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John Berry

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John Berry

Birth
Madison County, Kentucky, USA
Death
Sep 1840 (aged 64)
Saline County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Sweet Springs, Saline County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Came to Missouri 1806, settling on a farm in Boone County before coming to Brownsville area. He is said to be the first man buried in Brownsville Cemetery. Click on map to see location of cemetery in 1876 when town was still called Brownsville.
Married Elizabeth Harris April 12, 1797 in Madison, Kentucky
Father of Tyree Berry who married Hettie B. Copher.

Children:
~Thomas Grubbs Berry, b: 1798, Madison, Kentucky
~Tyree Harris Berry, b: 25 Oct 1800, Madison, Kentucky
~Higgason H. Berry, b: 1802, Madison, Kentucky
~Milton David Berry, b: 11 Jul 1803 in Madison, Kentucky
~Eliza Berry (who married James Elza Reavis), b: 10 Jan 1805 in Madison, Kentucky
~Lucy J. Berry (who married Edward Reavis), b: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky
(Note: Edward Reavis is buried in South Fork Cemetery south of Brownsville/Sweet Springs. First wife Lucy Berry died with date and place of death unknown. He married again. See memorial no. 126306186)
~Robert H. Berry, b: 30 May 1811, Missouri
~Nancy Stone Berry, b: 20 Feb 1814, Missouri
~Elizabeth Taylor Berry, b: 11 Jan 1820, Missouri
Came to Missouri 1806, settling on a farm in Boone County before coming to Brownsville area. He is said to be the first man buried in Brownsville Cemetery. Click on map to see location of cemetery in 1876 when town was still called Brownsville.
Married Elizabeth Harris April 12, 1797 in Madison, Kentucky
Father of Tyree Berry who married Hettie B. Copher.

Children:
~Thomas Grubbs Berry, b: 1798, Madison, Kentucky
~Tyree Harris Berry, b: 25 Oct 1800, Madison, Kentucky
~Higgason H. Berry, b: 1802, Madison, Kentucky
~Milton David Berry, b: 11 Jul 1803 in Madison, Kentucky
~Eliza Berry (who married James Elza Reavis), b: 10 Jan 1805 in Madison, Kentucky
~Lucy J. Berry (who married Edward Reavis), b: 1810 in Madison, Kentucky
(Note: Edward Reavis is buried in South Fork Cemetery south of Brownsville/Sweet Springs. First wife Lucy Berry died with date and place of death unknown. He married again. See memorial no. 126306186)
~Robert H. Berry, b: 30 May 1811, Missouri
~Nancy Stone Berry, b: 20 Feb 1814, Missouri
~Elizabeth Taylor Berry, b: 11 Jan 1820, Missouri


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