Born: Foot of Cumish Mtn, Jackson County, Alabama
PARENTS:
Father: Thomas Berry 1815 – 1856
Mother: Sarah Skelton 1817 – 1880
WIFE: Mary Balsie Warren 1842 – 1920
20 Dec 1866 - Blount, Alabama, United States
CHILDREN:
Willie Washington Berry 1867 – 1951
Paul Berry 1870 – 1879
Mary M. Berry 1872 – 1876
Lola Jane Berry Kelly 1876 – 1964
John J Berry 1880 – 1959
Elam Berry 1882 – 1955
Etta Laura Berry 1886 – 1947
Whit Berry 1890 – 1942
Tom was a Civil War Veteran.
When he was about twenty-eight years old, he and his wife, Mary Balcy and their three small children, Willie Washington, Paul and Mary, came to Texas. The famly moved to Johnson County, Texas in about 1873. Two years later, the family moved to Mills County, Texas, and located in a log cabin near Simms Creek.
Their daughter Mary died on her fourth birthday and was the first grave in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Their son Paul was killed three years later. The story of his tragic death is told in the book "Mills County, The Way it Was".
When Tom Berry passed away, he left a parcel of land in the Pleasant Grove Community for each of his living children, which is Southeast of Goldthwaite.
PARENTS:
Father: Thomas Berry 1815 – 1856
Mother: Sarah Skelton 1817 – 1880
WIFE: Mary Balsie Warren 1842 – 1920
20 Dec 1866 - Blount, Alabama, United States
CHILDREN:
Willie Washington Berry 1867 – 1951
Paul Berry 1870 – 1879
Mary M. Berry 1872 – 1876
Lola Jane Berry Kelly 1876 – 1964
John J Berry 1880 – 1959
Elam Berry 1882 – 1955
Etta Laura Berry 1886 – 1947
Whit Berry 1890 – 1942
Tom was a Civil War Veteran.
When he was about twenty-eight years old, he and his wife, Mary Balcy and their three small children, Willie Washington, Paul and Mary, came to Texas. The famly moved to Johnson County, Texas in about 1873. Two years later, the family moved to Mills County, Texas, and located in a log cabin near Simms Creek.
Their daughter Mary died on her fourth birthday and was the first grave in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Their son Paul was killed three years later. The story of his tragic death is told in the book "Mills County, The Way it Was".
When Tom Berry passed away, he left a parcel of land in the Pleasant Grove Community for each of his living children, which is Southeast of Goldthwaite.
Born: Foot of Cumish Mtn, Jackson County, Alabama
PARENTS:
Father: Thomas Berry 1815 – 1856
Mother: Sarah Skelton 1817 – 1880
WIFE: Mary Balsie Warren 1842 – 1920
20 Dec 1866 - Blount, Alabama, United States
CHILDREN:
Willie Washington Berry 1867 – 1951
Paul Berry 1870 – 1879
Mary M. Berry 1872 – 1876
Lola Jane Berry Kelly 1876 – 1964
John J Berry 1880 – 1959
Elam Berry 1882 – 1955
Etta Laura Berry 1886 – 1947
Whit Berry 1890 – 1942
Tom was a Civil War Veteran.
When he was about twenty-eight years old, he and his wife, Mary Balcy and their three small children, Willie Washington, Paul and Mary, came to Texas. The famly moved to Johnson County, Texas in about 1873. Two years later, the family moved to Mills County, Texas, and located in a log cabin near Simms Creek.
Their daughter Mary died on her fourth birthday and was the first grave in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Their son Paul was killed three years later. The story of his tragic death is told in the book "Mills County, The Way it Was".
When Tom Berry passed away, he left a parcel of land in the Pleasant Grove Community for each of his living children, which is Southeast of Goldthwaite.
PARENTS:
Father: Thomas Berry 1815 – 1856
Mother: Sarah Skelton 1817 – 1880
WIFE: Mary Balsie Warren 1842 – 1920
20 Dec 1866 - Blount, Alabama, United States
CHILDREN:
Willie Washington Berry 1867 – 1951
Paul Berry 1870 – 1879
Mary M. Berry 1872 – 1876
Lola Jane Berry Kelly 1876 – 1964
John J Berry 1880 – 1959
Elam Berry 1882 – 1955
Etta Laura Berry 1886 – 1947
Whit Berry 1890 – 1942
Tom was a Civil War Veteran.
When he was about twenty-eight years old, he and his wife, Mary Balcy and their three small children, Willie Washington, Paul and Mary, came to Texas. The famly moved to Johnson County, Texas in about 1873. Two years later, the family moved to Mills County, Texas, and located in a log cabin near Simms Creek.
Their daughter Mary died on her fourth birthday and was the first grave in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Their son Paul was killed three years later. The story of his tragic death is told in the book "Mills County, The Way it Was".
When Tom Berry passed away, he left a parcel of land in the Pleasant Grove Community for each of his living children, which is Southeast of Goldthwaite.
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