Stella Strickler Tharp Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the genealogical research done by Stella Strickler Tharp. Stella focused on her maternal and paternal lines as well as her husband’s maternal and paternal lines. These surnames include Botts, Newson, Strickler, and Tharp. Each surname has family history and genealogy research in addition to photographs, ephemera, and vital record information. There is also biographical information complied by the donor as well as a photograph album for the Strickler family.
Dates
- Creation: 1800s-1900s
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Louise Estella “Stella” Strickler was born November 17, 1882 in Linn County, Missouri to Wilson and Mary Newsom Strickler. She married Lloyd Seldon Tharp in Meadville, Missouri on April 29, 1903. Together they had five children; one daughter and four sons. Stella was very involved with genealogy and enjoyed gathering the information to document her and her husband’s families. On June 20, 1958, Stella, her husband Lloyd, and her son Harold were killed in a car accident in Phillipsburg, Kansas. All three were buried in Meadville, Missouri at the Meadville Cemetery.
Full Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Stella Strickler Tharp
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- Nicole Schlagel
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository