Parents: Adam Barringer & Catherine Stroeuer
Spouses: 1st Joseph Covey married 13 Jan 1802 Montgomery Co., VA 2nd Elijah Parker bet. 1820-30 prob. in Bedford Co., TN.
Stone inscription:
Rosanah wife of Elijah Parker Born March 28, 1785 Died Dec 7, 1875 Aged 90 years, 8 months & 7 days
Photos are of Rosanah's tombstone and gravesite along with a view of the surrounding area from her gravesite. The area between the two trees is where Polly and Joseph Kerby's house once stood.
Mr. Lewis Smith now owns the land the gravesite is on in 2006. The story he was told and which he related to the person taking the photo's was that in Rosanah's later years she lived with her daughter Polly and her husband Joseph Kerby. She loved working in her garden and told them that when she died that was where she wanted to be buried, in her garden.
All photos were courtesy of Vicky Claiser, 3/17/2006, email [email protected]
Parents: Adam Barringer & Catherine Stroeuer
Spouses: 1st Joseph Covey married 13 Jan 1802 Montgomery Co., VA 2nd Elijah Parker bet. 1820-30 prob. in Bedford Co., TN.
Stone inscription:
Rosanah wife of Elijah Parker Born March 28, 1785 Died Dec 7, 1875 Aged 90 years, 8 months & 7 days
Photos are of Rosanah's tombstone and gravesite along with a view of the surrounding area from her gravesite. The area between the two trees is where Polly and Joseph Kerby's house once stood.
Mr. Lewis Smith now owns the land the gravesite is on in 2006. The story he was told and which he related to the person taking the photo's was that in Rosanah's later years she lived with her daughter Polly and her husband Joseph Kerby. She loved working in her garden and told them that when she died that was where she wanted to be buried, in her garden.
All photos were courtesy of Vicky Claiser, 3/17/2006, email [email protected]
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