Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia
Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina
Gen 3Robert Berry Jr. × Mary Waggoner — Orange County, NC → Fayette County, AL
Gen 4George Berry × Susanna Aldridge — Orange County, NC → Fayette County, AL → Texas
Gen 5John Berry × Mary Howell — Orange County, NC → Fayette County, AL → Rusk County, TX

Generation 5 John Berry

Born
1815, Orange or Person County, North Carolina
Died
c. 1862, Rusk County, Texas
Married
Mary Howell (married c. 1838, Fayette County, Alabama)
Parents
George Berry and Susanna Aldridge Berry
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John Berry was born in Orange or Person County, North Carolina in 1815. We are positive that he is a descendant of Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry because one of his descendant’s Y-DNA matches the Y-DNA of 13 other known Orange County Berrys. He was first discovered living in Rusk County Texas in the 1860 census but later we found him living in Fayette County, Alabama in 1840. John met and married his wife, Mary Howell in Fayette County, Alabama. They had four children born in Alabama, two daughters and two sons. We have a lot of information on the oldest daughter Sarah Berry but have not located the second daughter. The rest of their children were born in Texas. We have never found an 1850 Census for John and Mary Howell Berry.

Children of John and Mary Howell Berry

  1. 1. J.H. Berry
    Gen 6
  2. 2. Sarah Berry
    Gen 6
    Married Hiram Howard and 4 others.
  3. 3. Sanford C. Berry
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  4. 4. Thomas Berry
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  5. 5. James Berry
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    Married Nancy Orleans "Orlena" Lee.
  6. 6. Amanda F. Berry
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    Married John Bascom Taylor 1865.
  7. 7. Robert W. Berry
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  8. 8. Alexander Howard Berry
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    Married Josephine Priscilla Gregory 1877.
  9. 9. Louisa J. Berry
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  10. 10. Eliza Berry
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  11. 11. Emma Berry
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  12. 12. Francis Marion Berry
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    Married Fannie Lilly Hudspeth 1890.

Census Information

John Berry listed in Fayette County Alabama and Rusk County Texas Census. No Census record has been found for the John Berry family in 1850.

  • John Berry was listed on his Father’s 1830 Fayette County Alabama Census.
  • John Berry listed in the 1840 Fayette County Alabama Census.
  • John Berry listed in the 1860 Rusk County Texas Census.
  • John Berry’s Widow Mary Howell Berry listed in the 1870 Rusk County Texas Census.
  • Mary Howell Berry’s Son Alexander Berry was living a few farms away from her in the 1880 Clay County Texas Census.
  • Mary Howell Berry’s Daughter Amanda F. Berry Taylor and her husband John Bascom Taylor were living on the next farm to her in the 1880 Clay County Texas Census.
  • Mary Howell Berry was living with her son Frank in the 1880 Clay County Texas Census.

John Berry was born in Orange County North Carolina and died in Texas.

December 11, 2007