Samuel Topping (1867-1954)

DILLE, IRVINE, SHEROD, TOPPING

Posted By: Volunteer Paul French
Date: 7/26/2006 at 14:48:56

Samuel Foster Topping, 86, died Nov. 14 in Jefferson county hospital, Fairfield. A native of the Winchester vicinity, Topping was a life resident of Union township, Van Buren county. He was born Dec. 18, 1867, the son of John W. and Margaret Topping, and was the last surviving member of a family of six brothers and three sisters.

On April 2, 1896, Topping was married to Rosena Elizabeth Sherod, who died in 1950. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Surviving are two sons and two daughters: Clem Topping, Stockport, and John and Mildred Topping and Mrs. Gertrude Dille, all of Birmingham; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A daughter, Ella Marie, died at the age of three years, and another daughter, Bessie, died in infancy.

Services were held at the Birmingham Presbyterian church at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday, the Rev. Howard C. Irvine officiating. Burial was in the Winchester cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

To those who expressed their sympathy in so many beautiful and practical ways during our recent bereavement, we extend our heartfelt thanks.

The Sam Topping Family

Source: undated newspaper clipping with no source cited contained in “Family History” of the Barker, Sherod, and Forbes families and descendants compiled by Bernadine Forbes Clark, December 1980.