Twiggs-Early-Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mary Elizabeth Coart Miller Harden Barksdale January 23 1919
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Review and Herald February 27, 1919
Barksdale.--Mary Elizabeth Court Barksdale was born October 13, 1835 in Twiggs 
County, Georgia and died in St. Petersburg, Fla., on January 23, 1919, aged 83 
years, 3 months and 10 days.  She was the daughter of James S. and Elizabeth 
Miller.  She was married to Stephen T. Harden to which union were born two 
children.  After the death of Mr. Harden she was united in marriage with 
Andrew J. Barksdale and to them were born eight children.  She was converted 
to the Lord in 1857, at Damascus, Ga. and joined the Baptist Church the same 
year.  From Early County, Ga. her family removed to Florida in 1876.  Mr. 
Barksdale died December 24, 1887, and then for twenty-five years Sister 
Barksdale lived in St. Petersburg.  She accepted the third angel's message 
under the labors of Elders W. L. Bird and S. G. Haughey, in an effort 
conducted by them in the year 1896, and later (1907) when the church was 
organized, she became a charter member, of which church she remained a member 
till the time of her death.  She lived a consistent Christian life, and was 
loved by all who knew her.  She leaves to mourn their loss one brother, three 
sisters, one son, one daughter, 23 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren.  
She was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery to await the call of the 
Lifegiver.  Services were conducted in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

C. R. Magoon

Additional Comments:
Mary Elizabeth Coart Miller is my great, great grandmother.  I remember my 
grandfather talking about her.  I would like to be in contact with anyone that 
descends from her through her first husband Stephen Thomas Harden and her 
second husband Andrew Jackson Barksdale.

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Dougherty Co. GA Marriages:
Harden, Mary Elizabeth - Barksdale, Andrew J. Dec 26, 1855

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