Thomas Young Berry, son of Wiley P. Berry Sr.#

Ancestors:

• Gen 1 — Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry
• Gen 2 — William and Hannah Cate Berry
• Gen 3 — Thomas Person and Sarah Lunsford Berry
• Gen 4 — John Robert and Elizabeth Bowling Berry
• Gen 5 — Wiley P. and Ida Ann Wilson Berry

Thomas Young Berry was born on May 11, 1903 and died on June 8, 1925. Thomas was the third child of Wiley P. and Ida Ann Wilson Berry. He was five years older than Sally Malena and apparently would spend time with her on a social level. Malena was always very fond of him.

Thomas was very popular with the young ladies and dated quite a few of them. One particular young lady managed to catch his fancy more than the others, as it so often happens. Hattie Davis and Thomas had decided to get married and had set the date for June 30, 1925.

Thomas contracted typhoid fever in the spring of 1925. The family thinks he drank water from a stump hole that was contaminated. Thomas Young Berry died 22 days before he was to be married, on June 8, 1925.

The picture on the right is Thomas Y. Berry in school at Meridith School.

Children: Thomas had no children and was never married.

Census Information#

Thomas Young Berry was listed on his father’s 1910 and 1920 census only.