Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 77
W. H. BERRY —was born June 17, 1824, in that part of Lewis county, Virginia, now included in Braxton county, West Virginia. The place of his birth was near where Flat Woods Church now stands, and he was a son of William and Cynthia (Triplett) Berry. His paternal grandfather came from England at the time of the first permanent colonization on the James river, and William Berry, who was General Washington's quarter-master during the Revolution, was uncle to William, father of W. H. Berry.
The father of W. H. came to what is now Braxton county in 1816, and settled on Salt Lick, when seven families, in a radius of twelve miles, constituted the whole "nieghborhood." He cleared and improved 100 acres on the old "Berry farm," on O'Briens fork, and was the pioneer school-teacher. His first wife was Agnes Kitchen, and their children were ten, six of whom lived to maturity, and raised families. By his second marriage, with Cynthia Triplett, nine children were born. Five sons and three daughters lived to rear families of their own. Fielding and Lewis Berry, brothers of W. H., were soldiers of the 1812 war, as was his brother-in-law, James Smith. William Berry died November 18, 1847, and Cynthia, his widow, died March 2, 1866.
At the bride's residence in Lewis county, W. H. Berry married Agnes Cunningham, and their children are recorded: William Hanson, born February 28, 1848, lives in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary F., born July 27, 1849, lives at home; Cynthia Jane, born August 13, 1851, married George W. Cunningham, and lives in this county; Jesse Lee, born October 29, 1853, lives in Braxton county; Ella S., born December 17, 1855, married George H. Armstrong, and lives in Lewis county, this State; Enoch Dexter, June 23, 1858, died April 13, 1876; John D., July 18, 1861, lives at home; Willie F., May 24, 1866, died October 16, 1877. The wife of Mr. Berry was born in Lewis county, January 15, 1820, and she died October 27, 1882. Jesse and Mary (Jordan) Cunningham were her parents, and they came to Lewis county in 1816, from Randolph county, then part of Virginia. Her father died November 9, 1871, and her mother died January 3, 1883.
W. H. Berry has been all his life a farmer, and is one of the substantial residents of Kanawha district. He was two years a member of the board of education of Lewis county, and in 1870 was elected president of the board in Kanawha district, and served five years. His postoffice address is Bulltown, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)
Volume 3
Pg. 77
W. H. BERRY —was born June 17, 1824, in that part of Lewis county, Virginia, now included in Braxton county, West Virginia. The place of his birth was near where Flat Woods Church now stands, and he was a son of William and Cynthia (Triplett) Berry. His paternal grandfather came from England at the time of the first permanent colonization on the James river, and William Berry, who was General Washington's quarter-master during the Revolution, was uncle to William, father of W. H. Berry.
The father of W. H. came to what is now Braxton county in 1816, and settled on Salt Lick, when seven families, in a radius of twelve miles, constituted the whole "nieghborhood." He cleared and improved 100 acres on the old "Berry farm," on O'Briens fork, and was the pioneer school-teacher. His first wife was Agnes Kitchen, and their children were ten, six of whom lived to maturity, and raised families. By his second marriage, with Cynthia Triplett, nine children were born. Five sons and three daughters lived to rear families of their own. Fielding and Lewis Berry, brothers of W. H., were soldiers of the 1812 war, as was his brother-in-law, James Smith. William Berry died November 18, 1847, and Cynthia, his widow, died March 2, 1866.
At the bride's residence in Lewis county, W. H. Berry married Agnes Cunningham, and their children are recorded: William Hanson, born February 28, 1848, lives in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary F., born July 27, 1849, lives at home; Cynthia Jane, born August 13, 1851, married George W. Cunningham, and lives in this county; Jesse Lee, born October 29, 1853, lives in Braxton county; Ella S., born December 17, 1855, married George H. Armstrong, and lives in Lewis county, this State; Enoch Dexter, June 23, 1858, died April 13, 1876; John D., July 18, 1861, lives at home; Willie F., May 24, 1866, died October 16, 1877. The wife of Mr. Berry was born in Lewis county, January 15, 1820, and she died October 27, 1882. Jesse and Mary (Jordan) Cunningham were her parents, and they came to Lewis county in 1816, from Randolph county, then part of Virginia. Her father died November 9, 1871, and her mother died January 3, 1883.
W. H. Berry has been all his life a farmer, and is one of the substantial residents of Kanawha district. He was two years a member of the board of education of Lewis county, and in 1870 was elected president of the board in Kanawha district, and served five years. His postoffice address is Bulltown, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 77
W. H. BERRY —was born June 17, 1824, in that part of Lewis county, Virginia, now included in Braxton county, West Virginia. The place of his birth was near where Flat Woods Church now stands, and he was a son of William and Cynthia (Triplett) Berry. His paternal grandfather came from England at the time of the first permanent colonization on the James river, and William Berry, who was General Washington's quarter-master during the Revolution, was uncle to William, father of W. H. Berry.
The father of W. H. came to what is now Braxton county in 1816, and settled on Salt Lick, when seven families, in a radius of twelve miles, constituted the whole "nieghborhood." He cleared and improved 100 acres on the old "Berry farm," on O'Briens fork, and was the pioneer school-teacher. His first wife was Agnes Kitchen, and their children were ten, six of whom lived to maturity, and raised families. By his second marriage, with Cynthia Triplett, nine children were born. Five sons and three daughters lived to rear families of their own. Fielding and Lewis Berry, brothers of W. H., were soldiers of the 1812 war, as was his brother-in-law, James Smith. William Berry died November 18, 1847, and Cynthia, his widow, died March 2, 1866.
At the bride's residence in Lewis county, W. H. Berry married Agnes Cunningham, and their children are recorded: William Hanson, born February 28, 1848, lives in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary F., born July 27, 1849, lives at home; Cynthia Jane, born August 13, 1851, married George W. Cunningham, and lives in this county; Jesse Lee, born October 29, 1853, lives in Braxton county; Ella S., born December 17, 1855, married George H. Armstrong, and lives in Lewis county, this State; Enoch Dexter, June 23, 1858, died April 13, 1876; John D., July 18, 1861, lives at home; Willie F., May 24, 1866, died October 16, 1877. The wife of Mr. Berry was born in Lewis county, January 15, 1820, and she died October 27, 1882. Jesse and Mary (Jordan) Cunningham were her parents, and they came to Lewis county in 1816, from Randolph county, then part of Virginia. Her father died November 9, 1871, and her mother died January 3, 1883.
W. H. Berry has been all his life a farmer, and is one of the substantial residents of Kanawha district. He was two years a member of the board of education of Lewis county, and in 1870 was elected president of the board in Kanawha district, and served five years. His postoffice address is Bulltown, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)
Volume 3
Pg. 77
W. H. BERRY —was born June 17, 1824, in that part of Lewis county, Virginia, now included in Braxton county, West Virginia. The place of his birth was near where Flat Woods Church now stands, and he was a son of William and Cynthia (Triplett) Berry. His paternal grandfather came from England at the time of the first permanent colonization on the James river, and William Berry, who was General Washington's quarter-master during the Revolution, was uncle to William, father of W. H. Berry.
The father of W. H. came to what is now Braxton county in 1816, and settled on Salt Lick, when seven families, in a radius of twelve miles, constituted the whole "nieghborhood." He cleared and improved 100 acres on the old "Berry farm," on O'Briens fork, and was the pioneer school-teacher. His first wife was Agnes Kitchen, and their children were ten, six of whom lived to maturity, and raised families. By his second marriage, with Cynthia Triplett, nine children were born. Five sons and three daughters lived to rear families of their own. Fielding and Lewis Berry, brothers of W. H., were soldiers of the 1812 war, as was his brother-in-law, James Smith. William Berry died November 18, 1847, and Cynthia, his widow, died March 2, 1866.
At the bride's residence in Lewis county, W. H. Berry married Agnes Cunningham, and their children are recorded: William Hanson, born February 28, 1848, lives in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary F., born July 27, 1849, lives at home; Cynthia Jane, born August 13, 1851, married George W. Cunningham, and lives in this county; Jesse Lee, born October 29, 1853, lives in Braxton county; Ella S., born December 17, 1855, married George H. Armstrong, and lives in Lewis county, this State; Enoch Dexter, June 23, 1858, died April 13, 1876; John D., July 18, 1861, lives at home; Willie F., May 24, 1866, died October 16, 1877. The wife of Mr. Berry was born in Lewis county, January 15, 1820, and she died October 27, 1882. Jesse and Mary (Jordan) Cunningham were her parents, and they came to Lewis county in 1816, from Randolph county, then part of Virginia. Her father died November 9, 1871, and her mother died January 3, 1883.
W. H. Berry has been all his life a farmer, and is one of the substantial residents of Kanawha district. He was two years a member of the board of education of Lewis county, and in 1870 was elected president of the board in Kanawha district, and served five years. His postoffice address is Bulltown, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (50144495)
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