BERWICK, David, planter, businessman, civic leader. Born, Berwick Plantation, St. Mary Parish, La., April 18, 1818; son of Joseph Wallace Berwick (q.v.) and Ellen Comstock. Settled on Bayou Salé near Centerville, where he operated "Home Place" and several other sugar plantations. Married, June 3, 1835, Louisa Garrett of Bayou Salé, daughter of John Joshua Garrett, Bayou Salé planter, and Phoebe Armstrong. Ten children, five of whom lived to adulthood: Louisa (b. 1836), Joseph J. (b. 1838), Oscar Dudley (b. 1842), Adalicia (b. 1847), and Mary (b. 1858). Active in the Democratic party; served on police jury committees concerned with elections, education, and roads; active in the movement to bring the railroad from New Orleans through St. Mary to the west. Died, Bayou Salé, November 13, 1874; interred Garrett-Berwick Cemetery. M.J.F. Sources: Franklin Planter's Banner, August 12, 1847; May 4, May 11, June 8, August 8, November 9, 1848; November 1, 1849; February 7, 1850; February 6, May 17, July 19, August 2, 1851; February 21, July 31, 1852; July 28, 1853; Mary Elizabeth Sanders, "The Garrett Family of St. Mary Parish," Attakapas Gazette, XVIII (1983).
His succession is #2291, St Mary Parish, LA
BERWICK, David, planter, businessman, civic leader. Born, Berwick Plantation, St. Mary Parish, La., April 18, 1818; son of Joseph Wallace Berwick (q.v.) and Ellen Comstock. Settled on Bayou Salé near Centerville, where he operated "Home Place" and several other sugar plantations. Married, June 3, 1835, Louisa Garrett of Bayou Salé, daughter of John Joshua Garrett, Bayou Salé planter, and Phoebe Armstrong. Ten children, five of whom lived to adulthood: Louisa (b. 1836), Joseph J. (b. 1838), Oscar Dudley (b. 1842), Adalicia (b. 1847), and Mary (b. 1858). Active in the Democratic party; served on police jury committees concerned with elections, education, and roads; active in the movement to bring the railroad from New Orleans through St. Mary to the west. Died, Bayou Salé, November 13, 1874; interred Garrett-Berwick Cemetery. M.J.F. Sources: Franklin Planter's Banner, August 12, 1847; May 4, May 11, June 8, August 8, November 9, 1848; November 1, 1849; February 7, 1850; February 6, May 17, July 19, August 2, 1851; February 21, July 31, 1852; July 28, 1853; Mary Elizabeth Sanders, "The Garrett Family of St. Mary Parish," Attakapas Gazette, XVIII (1983).
His succession is #2291, St Mary Parish, LA
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