Howard County Indiana Pioneer - Joshua W. BERRY
Joshua W. BERRY
County where ancestor first settled: Rush County
Year settled in Indiana: 1840
Year settled in Howard Co.: 1861
Date Born: 1816 Location of Birth: New Jersey
Date Married: on April 4, 1836
Location of Marriage: Rush County, IN
Date Died: unknown
Location of Burial:unknown
Name of Ancestor's Father: unknown
Name of Ancestor's Mother: unknown
Name of Ancestor's Spouse: Fanny SPANN
Date Born: ca 1820
Location of Birth: Kentucky
Date Died: unknown
Location of Burial: unknown
Name of Spouse's Father: unknown
Name of Spouse's Mother: unknown
Proof:
- Joshua and Fanny (nee SPANN) BERRY farmed on the SW corner of the
current site of US31 and the Tipon/Howard County line. The residence
acording to the 1870
and 1880 census was in Tipton County. He attended church at the site of
the Randolph Cemetery and two of his children are buried there. The
Eastern Howard County Cemetery Book is the reference, but I have
photographs of the actual gravestones.
- Mary Ann SALSBURY (nee BERRY) who died on November 7,
1880.She was the wife of Andrew SALSBURY whom she married in Tipton
County on on September
8, 1861 (Marietta F. Henry, comp., Tipton County, Indiana Marriage
Records Genealogical Data 1844-1870 (Selby Publishing & Printing;
Kokomo,
Howard County, IN (1986)), page 22 (re: Book 2-333. The gravestone
reads:
"Mary A.; died Nov 7, 1880; aged 36Y, 1M, 11D"
- Sarah Jane BERRY who died after June 21, 1862. The gravestone reads:
"Sarah Jane; daut of J. W. & F. Berry; died June 21, 1862; aged 17Y, 2M &
18D"
- The family plot in Randolph Cemetery is the final resting place for
spouses and children of Joshua and Fanny. They are identified on page 314
of the
Other Info/Children:
CHILDREN
- 1 Name: Mariah A. BERRY
F bir6: CA 1838 Indiana
mar: EST 1859 Rush Co, IN7
to: Tine WINSLOW
dea: AFT 28 May
1930
- Name: Gnu BERRY
F bir8: CA 1838 Indiana
dea: BEF 1850
- Name: Mary A. BERRY
F bir9: 26 Sep 1844 Rush Co, IN
mar10: 8 Sep 1861 Tipton Co, IN
to: Andrew SALSBURY
dea11: 7 Nov 1880 Howard Co, IN
bur12: AFT 7 Nov Taylor Twp, Howard Co, IN
1880
- Name: Sarah Jane BERRY
F bir: 3 Apr 1845 Rush Co, IN13
dea14: 21 Jun 1862 Tipton Co, IN
bur15: AFT 21 Jun Taylor Twp, Howard Co, IN
1862
- Name: Thomas Jefferson BERRY
M bir: ABT 1848 Indiana
mar16: 14 Oct 1866 Howard Co, IN
to: Sarah FANCHIER
bur17: 1926 Prairie Twp, Tipton Co, IN
dea18: 1926 Tipton Co, IN19
- Name: Joshua W. BERRY Jr.
M bir: Jul 1850 Indiana
mar20: 9 Feb 1871 Tipton Co, IN
to: Sarah Catherine YANTES
mar21: 14 Mar 1899 Howard Co, IN
to: Iva MALOTTE
- Name: Amanda E. BERRY
F bir22: 16 Aug 1851 Rush Co, IN
dea23: 6 Jun 1881 Tipton Co, IN
bur24: AFT 6 Jun Taylor Twp, Howard Co, IN
1881
- Name: Serilda L. BERRY
F bir25: CA Jan 1853 Rush Co, IN26
mar27: 3 Sep 1874 Tipton Co, IN
to: Thomas Jefferson WINSLOW
- Name: Samuel Huggerman BERRY
M bir: CA 1857 Rush Co, IN28
mar29: 1 Sep 1880 Tipton Co, IN
to: Emma May ROMACK
dea30: 1 Feb 1943 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
bur31: 4 Feb 1943 Lancaster, Huntington Co, IN
- Name: Joseph Clinton BERRY
M bir32: 7 Feb 1859 Rush Co, IN
mar33: 11 Dec 1881 Howard Co, IN
to: Luella GUILE
mar34: 1 Aug 1889 Hamilton Co, IN
to: Laura Ellen SMALL
mar: 22 Nov 1922 Tipton Co, IN
to: Malinda GRAYSON
dea35: 28 May 1930 Tipton, Tipton Co, IN
bur36: 30 May 1930 Sharpsville, Tipton Co, IN
- Name: Josephine BERRY
F bir: ABT 1860
Submitter Information:
Date: Mon Sep 7 13:32:39 1998
Name: Richard E. Parr
E-Mail Address: parr@safemail.com