Rev. William Edwin BERRY

1847 - 1919  (72 years)

• Name	William Edwin BERRY  [1]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	Jan 1847	, , MS, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Apr 1919  [2, 3]
  Buried	Blue Mountain Cemetery, Blue Mountain, Tippah, MS, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I882	Boyd
  Last Modified	13 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Joel H BERRY,   b. Abt 1808, , , SC, USA
  Mother	Martha M UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1815, , , SC, USA
  Family ID	F2196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Modena “Sissy” LOWREY,   b. 16 Nov 1850, , , MS, USA ,   d. 31 Jan 1942  (Age 91 years)
  Married	20 Jun 1876	, Tippah, MS, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Mark Perrin Lowrey BERRY,   b. Aug 1878, , , MS, USA ,   d. 1964  (Age 85 years)   2. Infant BERRY,   b. 2 Jan 1881,   d. 2 Jan 1881  (Age 0 years)   3. Clara Etta BERRY,   b. 31 Jul 1883, , , MS, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1963  (Age 80 years) + 4. Joel Halbert BERRY,   b. 3 Jan 1889, Blue Mountain, Tippah, MS, USA ,   d. Bef 1958  (Age < 68 years)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Jan 1847 - , , MS, USA Married - 20 Jun 1876 - , Tippah, MS, USA Buried - - Blue Mountain Cemetery, Blue Mountain, Tippah, MS, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  History: 1850 Tippah Co., MS, USA. pg 418, William E. age three with parents. 1860 Tippah Co., MS, USA.pg 78 William E. Berry age 13. 1876 Rev. W. E. Berry bought a half interest in the school and the firm of "Lowrey & Berry" was formed. It was chartered in 1877 as Blue Mountain College. BERRY, WI, USALLIAM EDWIN (041719) died last Thursday / married Hodena Lowrey, dau. of M.P. Lowrey / leaves wife, one daughter (Clare Etta), and two sons (M.P.L. Berry of Clinton and Joel H. Berry of Maryland) / brother: Rev. Julius Berry of Tupelo / Sister: Mrs. J.E. Buchanan of Calhoun City. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] 1880 US Federal Census. [S10] Find a Grave. [S210] Obituary, William Edwin Berry, (Southern Sentinel, Ripley, MS, 4/17/1919). [S6] Mississippi Marriages, 1776 - 1935, Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library., (The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).