Lenox Time Table
Lenox, Iowa
Thursday, September 3, 1936

Carrie Adelia Barton was born near Rio, Knox county, Illinois, Jan. 23, 1864, and died Aug. 18, 1936, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. O. Atkin of Villisca, Iowa.

She moved with her parents to Taylor county, Iowa, in 1869, and has lived most of her life in the vicinity of Gravity, Lenox and Clearfield.

She was married to Joseph S. Kerns January 22, 1885. To them eleven children were born, nine of whom survive.

Four sons, Walter P. of Creston; Roy S. of Sharpsburg; Guy C. of Clarinda; and Harold of Clearfield; five daughters, Mrs. J. R, King of Plymouth, Nebr.; Mrs. W. O. Atkin of Villisca ;Mrs. Ernest Hober of Sharpsburg; Mrs. E. D. Grace of Clarinda, and Mrs. C. E. Oneal of Prescott, are surviving children.

She also leaves four brothers C. W. Barton of Gravity, Frank M. of White Sulphur Springs, Mont., Charles C. and Guy M. of Stockston, Mo., two sisters, Viola M. Watt of Villisca, and Etta Hyder of Ellendale, Wash.

Two sons and her husband have preceded her in death, Harry J. died in infancy, Fred Leon in 1925, and Mr. Kerns Nov. 26, 1932.

Mrs. Kerns became a member of the Methodist church when but a child and remained a faithful member to the end. A number of relatives and a host of friends feel keenly the loss of this wonderful mother and good neighbor.

Services were held from the Gravity Methodist church on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 1:30 p. m., conducted by the Rex. Nixon. Interment was made in the Clearfield cemetery.

Transcription by Lorelei Rusco, January of 2012

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