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James David Berry and Beulah Idrew Corley Berry

JDB & BICB were the parents of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)
FATHER
Name: James David Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 5 May 1878/ Jackson County, MS
Marriage Date/ Place: 26 Dec 1911/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place 30 Dec 1958/ Memorial Park Cem, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
Father's Father: German Berry
Father's Mother: Martha Elizabeth Taylor
Occupation:

MOTHER
Name: Beulah Idrew Corley
Birth Date/ Place: 1 April 1895/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/ Place: 4 May 1973/ Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS
Mother's Father: Larkin Franklin Corley born 22 Dec 1857/ Bibb Co, AL
Mother's Mother: Elizabeth T. Stroud born 28 Dec 1859/ Sabine Parish, LA

Child 1.
Name: Aubrey Millard Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 5 Jan 1913/ Camp Curtis, LA
Spouse's Name: Thelma Gill
Marriage Date/ Place: 12 May 1950
Death Date/ Place: 22 Jan 1982/ San Antonio, TX

Child 2
Name: Osborne Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 7 Oct 1914
Spouse's Name: Grace Atwood
Marriage Date/ Place: 30 Apr 1937
Death Date/Place: 15 Nov 1982/ Waynesboro, MS

Child 3.
Name: Mildred Rosalind Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 10 Oct 1916/ Sweetville, LA
Spouse's Name: Arthur Gray Gilbert
Marriage Date/ Place: 8 Nov 1941/ Las Vegas, NV
Death Date/ Place: 8 Feb 2000/ Orlando, FL

Child 4.
Name: Aulton Van Berry (child only known as Buster)
Birth Date/ Place: 15 Dec 1918
Death Date/ Place: 15 Aug 1919 maybe around Many, LA
This child was named after a very close family friend or boss named Aulton who solicited that the child be named after him in exchange for $$ (maybe he was childless)

Child 5.
Name: Elizabeth Rubena Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 28 Feb 1920/ Woodville or Woodworth, Rapides Parish, LA
Spouse's Name: Joseph S. Harmon
Marriage Date/ Place: 17 Sep 1939/ Meridian, MS
Other Marriages: J. L. Raspberry
Death Date/ Place: 17 December 2004/ Meridian MS
Known illness: Alzheimers set in around the year 2000
obituary, Through the years time line

Child 6.
Name: Joyce Alice Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 31 Aug 1921
Death Date/ Place: 28 Jan 1990/ Meridian, MS
Known ilness: undiagnosed cerebral palsy or a similar debilitating disease

Child 7.
Name: Bruce Barret Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 22 Jun 1928
Death Date/ Place: 22 Jul 1941/ Meridian, MS
Cause of death: drowned

Notes:
Census Record: 1920 Rapides Parish, LA SD 8. ED 61 Township: Woodworth
Feb 1920
57 Berry, James - Head - M W 41 M
--------, Beulah - Wife -- F W 25 M
--------, Aubry - Son --- M W 7 S
------, Osbourn - Son --- M W 53/12 S
-------, Mildred - Dau --- F W 33/12 S

The 1941 Meridian City Directory shows Jas D Berry and Beulah I living at 921 35th Avenue. Also living there are M Aubrey (who is working as a cook at The Triangle), Mildred R (who is a mill worker), and Joyce A. Bruce would have been 13, even if the directory were written before his death, he would not be listed.

Linda Faye Harmon Oliver, speaking about her grandmother, wrote, "She, [Beulah Idrew] would pinch the fire out of you if you talked in church. She would also pinch her brother Seburn when he fell asleep in church, which he did often. I only heard her say one bad work in my life, and that is when she was getting supper on the table and had poured up a big bowl of butterbeans and dropped them on her foot. She said, "Well d*@#. I laughed till I though she was going to whip me. I was grown at the time. "Another thing I remember about her is that she could make food go further than anybody I know. You would think you weren't going to get enough to eat, but we always did. There was always plenty. She loved her Coca-cola. She would not ever drink a whole glass of coke at a time, but she thought she had to have a little coke before she went to bed. She loved persimmons.Her sister-in-law, Margaret Berry Flurry, had a persimmon tree, and Grandma Berry arranged to visit when the fruit was in season. Sometimes she'd have to shoo the hogs away from the tree before she could get any."

Kenneth Harmon said that "Grandma Berry" was a very religious person. She was a devout Baptist, and the pastor could know that he had her full support. Sometimes a new pastor has to contend with people who prefer the way the previous pastor did things. She would say he (the new one) is my pastor now. In the winter she would piece together quilts. They lived in Piercy Springs, Mississippi in a house put together by wood pegs. A fire started in the kitchen, and the house burned to the ground and they lost everything except a table and the mattresses which they threw out a window , and a swing and a double rocker which had been sitting on the porch. Their sons Aubrey and Osborne were in the service, and their daughters Millie and "Bener" were still in school at the time. They kept chickens and always had eggs; even during the Depression years, they had chi cken on Sundays. According to Kenneth, they had moved to Meridian to be near Mattie Hearsey Hospitial which was a charity hospital then. Grandpa Berry suffered with equilibrium problems, he would suffer spells of dizziness, sometimes worse than others.

According to Jackie, Millie's Daughter, he had wasted most of the families money paying a "quack chiropractor" in Piercy Springs, but the family had not moved to be near Mattie Hearsey; the family moved to Meridian so that the girls could go to work in the hosery mill. "He taught me [Kenneth] how to whistle. As I started thinking about him, I realized that most of who I am, I learned from him." James Berry made little wooden windmills and sold them for about $8.00. No one in the family has one, but Kenneth described two of them. One had two men who, when the wind blew it, would saw on a log. On another, he had carved horses in a galloping postion which would run when the wind blew.

"Services for Elizabeth Rubena Harmon Rasberry will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Kenneth Harmon and Richie Davis officiating. Burial will be in Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs Rasberry, 84, of Meridian, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 in Meridian. She was a member of Westwood Baptist Church and will be remembered as loving the Lord, a wonderful wife and loving mother who never lost her smile.
Survivors include her sons, Kenneth Harmon, and his wife, Pam, of Kemper County and Kermit Harmon and his wife Lynne, of Richfield, Minn; a daughter, Linda Oliver and her husband, George, of Meridian; step-sons, Dr. Norbrette Rasberry of Alabama and Mevel Rasberry of Meridian; a step-daughter, Delores Lee of Meridian; grandchildren, Jerry Harmon, Patrick Harmon, Jodi Soberg, Shana Flore, all of Minneapolis, Minn, Kendell Harmon of Tupelo and Kendrick Harmon of Elkhart, Texas; 11 great-grandchildren; a neice, Jackie Soto of Florida; several step-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Tressie Snowden of Meridian.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Smith Harmon and the Rev. James Lester Rasberry; her parents, Beaula and James Berry; sisters, Joyce Berry and Mildred Gilbert; brothers, Bruce Berry, Aubrey Berry, and Osborne Berry.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Pallbearers will be Kendell Harmon, Kendrick Harmon, Patrick Harmon, Ken Floore, Chris Lee, Vernell Warren, Andy Jones, Chris Harmon and Caleb Alawine.
Visitation will be today [sic-- correction Wednesday] from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
--The Meridian Star 20 December 2004 page A4

German Berry and Martha Elizabeth Taylor Berry

GB & METB were the parents of James David Berry
who was the father of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: German Berry
Birth Date/Place: 3 Aug 1847/ Jackson Co., MS
Marriage Date/Place: 15 May 1875/ Jackson Co., MS
Death Date/Place: 1 Dec 1923/ Jackson Co., MS
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): David E. Berry born abt 1820/ SC
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate): Sarah Fairley born abt 1830/ NC
Occupation

MOTHER
Name: Martha Elizabeth Taylor
Birth Date/Place: 19 Jan 1855/ AL
Death Date/Place: 17 Apr 1930/ Jackson Co., MS
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate): J. Richard Taylor born 1831/ AL
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate): Nancy born 1835/AL

CHILD 1.
Name: Nancy Jane Berry
Birth Date/Place: 16 Sept 1876
Death Date/Place: 9 Jul 1953

CHILD 2
Name: James David Berry
Birth Date/Place: 5 May 1878/ Daisy, Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: Beulah Idrew Corley
Marriage Date/Place: 26 Dec 1911/ Sabine Parish, LA
Death Date/Place: 30 Dec 1958/ Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS

CHILD 3.
Name: Margaret Elizabeth Berry
Birth Date/Place: 3 Apr 1880
Spouse's Name: Rufus "Walter" Flurry
Marriage Date/Place: 22 Mar 1900
Death Date/Place: 31 Dec 1976

CHILD 4.
Name: William Jerrod Berry
Birth Date/Place: 17 Feb 1882
Death Date/ Place: 16 Jun 1953

CHILD 5.
Name: Pearl Adeline Berry
Birth Date/ Place: 14 Mar 1884
Spouse's Name: Tootle
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place: 18 Jul 1961

Notes
German is 13 on the 1860 Jackson Co, MS Reel # M653-582, Page 894. (See David Berry) German is 23 on the 1870 Jackson Co, MS Page 449a (See also DB) Martha Elizabeth Taylor is 4 on the 1860 Jackson Co, MS

1880 Jackson Co, MS Census page 38 SD 2 ED 146 enumerated 29 Jun 1880
Berry, German MW 34 Head Log dealer MS NC MS
Elizabeth FW 29 Wife At home MS MS MS
Nancy FW 05 Dau " MS MS MS
Sally FW 03 Dau " MS MS MS
German* MW 01 Son " MS MS MS
* The youngest child, here called German must be James David.

In 1860, German's uncle, James Fairly lived next door to James R. Taylor and family. It is very likely that this is how German and Martha Elizabeth met.

David Edgar Berry and Sarah Fairley Berry

DEB & SFB were the parents of German Berry
who was the father of James David Berry
who was the father of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: David Edgar Berry
Birth Date/Place: abt 1820/ SC
Marriage Date/Place: abt 1846?/ MS?
Death Date/Place:
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): Eli Berry
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate): Ann (prob Fairley)
Occupation: Farmer

MOTHER
Name: Sarah (Sally) Fairley
Birth Date/Place: abt 1830/ NC
Death Date/Place: unk/ presumed Jackson Co., MS
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate): Archibald Fairley (probably)
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate): Margaret Fairley (probably)

CHILD 1.
Name: German Berry
Birth Date/Place: 3 Aug 1847/ MS
Spouse's Name: Martha Elizabeth Taylor
Marriage Date/Place: 15 May 1875/ Jackson Co., MS
Death Date/Place: 1 Dec 1923/ Jackson Co., MS

CHILD 2.
Name: Margaret A. Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1849/ MS
Spouse's Name: Abiezar (Byzer) Havens
Marriage Date/Place: 25 Mar 1880/ Jackson Co, MS
Death Date/Place: unk

CHILD 3.
Name: Ann Elizabeth Berry
Birth Date/Place: 29 Aug 1852/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: James G Havens
Marriage Date/Place: 14 Feb 1878/ Jackson Co, MS
Death Date/Place: 15 Nov 1914/ Jackson Co, MS

CHILD 4.
Name: Jennett W. Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1854/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: Joseph W. Havens
Marriage Date/Place: abt 1881/ not in Jackson Co, MS
Death Date/Place: unk

CHILD 5.
Name: James Leggett Berry
Birth Date/Place: 14 Feb 1856/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: Margaret Louise Havens
Marriage Date/Place: 27 Dec 1879/ Pascagoula, Jackson Co., MS
Death Date/Place: 22 Feb 1928/ Pine Grove Cem, Jackson Co, MS

CHILD 6.
Name: Effy Jane Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1858/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: Jefferson J King
Marriage Date/Place: 15 Aug 1884/ Jackson Co., MS
Other Marriages: unk

CHILD 7.
Name: David Eli Berry
Birth Date/Place: 11 May 1860/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: Florence Flurry
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place: 5 Mar 1941/ Pine Grove Cemetery, Jackson Co., MS

CHILD 8.
Name: Stephen Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1864/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: unk
Marriage Date/Place: not in Jackson Co, MS
Death Date/Place: unk

CHILD 9.
Name: Henrieta Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1865/ Jackson Co, MS
Spouse's Name: unk
Marriage Date/Place: not in Jackson Co, MS
Death Date/Place: unk

Note:
Some researchers continue to make the disproven assertion that David's father was German Berry and that his mother was Susannah Bailes.

Most of what I know about this family I know from gravestones and census records. The information on James Leggett Berry came from Ancestry.com. Barbara Oliver of Hattiesburg , MS who posted the information on James L. Berry also listed that Father's middle name was Eli and that mother's maiden name was Fairley. After reading this information, I found the 1850 census record showing David and family in the household of Archibald Fairley. It is an assumption that if Sarah's maiden name is Fairley that this would be her father. Robert Lee "Bob" Davis also shows Sarah's father as Archibald Fairley.

Also it you look at the census records you see another puzzle. David's wife changes names and ages so it made me wonder if it were one person or two. In 1850 she is Sally born about 1826; in 1860 she is Sarah born about 1830; in 1870 her name is hard to read but is probably Sarah born about 1820; in 1880 her name is Sally (again) born in 1820. It is important to note,
however, that Sally was often a nickname for Sarah.
One other puzzle is this: the 1880 census is the first to show parents' places of birth. David E. Berry, born in North Carolina, shows his parents born in Mississippi as does Sally. This is highly doubtful. Also, there is a group of Berrys from North Carolina descended from John Berry. The names David and German are very common in this family, which is from North Carolina and moved to Rankin Co, Mississippi around 1819. I have been in touch with researchers of this line and although we have been unable to find the connection, all parties involved agree that there is probably a link.

One last note: One source I uncovered states that David Berry died in the Battle of Shiloh.
Although there was a David Berry who fought and died with the 6th Miss. Inf. The fact that our David E Berry appears on the 1870 and 1880 Censuses with his family proves that it is not our David E. Berry.

If the 1850 and 1870 census records are correct these Berrys moved to Mississippi in 1849 shortly after Margaret was born.

1850 Jackson Co, MS Census page 18b enumerated 5 Sept 1850
281/281 Archibald Fairley 56 M Farmer $300 North Carolina
Margaret Fairley 50? F North Carolina
James Fairley 25 M Justice of the Peace North Carolina
Martha Fairley 21 F North Carolina
Catherine Fairley 18 F North Carolina
Effy Fairley 16 F North Carolina
Jennett Fairley 13 F North Carolina
David Berry 30 M North Carolina
Sally Berry 24 F North Carolina
German Berry 03 M North Carolina
Margaret Berry 01 F North Carolina

1860 Jackson Co, MS Census page 894-5
Berry D.E. 40 M Farmer 200 1800 SC
Sarah (?) 30 F NC
G. 13 M MS
M.A. 11 F MS
A.A. 09 F MS
Jennett W 06 F MS
James L 04 M MS
Effy 02 F MS

1870 Jackson Co, MS Census page 449a enumerated 7 Jul 1870
251/278 Berry, David E. 50 M W Farmer 250 1000 North Carolina
Sarah 50 F W North Carolina
German 23 MW North Carolina
Margaret*16 F W North Carolina
Anna 18 F W Mississippi
Jennet 16 F W Mississippi
James 14 M W Mississippi
David 10 M W Mississippi
Steve 07 M W Mississippi
Henrietta 05 F W Mississippi
Effie 12 F W Mississippi
* Margaret reads as 16 years old and should be 21
Effie is out of order but the right age

Eli and Ann Berry

EB & AB were the parents of David Edgar Berry
who was the father of German Berry
who was the father of James David Berry
who was the father of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: Eli Berry
Birth Date/Place:
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place: bef 1850
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): possibly Andrew Berry
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate):
Occupation:

MOTHER
Name: Ann(e) (probably Fairley)
Birth Date/Place: abt 1790/ SC
Death Date/Place: between 1850 and 1860? in North Carolina
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate):
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate):

CHILD 1.
Name: David Eli Berry
Birth Date/Place: abt 1820/ South Carolina
Spouse's Name: Sarah Fairley
Marriage Date/ Place: prob SC
Death Date/Place: prob Jackson Co, MS

CHILD 2.
Name: Ashton Leggett Berry
Birth Date/Place: 1825/ South Carolina
Spouse's Name: Sarah Anne Grice
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/Place: 1897

CHILD 3.
Name: Daughter
Birth Date/Place:
Spouse's Name: Mr. Jackson
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/Place:

CHILD 4
Name: Stephen Berry

Note: Carla Umeroglu wrote, "Here is what I know: Old Andrew Berry had 6 sons and 4 daughters. One of his sons was Eli Berry who had 4 sons and 2 daughters (Proven in 1820 Marion County Census). Eli married Ann (Anna) (maiden name most likely is Fairley). Eli and Ann had Ashton Leggett Berry born in 1824. If David E. Berry (Middle name Eli??) is Ashton's brother than these are also his parents. In Eli's will, he left money to his 2 Jackson grandchildren. It is believe that Harriet is the child of one of these grandchildren. Which in turn would make Harriet , Leggett's niece.

The 1860 Richmond County Census has Leggett living with John Fairley's family. He is listed as Overseer. This is all I have on the Fairley family......for now. Eli Berry is listed in the 1850 Richmond County Slave Schedule, it is believe that at this time he is already deceased. Ann must have listed herself as Eli Berry at the time."

1850 Census - Richmond County, NC Stewartsville District
#4 Leggett Berry, 26m, farmer, SC
Ann Berry, 60f, SC
Harriet Jackson, 17f, SC

Archibald and Margaret (Carmichael?) Fairley

AF & MF were the parents of Sarah Fairley Berry
who was the mother of German Berry
who was the father James David Berry
who was the father Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: Archibald Fairley
Birth Date/Place: 1795/ Richmond Co, North Carolina
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place: Old Flurry Cemetery, Bloome, MS
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): Archibald Fairley
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate): Mary McRae
Occupation: Farmer

MOTHER
Name: Margaret Carmichael?
Birth Date/Place: abt 1790/ North Carolina
Death Date/Place:
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate):
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate):

CHILD 1.
Name: James Fairley
Birth Date/Place: 1825/ Richmond Co, North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane __?
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place:

CHILD 2.
Name: Name: Sarah and/ or Sally (possibly) Fairley
Birth Date/Place: 27 Jun 1825/ Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name: David Edgar Berry
Marriage Date/Place: North Carolina
Death Date/Place: 23 Dec 1909/ presumed Jackson Co., MS

CHILD 3.
Name: Martha Fairley
Birth Date/Place: 4 Aug 1829/ Richmond Co, North Carolina
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place:

CHILD 4.
Name: Catherine Fairley
Birth Date/Place: abt 1832/ Richmond Co, North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Henry Flurry, II
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place:

CHILD 5.
Name: Effy Jane Fairley
Birth Date/Place: abt 1834/Richmond Co, North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Calvin Moore
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/Place:

CHILD 6.
Name: Jennett Fairley
Birth Date/Place: 7 Nov 1836/ Richmond Co, North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Samuel Dartridge Haden
Marriage Date/Place: abt 1859
Death Date/Place: 14 Nov 1916/ Van Cleave, Jackson Co, MS

Notes:

Note Henry Flurry, II and Catherine Fairley were the parents of Rufus Flurry who married Margaret Berry. They would have been first cousins.

I do not have proof that this is really our Fairleys, but on , <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo

/1842dist17.htm> I found:

"SCHOLARS IN SCHOOL DISTRICT #17 MARCH 1842
1842 March 21. The following exhibits a list of the Children in District No.17 in the County of Richmond of five and under twenty one years of age. Viz. The names and number of all such white Children as taken by your Committee elected for said District. Archibald McQueen, James Stewart and A[rchibald?] Fairley."

Included on a list of 57 children are the following names: "Archibald Fairley, James Fairley, Sarah Fairley, Matthew Fairley, Mary Fairley, Margaret Fairley, Flora Fairley, Effy Fairley, Ann Fairley, and Catherine Fairley. Some of these children would certainly be cousins. Not listed are Jennett Fairley (who could have been age 4) and Martha Fairley (but this could be Mary
Martha.)

To further confuse matters the 1836 Tax Roll Jackson Co., MS lists an Archibald Fairley and a James Fairley.

There were at least 4 Archibald Fairleys living in the same areas at the same time. Our Archibald's father, two (or more) nephews and a cousin. More than one moved from South Carolina to Southern Mississippi (George & Jackson counties).

Archibald Fairley and Mary McRae Fairley

AF & MF were the parents of Archibald Fairley
who was the father of Sarah Fairley Berry
who was the mother of German Berry
who was the father James David Berry
who was the father of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: Archibald Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1749/ Argyleshire, Scotland
Marriage Date/ Place:
Death Date/ Place:
Father's Father: John Fairley
Father's Mother:
Occupation:

MOTHER
Name: Mary McRae
Birth Date/ Place: Abt. 1751.
Death Date/ Place:
Mother's Father:
Mother's Mother:

Child 1.
Name: John "Judge" Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1778/ Richmond Co., NC
Spouse's Name: Isabelle McNair
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: 1867/ MS

Child 2.
Name: Peter Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1783/ prob Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name: Margaret Little
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: .

Child 3.
Name: Esquire Angur Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1785/ prob Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name: Flora MQueen
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place: .

Child 4
Name: Alexander Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1789/ prob Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place:

Child 5
Name: Margaret Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1791/ prob Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place:

Child 6.
Name: Sarah Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1793/ prob Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place:

Child 7
Name: Archibald Fairley
Birth Date/ Place: 1795/ Richmond Co, NC
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date:
Death Date/ Place:

James Richard Taylor and Nancy Taylor

JRT & NT were the parents of Martha Elizabeth Taylor Berry
who was the mother James David Berry
who was the father of Beulah Idrew Corley Berry
who was the motherof of Elizabeth Rubena Berry Harmon (Raspberry)

FATHER
Name: James Richard Taylor
Birth Date/Place: 1831/ AL
Marriage Date/Place: abt 1854/ AL
Death Date/Place: 11 Apr 1926/ Jackson Co., MS
Father's Father(Name and Birthdate): unk
Father's Mother(Name and Birthdate): unk
Occupation: Farmer/ plantation owner

MOTHER
Name: Nancy
Birth Date/Place: 1835/ AL
Death Date/Place: prob Jackson Co., MS
Mother's Father (Name and Birthdate): unk
Mother's Mother (Name and Birthdate): unk

CHILD 1.
Name: Martha Elizabeth Taylor
Birth Date/Place: 1855/ AL
Spouse's Name: German Berry
Marriage Date/ Place: 15 May 1875/ Jackson Co., MS
Death Date/Place: 1930/ Jackson Co., MS

CHILD 2.
Name: Jacob Taylor
Birth Date/Place: 1856-7/ AL
Spouse's Name: unk
Marriage Date/Place: unk
Death Date/Place: Jackson Co., MS

CHILD 3.
Name: James Harmon Taylor
Birth Date/Place: 1858/ AL
Spouse's Name: unk
Marriage Date/Place: unk
Death Date/Place: 2 Oct 1926/ Jackson Co., MS

Child 4
Name: Byrd Taylor
Birth Date/ Place:
Spouse's Name: Dell
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/ Place: early 1950s/ Jackson Co., MS

Child 5
Name: Lyles Irvin Taylor
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1869
Spouse's Name:
Marriage Date/Place:
Death Date/ Place: 1948/ Jackson Co., MS

Child 6
Name: Emma Taylor
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1871
Death Date/ Place: Jan 1955/ Jackson Co., MS

Child 7
Name: Annie Taylor
Birth Date/Place: abt 1873
Death Date/ Place: Jul 1965/ Jackson Co., MS

Child 8
Name: Karrie Taylor
Birth Date/ Place: abt 1875
Death Date/ Place: Dec 1954/ Jackson Co., MS

Notes: Much of my information comes from the settlement of the Taylor estate. Other information comes from the following census record:

1860 Census Jackson County, MS
17 17 Taylor J. R. 29 M 300 200 AL
Nancy 25 F AL
Martha 4 F AL
Jacob 3 M AL
James H 1 M AL

1910 Census Jackson Co, MS
297/297 - Taylor, James R - Head -M W 79 - Wd - AL NC AL
-------------------James H --Son --M W 51 - S --- MS AL MS
-------------------Emma --- Dau -- F W 39 - S --- MS AL MS
--------------------Annie -- Dau -- F W 37 - S --- MS AL MS
-------------------Carrie -- Dau -- F W 35 - S --- MS AL MS
------------------Albert S - G-son M W 2 - S ---- MS MS MS
298/298 - Taylor, Liais I - Head - M W 41 Wd -- MS AL MS