To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Texas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Texas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 10/18/21 • Approved: 10/18/21 • Last Updated: 10/21/21 • R463863-G0-S3
1864-1939
Father
At Rest
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for J.M. Herd, pioneer of this county and resident of Wheeler, were conducted Monday afternoon of last week at the Wheeler Baptist church, following his death Sunday morning.
The deceased had been in ill health the past year and recently suffered a paralytic stroke from which he failed to recover.
Mr. Herd was born Feb. 6, 1864, in Hancock county, Tenn. He was married in 1885 to Miss Sally Rich [sic] and to this union were born three daughters, Mrs. J.M. Anderson, Sweetwater, Okla., Mrs. W.P. Yarbrough, Texola, Okla., and Mrs. S.A. Maxwell, Wheeler.
After the death of his first wife, he was married to Mary Louise Rich [sic] on April 3, 1893. To them were born 11 children, seven of whom are living. They are: Mrs. H.H. Dearman and Mrs. H.O. Harget, Tahoka; E.H., H.H., Miss Bessie and Roy Herd, and Mrs. L.T. Crowder, Wheeler.
Besides his wife and 10 children, he is survived by 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. All the immediate relatives attended the funeral except two grandchildren, Mrs. Pauline Engile and daughter, Tahoka, and Elmer and son of Santa Anna, Calif.
Interment was in the Wheeler cemetery.
(Published in The Shamrock Texas (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, August 28, 1939, Page 1)
-----
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: J M Herd
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1864
Birth Place: Hand Cock, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Texas
Spouse: Mrs J M Herd
Father: Carter Herd
Mother: Sarah Ann Hartley
Age at Death: 75
Death Date: 20 Aug 1939
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Contributed on 10/18/21
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 463863