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[[newspaper clipping]] The Berry Family William Berry William Berry, the founder of the Berry family in this county, was a native of Loudon county, Virginia. He was born on October 26, 1768. Of his antecedents little is know except that he was a son of Benjamin Berry. The only record we have of him being that he (Benjamin) took the Oath of allegiance to the State of Virginia September 26, 1777, which was in the second year of the Revolutionary war. This oath was taken before one Wiliam Heaton, a notary, who certified it under his seal. Whether or not he was a soldier is not known. He may have been some sort of official of the newly established revolutionary government. The above mentioned document was found among the papers of Mrs. Catharine Reger, a daughter of Benjamin Berry, who bore the name of his grandfather. The paper is in possession of Earl Barrett, a great-grandson of Benjamin Berry. William Berry was first married to Agnes Kitchin, a native of Virginia, who was born in 1770. They were married on June 18, 1790 and to them the following children were born. 1st- James Berry born March 18, 1791. 2nd- Polly Berry born March 10, 1792. 3rd- Lewis Berry born December 12, 1794. 4th- Fielding Berry born March 12, 1796. 5th- Benjamin Berry born October 29, 1798. 6th- Emsy Berry born December 26, 1800. 7th- William Berry born December 1, 1802. 8th- Absolem Berry born August 31 1805. 9th- Twin daughters born October 1809. The last two above named died in infancy and their mother, Agnes Kitchin Berry, died November 26, 1809. * * * William Berry next married Cynthia Triplett, a native of Virginia, who was born on October 17, 1787, their marriage taking place on August 12, 1810, and to this marriage the following children were born. 1st- Thornton Berry born March 9, 1811. 2nd- Joel Berry born November 9, 1812. 3rd- Craven Berry born November 3, 1814. 4th- Agnes Berry born June 11, 1817. 5th- Elizabeth Berry born July 9, 1818. 6th- Allen S. Berry born August 28, 1821. 7th- Washington H. Berry born June 18, 1824. 8th- Lucinda Berry born December 21, 1824. 9th- Unnamed child born and died March 7, 1830. Cynthia Triplett Berry died March 2, 1848. It is believed by the writer of this sketch that it will be proper to name the descendants of William Berry down to the third generation - that is, to the grandchildren of William Berry as it is believed that all the descendants of his will be able to tell from which of his children they are descended, hence the names of his children are here given so far as they are known. * * * JAMES BERRY 1st- James Berry, did not come to this county with the family, but migrated to Missouri, where he married and nothing is known of his children. * * * POLLY BERRY 2nd- Polly Berry married a man named Smith and lived in or near Bellaire, Ohio. Of her family nothing is known except that she lived to an age of 105 years. * * * LEWIS BERRY 3rd- Lewis Berry lived near Bulltown and married Betsey Damute. The names of their children were: William Berry, who married Luverna McCray. Emory A. Berry, married Caroline Anderson. Julia Berry married a man named Popham. Catherine Berry married Thos. Conley. Amanda Berry married James McCray. Sophena Berry married Benjamin Hamric. Sally Berry never married. Agnes Berry married Rev. J. W. Lambert. Emsy Berry married Jake Heater. * * * FIELDING BERRY 4th- Fielding Berry married Betsy McPherson and lived near Bulltown. The names of their children follow: William Berry married Evaline Alkire. Pembroke Berry married first a Miss Carter and second Nancy Gay. Capt. James Berry married Elizabeth Hall. Granville S. Berry married Edna Stephenson. Lewis Berry never married but died in young manhood from blood poisoning which resulted from a brier scratch. Margaret Berry married Gabriel Dennison. Thomas Berry died in infancy. 5th- Benjamin Berry married Agnes McPherson and their children's names were: Catherine Berry who married Nathan Reger. Margaret Berry never married. Elizabeth Berry married Joseph Dillon. Mary Berry married Eugenus Haymond. Emily Berry married Isaac Willoughby. Luverna Berry never married. * * * EMSY BERRY 6th- Emsy Berry, the sixth child of William Berry, Sr., was never married and died in middle life. * * * WILLIAM BERRY 7th- William Berry the seventh child and namesake of William Berry, Sr., did not come across the mountains with his parents, but migrated to the west and nothing more is known of him nor his descendants. * * * ABSALOM BERRY 8th- Absalom Berry the eighth child of William Berry, Sr., was killed while coon hunting by a falling tree about the year 1820, when he was about 15 years of age. 9th- As here-in-before mentioned the last children born to William Berry, Sr., and Agnes Kitchin Berry were twin daughters, who both died in infancy. * * * THORNTON BERRY 10th- Thornton Berry married first a Miss Bell, whose father at that time owned the land known as The Bowling Green and on which the Sutton airport is now located and secondly Nancy Leslie. He lived and died near Staunton, Va. His children were: William Berry never married He was killed while serving in Sumpter's Cavalry. Mary Berry married Montgomery Sellers Betty Berry married John Cleveland. * * * [[penciled box]] JOEL BERRY 12th- Joel Berry the twelfth child of William Berry married Betsy Cummings and lived near Heaters. Their children's names were: Wm. H. Berry who married Caroline Dennison. Ephriam Berry married first a McElwaine; second a Stewart; and third a Whitsell. Thornton J. Berry married Catherine Miller. James W. Berry married Betty Squires. Granville M. Berry (Uncle Jack) married Sally Hickman. J. Thad Berry married first Belle McElwaine and second Lorena Cartwright. Minerva Berry married Geo. H. Morrison. Mariah Berry married Thos. Hicks. Sally Berry married Fletcher Morrison. * * * [[/penciled box]] CRAVEN BERRY 13th- Craven Berry the thirteenth child of William Berry, Sr., married Susan Cunningham. Their children were: William Berry married Hester Mollohan. Mary Berry died in infancy. Thornton Berry married a Miss Clark. John P. Berry married first Emma Evans and second Laura Sumpter. Jesse Berry never married. Killed in the Civil war. Minter Berry was twice married in Nebraska. Louisa Berry married A. R. Wilson. Louvena Berry married H. C. Floyd. Lucy Berry never married. Died in young womanhood. * * * AGNES BERRY 14th- Agnes Berry the fourteenth child of William Berry, Sr., married William Cutlip and lived near Burnsville. Their children's names were: William Samuel Cutlip, who married a Miss Cunningham. Lizzie Cutlip married Joe Bodkin. * * * [[/newspaper clipping]]
