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John J. BERRY

Male 1858 - 1907  (49 years)


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  1. 1.  John J. BERRY was born in 1858 in Mississippi; died in Sep 1907 in Rankin Co County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    He was born in Mississippi in 1857 or 1858 and died there in Sept. of 1907. He married (1st) Ellen Singletary, daughter of Ephriam Singletary and Liza Ann Davis in Star, Mississippi. The old Singletary home was bought by the Holidays who adopted Ola after Ellen died and it became known as the Holiday place. Other children of the Singletary's were: Mary Ann who married LEWIS, Margaret who married PHILLIPS, Rosanna married MCCALL, John Everett and two other sisters (prob. Nancy and Hanna). Ephriam Singletary married 2nd to Mellie (or Nellie) T.
    SOURCE NOTES for John follow:

    John married Ellen Jane SINGLETARY on 24 Nov 1877 in Simpson Co. County, Mississippi. Ellen (daughter of Ephriam SINGLETARY and Eliza Ann DAVIS) was born in 1855 in Mississippi; died on 21 Oct 1897 in Simpson Co. County, Mississippi; was buried in Simpson Co. County, Mississippi, Mountain Cr Cem.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Augustus BERRY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Ella BERRY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1883.
    3. 4. ALPHRONIA  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jan 1887; died on 23 Jul 1981.
    4. 5. Gracie BERRY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. Henry BERRY  Descendancy chart to this point died in in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
    6. 7. Ola BERRY  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1895; died about 1913.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Augustus BERRY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  2. 3.  Ella BERRY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in 1883.

  3. 4.  ALPHRONIA Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 10 Jan 1887; died on 23 Jul 1981.

    Family/Spouse: Thomas COURTNEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Gracie BERRY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1)

  5. 6.  Henry BERRY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) died in in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

    Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Ola BERRY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born about 1895; died about 1913.

    Notes:

    Ola never married. When her mother died she lived for a few years with the Holiday family near Star,Miss. When Alphronia (Affie) married Thomas Courtney and moved to Shreveport, Louisiana Ola lived with them. Around 1913 her skirts caught fire and the flames engulfed her. She ran in panic. Affie and a colored man ran after her. When they caught her Affie and the man rolled over and over with her to put out the flames. Affie was burned and Ola died, at about 18 years old, of her severe burns. She is buried in the Courtney plot in Shreveport.

    Family/Spouse: Never MARRIED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]