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    1. [ARKANSAS] Berry, Hays, Gross, Scarberry, Willingham, Williams, Forrester, Bush, Bruce, Tahlee
    2. bj berrykeeper
    3. Looking for living descendants of Prettyman Berry. Trying to connect with lost family. These people should be known in Arkansas somewhere, probably in or around the Van Buren County area. If you know of them, please contact me at bjberrykeeper@yahoo.com They are my cousins. Thank you, bj Clayborn Prettyman Berry (born 1844 in Georgia) married Lousia E. Hays (born Jan 1839 in Georgia). Their children are; Matilda Berry (1863 in Georgia), Sarah Berry (1865 in Georgia), George W. Berry (1868 in Georgia), Leonard Berry (1871 in Georgia), Nancy Berry (1879 in Arkansas), Margaret Berry (1879 in Arkansas) and William "Clabe" Clayborn Berry (June 10, 1882 in Arkansas). *William "Clabe" Clayborn Berry married Nancy Belle Gross and gave birth to Adrin Berry, Clayborn Berry, Elmore Berry, Maxine Berry, William Berry and Poley Gordon Berry (March 16, 1907). William "Clabe" Clayborn Berry died January, 1963. *Nancy Berry (1879) married Alexander Scarberry on January 23, 1894 in Van Buren, Arkansas. Alexander and Nancy Scarberry gave birth to Fannie Scarberry, Lillie A. Scarberry, Newell B. Scarberry, Vinnie A. Scarberry, Bertha Z. Scarberry, and Locket P. Scarberry. John F. Berry (born 1848 in Georgia) married Mary Jane Willingham. John died in his wife�s arms after he accidently cut his leg with a knife on May 18, 1887. Their children are; Mary Jane Berry (born 1869 in Georgia), Sarah Berry (1875 in Arkansas), Thomas Berry (1877 in Arkansas), James Prettyman Berry (February, 1879 in Arkansas). *Mary Jane Willingham Berry re-married William R. Scarberry after John�s death and gave birth to Nancy Scarberry (July 1884), Viney Scarberry (March 19, 1997), John Scarberry (March 1888) and Sarah F. Scarberry (July 1885). *Mary Jane Berry (1869) married Issac N. Scarberry on April 30, 1887. She died 1893. *James Prettyman Berry married Mary Alice Williams (daughter of Jacksonville Griffith Williams & Martha Ann Hatley Williams) in 1900. *Nancy Scarberry (1884) married Jesse Forrester in 1902. *Viney Scarberry (1997) married Lee Forrester in 1902. *Sarah F. Scarberry (1885) married Leo Bush in 1936. Elisha Berry (1850 in Georiga) Twin brother to Lucy Berry. Lucy Berry (1850 in Georiga) Twin sister to Elisha Berry. Simon Berry (September 1855 in Georgia) married either Rosa or Cynthia (I'm a bit confused about this at the moment). Their children are; Lousia E. Berry (1897), John Berry (1895), Samuel Berry (May 1895), William Berry (1891), Arthur Berry (Nov. 1893), Lonnie M. Berry (August) 1876), Lillie Belle Berry (May 1900). *Samuel Berry had Grady Berry. Grady Berry had Tami Berry. Tami married a Loftus.and lived in Tulare, California. *1910 census says Simon Berry born 1855 is married to Cynthia and their children are Claibe (1895), Lonnie (1896) and Minnie B. (1902). Also shows next door to Simon lives George and Alice Gardner. George�s step son (Alice�s son) is Garner Berry age 9. Cynthia is buried with the rest of the family in the cemetery at Low Gap. The Bruce�s live next door to the Gardner�s. Image 23 of 32 on ancestry.com Prettyman Berry married Precious (Presha) Bruce, probably a relative of Cynthia Bruce. Mary Anne Berry (June 1861) married in a Cherokee ceremony to John Tahlee. Kept her maiden name. Children are Scott Thomas Berry (June 7,1879), Almer Gilvard Berry (January 1884), Elizabeth "Lizzie" Berry (October 1887), James "Richard" Berry (July 7, 1891), Samuel "Lenny" Berry (September 1897). --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!

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