| Located on the old Sharrock homeplace 6 miles south of Kaufman on the
east side of FM1388. The burial site is 500 yards off the road &
only accessible on foot through locked gates.
ENUMERATION:
2 Graves marked with a single large boulder:
James Buchanan Sharrock
Aug 4, 1856 - Jan 3 1942
Susan Margaret "Mollie" Dancer Sharrock
Sept 24, 1864 - Mar 28, 1945
**This info per Mr. J. Finell, who owns the place & knew the Sharrock
family
Note from the Coordinator: His death certificate says he was born in Hawkin (probably should be Hocking) Co., OH, on Aug. 4, 1856, son of John Watson SHARROCK; died in Scurry, Kaufman Co., TX on 3 Jan. 1942 and was buried on the Sharrock Farm. Susan Margaret Sharrock's death certificate gives her father's name as Samuel Dancer born in TN.
Grave marked with chiseled gray marble tombstone & footstone:
Sept 24, 1890 - Jan 23, 1934
Myrtle Priscilla Sharrock Barton
**This stone was placed here by the local Girl Scout troop who used
the place as a summer camp ground in the 1950's & 1960's - per J. Finnell
At one time it had a bronze plaque attached, but it has been stolen
from the site
Note from Coordinator: Her death certificates gives her birthplace as TX, her parents as J. B. Sharrock born in OH and Susan M. Dancer born in TN and her husband as Jake Barton.
Grave marked with a granite tombstone:
Berry Buchanan Sharrock
Dec 25, 1893 - Jan 17, 1984
**This stone was bought & placed on this grave by John Finnell, who knew Berry most of his life & hunted with him for over 70 years. Berry Sharrock was known all over the US for raising fine hunting dogs so Mr. Finnell had the stone engraved with the picture of a hound.
Enumerated July 18, 1999 by John Finnell & Kathey K Hunt
**Sharrock Family History
Berry's great-grandfather, James Sharrock, was a Methodist Minister
& a Revolutionary War soldier from New York, who moved to Ohio circa
1790. His son John Watson Sharrock & wife, Priscilla Ballard
had a family and moved to Madison Co., MO. Three of their sons, George Washington (married Sarah Elliott KNOWLES and Nancy "Dollie" (HIGH) BALLARD),
Francis Marion (married Parmelia Cornelia KNOWLES and Narcissa Jane (BECK) DENNINGTON -- they were divorced) & James Buchanan came to Kaufman Co TX in 1876. The house that James Buchanan Sharrock built his family in 1888 - the house Berry Sharrock was born in - is still standing on his old homestead. (1999).
It is pictured below.
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