, died last night at 9 o'clock at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. John F. Cochran, 79 Fifth Street. Mrs. Mercer was born in Macklenburg County, N.C., in 1829. her maiden name was Alexander, and she came of a prominent North Carolina family. Her grandfather was one signer of the Mecklenburg declaration. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 75 when the end came. Mrs. Mercer had resided in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tenn. since the commencement of the Civil War, and identified herself with Sunday school and church work at the place for a number of years. She was beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. John F. McCallum and Mrs. John F. Cochran, daughters, and I.B. Mercer and Walter Mercer, sons, survive her. The funeral will take place from the residence of Dr. Cochran this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be at Raleigh, Tenn. the family burying ground.
The stone death date is carved incorrectly as 1903.
The following obituary was found by another person in a junk store in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. I don't know which newspaper it comes from.
Mrs. Mercer Dies
Well known in Memphis and Bartlett.
Mother of Mrs. J. F. McCallum, Mrs I. B. Mercer and Walter Mercer-Funeral today. Mrs. Sarah D. Mercer, an old and respected lady of Bartlett, Tenn, died last night at 9 o'clock at the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. John F. Cochran, 79 Fifth Street. Mrs. Mercer was born in Macklenburg County, N.C., in 1829. her maiden name was Alexander, and she came of a prominent North Carolina family. Her grandfather was one signer of the Mecklenburg declaration. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 75 when the end came. Mrs. Mercer had resided in Bartlett, Shelby County, Tenn. since the commencement of the Civil War, and identified herself with Sunday school and church work at the place for a number of years. She was beloved by all who knew her. Mrs. John F. McCallum and Mrs. John F. Cochran, daughters, and I.B. Mercer and Walter Mercer, sons, survive her. The funeral will take place from the residence of Dr. Cochran this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment will be at Raleigh, Tenn. the family burying ground.
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