Hello Russ - My maternal grandmother was a Berry. Her family lived on Fishers Ridge in Jackson Co. My gg grandfather Wiley Berry came to Kanawha in the 1850s from Lawrence Co., KY and married Ellen Dawson. His parents were Jubal and Margaret (Thompson) Berry. Margaret was the daughter of Richard Thompson and a Cherokee lady named Elizabeth. Jubal's parents were Isaac and Jane (Hale) Berry who lived in SW VA near the present town of Dublin, VA. Any relation? Rick Stewart On Nov 13, 2007 6:55 PM, Russell Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > While we are talking West Virginia Ladies...We had a ICE LADY, yes she > delivered the ice in Spring Hill, Kanawha County. Her husband was a cousin > of mine. She delivered the ice until about 1947, or so. We had moved to > Texas by then, but she delivered to my aunt (no relation to her) until > then. > I remember her lugging the ice, and we would sneak ice chips off of her > truck. My Berry family was in Cabell county, as well as Kanawha and in > Louisa Kentucky. > > Russ Turner > The Woodlands, Texas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "clara russell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:23 PM > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] W.Va ladies re Clara > > > > Oh! yes the ice blocks. We had a square sign with different amounts in > > each corner. You hung it in the window so the ice man would know the > > amount you wanted. He had thick rubber pads he wore over his shoulders > > when he carried the ice. Had to remember to dump the water from the pan > > under the ice box or it would be all over the floor. > > We have an old ice box in our dining room. It is still usable, and a > > conversation piece. > > I remember us putting the butter in a pail and lowering it in the well. > > Another memory is cutting cardboard and putting it in my shoe to cover > the > > hole. Shoes were rationed and we didn't have a stamp....and maybe not > the > > money. > > When I was 15 I walked up to the paved road, at the head of Six Mile, > got > > on the bus, alone, and went to Oklahoma City to live with my mother, > > I am amazed even now to think I had the courage to do that. I do > believe > > it was a strong influence on the person I became and the kind of people > WV > > produces. > > Clara > > > > [email protected] wrote: Mom talked about buying the ice blocks > > although they had electricity. > > The last hose she lived in before she married dad had one light fixture. > > I suppose it just depended on where you lived and your finances. > > My mother's dad had died when she was a teenager so with no man in the > > home > > my grandmother struggled. > > Where as my dad's home had his parents and so many young men who all > > worked > > his family lived a little better as the boys grew up and helped out. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "clara russell" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] W.Va ladies > > > > > > I lived with my aunt and uncle, Dell & Vosta (Baisden) Miller on Six > mile. > > She made her patterns from paper by looking at the pictures. I wore the > > dresses to school. > > When they bought feed Aunt Vosta would go along and pick out the sacks > she > > wanted. Maybe had some at home that she wanted to match. > > I may be the oldest lady on this BB, I was 76 in Sept. > > I can remember when we got electricity. At first all we had was > electric > > lights. That was big adventure. I can remember that Henley Miller's > > family > > got an electric iron first. One would be waiting to take over as soon > as > > the ironer was tired. They weren't sure how much it would cost to run > the > > iron, so the ironing was done as quickly as possible. When I left WV we > > still didn't have a refrigerator, Often when I throw food away, I > wonder > > how we kept the food as long as we did. I know I throw away things we > > have > > used back then. > > Clara > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: My grandmother Clark (I was told) > ordered > > one dress from Sears catalog, gently took it apart at the seams, made > her > > a > > paper pattern and made her dresses from it. Of course she sewed the new > > one > > back together. > > This had to be over 70 years ago. > > Judi > > > > - > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Wiley is my first cousin four times removed. We all came from Isaac and Jane. I have that Wiley married Martha Miller on July 8, 1838 and that he died in 1854. They had one son, Green Berry.Green married Bridget (Christopher) Christy. If you have other information, please enlighten me. Russ Turner mother Lena Berry grand Father Gaylord Emory Berry gg Father Hugh Thomas "Dick" Berry ggg Father Reuben Henderson Berry gggg Father Isaac Berry Jr. ggggg Father Isaac Berry Sr. Russ Turner born on Spring Hill Mountain in Kanawha County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stewart" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] W.Va ladies > Hello Russ - My maternal grandmother was a Berry. Her family lived on > Fishers Ridge in Jackson Co. My gg grandfather Wiley Berry came to > Kanawha > in the 1850s from Lawrence Co., KY and married Ellen Dawson. His parents > were Jubal and Margaret (Thompson) Berry. Margaret was the daughter of > Richard Thompson and a Cherokee lady named Elizabeth. Jubal's parents > were > Isaac and Jane (Hale) Berry who lived in SW VA near the present town of > Dublin, VA. Any relation? Rick Stewart > > On Nov 13, 2007 6:55 PM, Russell Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While we are talking West Virginia Ladies...We had a ICE LADY, yes she >> delivered the ice in Spring Hill, Kanawha County. Her husband was a >> cousin >> of mine. She delivered the ice until about 1947, or so. We had moved to >> Texas by then, but she delivered to my aunt (no relation to her) until >> then. >> I remember her lugging the ice, and we would sneak ice chips off of her >> truck. My Berry family was in Cabell county, as well as Kanawha and in >> Louisa Kentucky. >> >> Russ Turner >> The Woodlands, Texas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "clara russell" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] W.Va ladies re Clara >> >> >> > Oh! yes the ice blocks. We had a square sign with different amounts in >> > each corner. You hung it in the window so the ice man would know the >> > amount you wanted. He had thick rubber pads he wore over his >> > shoulders >> > when he carried the ice. Had to remember to dump the water from the >> > pan >> > under the ice box or it would be all over the floor. >> > We have an old ice box in our dining room. It is still usable, and a >> > conversation piece. >> > I remember us putting the butter in a pail and lowering it in the well. >> > Another memory is cutting cardboard and putting it in my shoe to cover >> the >> > hole. Shoes were rationed and we didn't have a stamp....and maybe not >> the >> > money. >> > When I was 15 I walked up to the paved road, at the head of Six Mile, >> got >> > on the bus, alone, and went to Oklahoma City to live with my mother, >> > I am amazed even now to think I had the courage to do that. I do >> believe >> > it was a strong influence on the person I became and the kind of people >> WV >> > produces. >> > Clara >> > >> > [email protected] wrote: Mom talked about buying the ice blocks >> > although they had electricity. >> > The last hose she lived in before she married dad had one light >> > fixture. >> > I suppose it just depended on where you lived and your finances. >> > My mother's dad had died when she was a teenager so with no man in the >> > home >> > my grandmother struggled. >> > Where as my dad's home had his parents and so many young men who all >> > worked >> > his family lived a little better as the boys grew up and helped out. >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "clara russell" >> > To: >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:08 PM >> > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] W.Va ladies >> > >> > >> > I lived with my aunt and uncle, Dell & Vosta (Baisden) Miller on Six >> mile. >> > She made her patterns from paper by looking at the pictures. I wore >> > the >> > dresses to school. >> > When they bought feed Aunt Vosta would go along and pick out the sacks >> she >> > wanted. Maybe had some at home that she wanted to match. >> > I may be the oldest lady on this BB, I was 76 in Sept. >> > I can remember when we got electricity. At first all we had was >> electric >> > lights. That was big adventure. I can remember that Henley Miller's >> > family >> > got an electric iron first. One would be waiting to take over as soon >> as >> > the ironer was tired. They weren't sure how much it would cost to run >> the >> > iron, so the ironing was done as quickly as possible. When I left WV >> > we >> > still didn't have a refrigerator, Often when I throw food away, I >> wonder >> > how we kept the food as long as we did. I know I throw away things we >> > have >> > used back then. >> > Clara >> > >> > >> > [email protected] wrote: My grandmother Clark (I was told) >> ordered >> > one dress from Sears catalog, gently took it apart at the seams, made >> her >> > a >> > paper pattern and made her dresses from it. Of course she sewed the >> > new >> > one >> > back together. >> > This had to be over 70 years ago. >> > Judi >> > >> > - >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message