"Mount Zion.
A rural school along State Highway 1, on the east side of the northeast quarter of section 7 of Van Buren Twp., over a half mile north of the town of Mount Zion and about a quarter of a mile south of the rural Presbyterian Church also known as Mount Zion. The name of the school is for the nearby town."

Source:
Fitzpatrick, T. J. "The Place-Names of Van Buren County, Iowa." The Annals of Iowa 18 ‏(1931)‏,
87-116.
Available at: ­http­://­ir­.­uiowa­.­edu­/­annals­-­of­-­iowa­/­vol18­/­iss2­/­4­

James died of senile dementia and colonic ulcer.

JAMES C. BARKER Obituary:
James C. Barker, the son of John and Elizabeth Cellars Barker, was born near Mt. Zion, Iowa, July 12, 1844. His father died when he was three months of age. He was married to Jane Agnew May 7, 1873, she proceeding him in in death 21 years. To this union were born seven children who, survive, viz: Mrs. W. C. Winslow, Keosauqua; Robert J. Barker, Keosauqua; Mary Loofbourrow, Pomona, Cal.; J.W. Barker, Mt. Zion; Joe M. Barker, Mesa, Arizona; Mrs. Grace Nelson, and Arthur D. of Mt. Zion. There are 31 grandchildren and 9 great grand children.

He lived his entire life on the farm where he was born, except the last three months, when he moved to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Winslow, where he died March 15, 1924.

He united with the Presbyterian church at Mt. Zion, Iowa, when a young man, and continued his membership with this church his entire life. He was of a reserved and quiet disposition; faithful in his home duties and to his family. It might truly be said of him, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter - into the joys of thy Lord."

Funeral services were held Tuesday the 18th at the Mt. Zion Presbyterian church.