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Sam Berry 1893–1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1893

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: 9 February 1974

Death Location: Grenada County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Calvin Berry

Mother: Ellen Smith

Spouse(s): Cora Berry

Children(s): Alberta Berry, Samella(Sammie) Berry, James Berry, Ernest Berry, Elnora Berry, Sam Jr, Willie Berry, Jessie Berry, Ellen Berry

Sam Berry was born in 1893 in Mississippi, the child of Calvin Berry And Ellen Smith. Sam Berry married Cora Roseman Berry, and had children including Alberta Berry, Ellen Berry, Elnora Berry, Ernest Berry, James Wilson Berry, Jessie Minnie May Berry, Sam Berry Jr, Samella Sammie Berry, Sherman D Berry, Willie T Berry. Sam Berry passed away in 1974 in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sam Berry was born in 1893 in Mississippi, the child of Calvin Berry And Ellen Smith.
  • Sam Berry married Cora Roseman Berry, and had children including Alberta Berry, Ellen Berry, Elnora Berry, Ernest Berry, James Wilson Berry, Jessie Minnie May Berry, Sam Berry Jr, Samella Sammie Berry, Sherman D Berry, Willie T Berry.
  • Sam Berry passed away in 1974 in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Calvin Berry
1841–1916
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
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Ellen Smith
1853–1922
Birth Location: Dawson County, Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Cora Berry
1896–1974
Birth Location: Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
CB

Children(s)

Alberta Berry
1915–2004
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
AB
Samella(Sammie) Berry
1918–1977
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
SB
James Berry
1919–1961
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
JB
Ernest Berry
1928–1998
Birth Location: Mississippi
EB
Elnora Berry
1920–
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
EB
Sam Jr
1930–1999
Birth Location: Mississippi
SJ
Willie Berry
1931–2021
Birth Location: Mississippi
WB
Jessie Berry
1925–2000
Birth Location: Mississippi
JB
Ellen Berry
1922–1922
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi
EB

Sam Berry's Ancestors

Self
Sam Berry
1893–1974
Birth Place: Mississippi
Parents
Calvin Berry
1841–1916
Grenada, Mississippi
Ellen Smith
1853–1922
Dawson County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Richard Berry
1820–1869
Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Viney Berry
1819–
, Snake Bite, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Richard Smith
1825–
Virginia, USA
Mary Smith
1834–
Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Berry
1801–1864
Maria Vaden
1805–1875
Leonard Crosby
1815–1860
Margaret Aikin
1800–1834
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William III
1765–1828
Sarah Middleton
1762–1821
John Vaden
1770–1842
Caroline Lockett
1787–1853
Leonard Crosby
1789–1844
Sally Purcell
1792–1827
Robert Aiken
1760–1827
Esther Gaston
1776–1837

Sam Berry's Descendants

1.
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Sam Berry (abt 1893–9 February 1974) m. Cora (Roseman) Berry (17 June 1896–31 January 1974)
  1. 1. Alberta Berry 1915–2004 m. Marcellus Alexander 1915–1990
    1. 1. Mary (Ruth) Alexander 1935–1960
  2. 2. Samella(Sammie) Berry 1918–1977 m. Walter (N.) Alexander 1914–1960
    1. 1. Cora (Leigh) Alexander 1937–2006
  3. 3. James (Wilson) Berry 1919–1961 m. Rebecca Townes 1927–2004
  4. 4. Ernest Berry 1928–1998 m. Geraldine (Delores) Walker 1930–1984
    1. 1. Ernestine Berry 1951–2022 m. Sylvester (Davis) Jr 1949–2002
  5. 5. Elnora Berry 1920– m. James (A. Yates) Sr 1922–2004 m. John (Wesley Ware) (Waire) 1919–1997
    1. 1. George (Larry) Waire –1978
  6. 6. Sam (Berry) Jr 1930–1999
  7. 7. Willie (T) Berry 1931–2021
  8. 8. Jessie (Minnie May) Berry 1925–2000 m. Richard Jenkins 1923–1999
    1. 1. Richmond (Graylyn) Jenkins 1951–2003
  9. 9. Ellen Berry 1922–1922

Sam Berry's Timeline

13 Records

1891
22 Nov 1891
Birth of Sam Berry in Grenada, Mississippi
Grenada, Mississippi
1892
22 Nov 1892
Birth of Sam Berry in Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
1893
abt 1893
Birth of Sam Berry in Mississippi
Mississippi
1910
1910
Age 17
Sam Berry resided here in Beat 1, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Beat 1, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
1917
1917-1918
Age 24
Sam Berry resided here in Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
1935
1935
Age 42
Sam Berry resided here in Rural, Grenada, Mississippi
Rural, Grenada, Mississippi
1940
1940
Age 47
Sam Berry resided here in Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
1940
1940
Age 47
Sam Berry resided here in Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
1950
1950
Age 57
Sam Berry resided here in Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Grenada, Mississippi, USA
1951
Before 1951
Age 58
Sam Berry resided here in Mississippi
Mississippi
1974
10 Feb 1974
Age 81
Death of Sam Berry in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America
Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America
1974
Feb 1974
Age 81
Death of Sam Berry in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America
Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America
1974
9 February 1974
Age 81
Death of Sam Berry
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1892
    Event Place: Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02023; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 22-11
    [3] U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918
    [4] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
    [5] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Mississippi; Registration County: Grenada County
    [6] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 1, Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: T624_740; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1374753
    [7] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [8] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Grenada, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1891
    Event Place: Grenada, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1893
    Event Place: Mississippi
    Record Source:
    [1] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02023; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 22-11
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Beat 1, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 1, Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: T624_740; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1374753

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1917-1918
    Event Place: Grenada County, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Mississippi; Registration County: Grenada County

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Grenada, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02023; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 22-11

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02023; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 22-11

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Beat 4, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grenada, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02023; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 22-11

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Grenada, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Grenada, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Before 1951
    Event Place: Mississippi
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: MS
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1974
    Event Place: Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988
    [3] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1974
    Event Place: Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 February 1974
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Grenada County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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