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Franklin Pierce Berry

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3Joshua Berry × Nancy Ellison — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 4Lewis Berry × Sally Toler — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 5Ira Berry × Nancy Wynn — NC and Kentucky

Gen 6Franklin Pierce Berry × Sophia Sellers — Kentucky → Illinois

Generation 6 Franklin Pierce Berry

Born: July 12, 1854, Uniontown, Kentucky
Died: January 1, 1909, Williamson County, Illinois
Married: Sophia M. Sellers (married February 6, 1878, died 1912)
Parents: Ira Berry and Nancy Wynn Berry, Kentucky

The Story of Franklin Pierce Berry#

Franklin Pierce Berry was born on July 12th, 1854 in Uniontown Kentucky and died on January 1st, 1909 in Williamson Co., Illinois. On February 6th, 1878 Franklin P. Berry married Sophia M. Sellers in Evansville, Indiana. Sophie was the daughter of Orman Sellers and Louisa Ashby. She was born on April 6th, 1860 in Anton, Kentucky, and died in 1912.

James David Berry

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3Thomas Berry × Sarah Cate — Orange County, NC → Tennessee

Gen 4David Berry × Elizabeth Shipman — Tennessee

Gen 5Isaac Berry × Amanda Josephine Blackwood — Wayne County, Tennessee

Gen 6James David Berry × Millissa Harlow — Wayne County, Tennessee

Generation 6 James David Berry

Born: September 15, 1865, Wayne County, Tennessee
Died: May 30, 1930, Wayne County, Tennessee
Married: Millissa Harlow (married c. 1888, died November 6, 1914)
Parents: Isaac Berry and Amanda Josephine Blackwood Berry, Wayne County, Tennessee

The Story of James David Berry#

Jim Dave Berry was born in Wayne County Tennessee on the 15th Day of September 1865 He was the first child of Isaac and Amanda Josephine Blackwood Berry. The picture at the top of this page is Jim Dave Berry’s house. The people in the picture in front of Jim Dave’s house are from left to right are: Farm Hand: Robert Benson, Ode Berry, Ernest John Berry, Thelma Berry, Emma Lee Stutts Berry, Obie Berry, Jim Dave Berry, and Cove Berry.

John Robert Berry

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John Robert Berry

Generation 5 John Robert Berry

Born: September 25, 1842, Orange County, North Carolina
Died: October 10, 1917, Orange County, North Carolina
Married: Elizabeth Frances Bowling — married November 30, 1865
Parents: Thomas Person Berry and Sarah Lunsford, Orange County, NC

Direct Berry Line

Robert and Mary Williamson Berry — Princess Anne County, Virginia
Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry — Orange County, North Carolina
William Berry and Hannah Cate — Orange County, NC
Thomas Person Berry and Sarah Lunsford — Orange County, NC
John Robert Berry and Elizabeth Frances Bowling — Orange County, NC

Early Life#

John Robert Berry was born on September 25, 1842, in Orange County, North Carolina. He was the third son of Thomas Person and Sarah Lunsford Berry. There is not a lot known about the period between Thomas Person Berry and Sarah Lunsford’s marriage on September 28, 1831, and the birth of their first son in 1836.

Mary Leona Berry

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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 — NC and Fayette County, Alabama

Gen 4David Middleton Berry × Didama Box — Fayette County, Alabama

Gen 5Alfred W. Berry × Nancy Crowley — Fayette County, Alabama

Gen 6Mary Leona Berry × Monroe C. Berry — Alabama

Generation 6 Mary Leona Berry

Born: c. 1868, Alabama
Died: April 5, 1949, Jefferson, Alabama
Married: Monroe C. Berry (married November 5, 1889, died 1942)
Parents: Alfred W. Berry and Nancy Crowley Berry, Alabama

The Story of Mary Leona Berry#

Mary Leona Berry

Monroe C. Berry

Mary Leona Berry was born about 1868 in Alabama and she died on Tuesday April 5, 1949 in Jefferson, Alabama. Mary Leona married Monroe C. Berry on November 5th, 1889. Yes this is a Berry who married a Berry. Monroe was born about 1866 in Alabama and died in 1942 in Jefferson, Alabama.

Wiley P. Berry

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3William Berry × Hannah Cate — Orange County, NC → Tennessee

Gen 4Thomas Person Berry × Sarah Lunsford — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 5John Robert Berry × Elizabeth Bowling — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 6Wiley P. Berry × Ida Ann Wilson — Orange County, North Carolina

Generation 6 Wiley P. Berry

Born: September 8, 1869, Orange County, North Carolina
Died: May 12, 1965, Orange County, North Carolina
Married: Ida Ann Wilson — married June 2, 1895
Parents: John Robert Berry and Elizabeth Frances Bowling, Orange County, NC

The Story of Wiley P. Berry#

The Berry family home, built by Wiley P. Berry on 100 acres given to him by his father John Robert Berry

Chapter 15: John Robert Berry 1842–1917

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← Chapter 14: Thomas Person Berry | Table of Contents | Chapter 16: Wiley P. Berry →

Chapter 15#

John Robert Berry 1842–1917#

John Robert Berry was born on September 25th, 1842, and was the third son of Thomas Person and Sarah Lunsford Berry. He is also my great-grandfather. He fought in the Civil War and was wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor. After the war, he returned to Orange County, North Carolina, and married Elizabeth Frances Bowling on November 30th, 1865.

Alexander Howard Berry Tx

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Alexander Howard Berry, son of John Berry and Mary Howell Berry#

Ancestors:#

Generation Robert and Mary Williamson Berry
Generation Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry
Generation Robert Jr and Mary Camp Berry
Generation George and Susan Berry
Generation John and Mary Howell Berry

Alexander Howard Berry was born on August 24th 1854 in New Danville, Rusk County Texas.

Amanda Emiline Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everitt Berry — Georgia

Gen 5Isaac Martin Berry × Mary Ellen Anderson — Georgia

Generation 6 Amanda Emiline Berry

Born: September 22, 1856, Georgia
Died: May 14, 1925
Parents: Isaac Martin Berry and Mary Ellen Anderson Berry

RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS COUSIN

Basil Manley Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everitt — Milton County, Georgia

Gen 5Basil Manley Berry × Mary Elizabeth Watson — Milton County, Georgia

Generation 5 Basil Manley Berry

Born: June 19, 1856, Milton County, Georgia
Died: October 1, 1914, Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia
Married: Mary Elizabeth Watson (married 1878; born June 24, 1855; died September 13, 1941)
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Everitt Berry

The Story of Basil Manley Berry#

Basil Manley Berry born June 19th, 1856 in Milton County, Georgia. In 1878 at the age of 20 he married Mary Elizabeth Watson born June 24, 1855, daughter of William L. Watson and Elizabeth A. ? Watson. Basil Manley Berry died Oct 1, 1914 in Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia and Mary Elizabeth Berry died Sept 13, 1941 in Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia. They are buried at Willeo Cemetery in Cobb County, Georgia.

Cora Dena Berry NC

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3William Berry × Hannah Cate — Orange County, NC

Gen 4Thomas Person Berry × Sarah Lunsford — Orange County, NC

Gen 5John Robert Berry × Elizabeth Francis Bowling — Orange County, NC

Gen 6Cora Dena Berry × Asahel Frank Breeze — Orange County, NC

Generation 6 Cora Dena Berry

Born: January 14, 1868, Orange County, North Carolina
Died: September 18, 1947, Orange County, North Carolina
Married: Asahel Frank Breeze (married June 26, 1889)
Parents: John Robert Berry and Elizabeth Frances Bowling, Orange County, NC

The Story of Cora Dena Berry#

Cora Dena Berry

On June 26th 1889 she married Asahel Frank Breeze. This Couple lived in Orange County, North Carolina and had nine children.

Emanuel Patton Berry

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Ancestors:

Generation Robert and Mary Williamson Berry, Princess Anne County, Virginia.
Generation Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry, Orange County, North Carolina.
Generation David J. and Mary Blalock Berry, Orange County, North Carolina, and Georgia
Generation Robert and Elizabeth Everett Berry, Georgia.

GEN 5 Emanuel Patton and Clara Susan Worsham Berry

Family Homes

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These photographs preserve the homes and gathering places of the Berry family across multiple states and generations. Some of these structures still stand today; others survive only in these images. If you recognize a home or have additional photos, we’d love to hear from you.

Francis Marion Berry

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia
Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina
Gen 3 Robert Berry Jr. × Mary Waggoner — North Carolina & Fayette County, Alabama
Gen 4 George Berry × Susanna Aldridge — North Carolina & Fayette County, Alabama
Gen 5 John Berry × Mary Howell — Fayette County, Alabama & Rusk County, Texas
Gen 6 Francis Marion Berry × Fannie Lillie Hudspeth John Berry was born in Person County North Carolina in 1815. his parents were George and Susan Aldridge. They were married after George Berry completed his tour of duty in the war of 1812 John Berry was about five years old when he left North Carolina with his father George, and mother Susanna Berry, his grandfather Robert Berry Jr.and his Grandmother Mary Waggoner Berry.

Congress made public lands available in Tuscaloosa Alabama on April 24 1820. Robert Berry Jr. listed in the 1810 Person County Census but it appears he and his family left North Carolina before the 1820 census was taken in Person County

Harrison Berry Iowa

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Harrison Berry, Son Of Lewis And Elizabeth Haywood Berry#

Ancestors#

Generation Robert and Mary Williamson Berry: Princess Anne County, Virginia.
Generation Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry: Orange County, North Carolina.
Generation Joshua and Nancy Ellison Berry: Orange County, North Carolina.
Generation Joshua Berry Jr. and Anna Thorpe Berry: Ohio
Generation Lewis and Elizabeth Haywood Berry: Indiana and Kansas

Harrison Berry was born 31 May 1854 in Benton County, Iowa to Lewis and Eliza (Hayward) Berry. He was named after his uncle Harrison Berry, the son of Joshua and Anna (Thorpe) Berry, the brother of his father Lewis. He was the second child born to Lewis and Eliza, who were united in marriage on 18 March 1851 in Boone County, Indiana. Lewis and Eliza, along with Lewis’s parents Joshua and Anna (Thorpe) Berry and Eliza’s father [Abijah Hayward] had moved from Indiana to Iowa prior to the birth of Harrison. They all engaged in farming in the Benton and Linn County, Iowa area.

Horace Prather Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everitt — Milton County, Georgia

Gen 5Robert Riley Berry × Martha Stark — Milton County, GA → Cullman County, AL

Gen 6Horace Prather Berry × Mary Florence Johnson — Cullman County, Alabama

Generation 6 Horace Prather Berry

Born: 1870
Died: 1957
Married: Mary Florence Johnson
Parents: Robert Riley and Martha 'Mattie' Stark Berry

The Story of Horace Prather Berry#

Horace Prather Berry’s Brothers and Sisters#

Gen 6 William Riley Berry died 1873
Gen 6 Robert Clark Berry
Gen 6 Sarah Francis Leola Berry
Gen 6 Emma Ailene Berry 1878-19??
Gen 6 Jason Miles Berry died 1880
Gen 6 Enoch Meril Berry 1881 - 1961
Gen 6 Mary Elizabeth Berry 1886 - 1887

Horace Prather Berry 1870-1957#

Horace Prather and Mary Florence Berry

James Emory Taylor (TX)

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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 × Susan Berry — Fayette County, AL

Gen 5John Berry × Mary Howell — Rusk County, TX

Gen 6Sarah Berry × Robert A. Taylor (3rd Husband) — Galveston, TX

Gen 7James Emory Taylor × Elizabeth Maculine — Rusk County, TX → Galveston, TX

Generation 7 James Emory Taylor

Born: c. 1866, Rusk County, Texas
Married: Elizabeth Maculine (b. May 1872; d. 1954)
Parents: Sarah Berry and Robert A. Taylor

James Emory Taylor

was born about 1866 in Rusk County Texas. On the left is a picture of James Emory Taylor’s mother Sarah Berry Taylor. James Emory Taylor married Elizabeth Maculine who was born in May 1872 and died in 1954. They had six children who would all be the seventh generation from Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry from Orange County North Carolina. The James E. Taylor Family lived in Galveston Texas.

James P. Berry NC

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3William Berry × Hannah Cate — Orange County, NC

Gen 4Thomas Person Berry × Sarah Lunsford — Orange County, NC

Gen 5James P. Berry × Artillia Wedding — Orange County, NC

Generation 5 James P. Berry

Born: 1845, Orange County, North Carolina
Died: February 15, 1912, Orange County, North Carolina
Married: Artillia Wedding (married September 11, 1871)
Parents: Thomas Person Berry and Sarah Lunsford, Orange County, NC

The Story of James P. Berry#

James P. Berry was born in 1845 in Orange County, North Carolina. On September 11 1871 James P. Berry married Artillia Wedding who was born about 1851. Artillia is the daughter of Joseph and Louisa Burton Wedding. In the 1850 Census Joseph Wedding listed house # 1736 and

James P. Berry age 8 was living with his father in the house listing # 1747. James and Artillia Berry had six children. Two of them died young.

James Thomas Wilson NC

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James Thomas Wilson, father-in-law of Pattie Swiney Berry#

JAMES THOMAS WILSON was born in January 1857 in North Carolina. He died in 1929 and is buried at Little River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Little River Township, Orange County, NC.

Jesse Lee Berry

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Jesse Lee Berry, son of Robert and Elizabeth Everett Berry#

Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia
Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina
Gen 3 David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia
Gen 4 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everett — North Carolina & Georgia

JESSE LEE BERRY was born on December 2, 1852 in Roswell, Cobb County Georgia. Jesse Lee married Nancy Ann Henry who was born December 30 1857 in Ellenwood, Clayton Co., Georgia. They were married December 16 1874 in Clayton County Georgia. Nancy was the daughter of Edward Zachary “Zack” Henry and Mary Ann Mitchell. Zack’s Father was Jesse G. Henry and Nancy Hammock. Mary Ann’s father was Thomas Mitchell, son of Hinchey Mitchell and Elizabeth Ruff (daughter of William Ruff and Rebecca). In the picture of Jesse Lee on the right there seems to be a faded date of July 1875 written on the picture. He would have been 22 Yrs 7 Months old.

John Allmon Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everitt — Milton County, Georgia

Gen 5John Allmon Berry × Sarah Elizabeth Stark — Milton County, Georgia

Generation 5 John Allmon Berry

Born: July 16, 1843, Fayette County, Georgia
Died: Unknown
Married: Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) Stark
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Everitt Berry

The Story of John Allmon Berry#

John Allmon Berry born July 16th, 1843 in Fayette County, Georgia. He married Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) Starke. They had seven children.

John Martin Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Robert Berry × Elizabeth Everitt — Milton County, Georgia

Gen 5Isaac Martin Berry × Mary Ellen Anderson — Georgia

Gen 6John Martin Berry — Georgia

Generation 6 John Martin Berry

Born: July 6, 1864, Georgia
Died: July 9, 1937
Parents: Isaac Martin and Mary Ellen Anderson Berry

The Story of John Martin Berry#

John Martin Berry born July 6th, 1864 in Georgia and died on July 9th, 1937.

Joshua Berry Jr. Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Joshua Berry × Elizabeth J. Cates — North Carolina → Georgia

Gen 5Joshua Berry Jr. × Tommie — Clayton County, Georgia

Generation 5 Joshua Berry Jr.

Born: c. 1867, Georgia
Died: 1921, Clayton County, Georgia (train accident)
Married: Tommie (determined from 1920 census)
Parents: Joshua and Elizabeth J. Cates Berry

Book Chapter: Read more about the Joshua Berry family in Chapter 10: David J. Berry from Our Berrys in Frontier America

Martha M. Lockley

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3William Berry × Hannah Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 4William Clarence Berry × Massa Ann Tompkins — Orange County, NC → Fayette County, AL → Burnet County, TX

Gen 5Martha Minerva Berry × Lockley — Alabama and Texas

Generation 5 Martha Minerva Berry Lockley

Born: April 29, 1851, Fayette County, Alabama
Died: July 3, 1922, San Saba County, Texas
Married: Lockley
Parents: William Clarence Berry and Massa Ann Tompkins, Fayette County, AL

Martha Minerva Berry Lockley#

Martha Minerva Berry was born on the 29th April 1851 in Fayette County, Alabama, and died in San Saba County, Texas, on July 3rd 1922. No information has been found that will tell exactly when Martha M. Berry went to Texas. She was 19 years old when her father

Robert J. Berry Ga

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3David J. Berry × Mary Blalock — Orange County, NC → Georgia

Gen 4Joshua Berry × Elizabeth J. Cates — North Carolina → Georgia

Gen 5Robert J. Berry — Clayton County, Georgia

Generation 5 Robert J. Berry

Born: c. 1867, Georgia
Died: 1921, Clayton County, Georgia (train accident)
Married: Unmarried
Parents: Joshua and Elizabeth J. Cates Berry

Book Chapter: Read more about the Joshua Berry family in Chapter 10: David J. Berry from Our Berrys in Frontier America

Robert T Berry

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Gen 1 Robert Berry × Mary Williamson — Princess Anne County, Virginia

Gen 2 Robert Berry × Elizabeth Cate — Orange County, North Carolina

Gen 3Berry Unknown

Gen 4Robert T Berry — Coosa County, Alabama

Generation 4 Robert T Berry

Born: c. 1849, Coosa County, Alabama
Married: Dorothy Ann Robinson
Parents: Susan Roberson (father unknown, Berry line via YDNA)

Robert T Berry has a descendant who matches My William Berry YDNA by 66 of 77 markers At the present time we do not know who his father was but here is what we do Know

Robert Berry and Mary Williamson Princess Ann County Virginia
Robert Berry and Elizabeth Cate Orange County NC
Berry Unknown
Robert T Berry (Susan Roberson is Robert T Berry’s mother)

What we know

William Edgar Berry Alabama

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Generation 1. Robert and Mary Williamson Berry Princess Anne County, VA.

Generation 2. Robert and Elizabeth Cate Berry Orange County, NC

Generation 3. David J. and Mary Blaylock Berry Orange County, NC and Georgia.