Ruth was the daughter of Samuel C Berry and Mary Adalaid "Adala" Taylor.
Ruth had two daughters, Ida & Thelma Reed, then married Fred (Bill) Rice and they had two boys, Ben & Brown, & three girls, Frankie, Eunice & Lily. Ruth passed when Lily was just two, complications from a miscarriage.
The picture's on the right are grandma, 1st one as a teenager, the 2nd one just before she passed, with her oldest daughter, Ida (who lived to 93 years).
1910 Census, District 3, Carter Co., TN (bad handwriting)
Biry, Sam, 32y, wife Adalee, 32y, (mother of 5/4 living, unable to read or write) with children;
Martha, 8y
(Johnny, who would've been 6)
Laura, 4y
Wesley, 3
Rutha (in digital they put Bertha), 1y2m
1920 Census, Carter Co., TN
Samuel C Berry 42y, with wife Hiler(Iller/Ilan) 33y, & children;
Martha 18y (Adala's)
Laura 16y (Adala's)
Wesley 13y (Adala's)
Ruth 10y (Adala's)
Charlie 9y (Adala's)
Josie 6y (Iller's)
Joe 4y (Iller's)
Jack 1y (Iller's)
Iller died in 3/1923. Sam married Samantha 11/1923, then Dora 1926, but divorced both.
1930 Census, Carter Co., TN
Sam Berry, 51, divorced, with children;
Ruth, 21
Charlie, 19
Joseph, 15
Jack, 11
Hatti,e 9
Etta, 7
Ida, 3 (Ruth's daughter)
1940 Census, Buladean, Mitchell, TN
Rice, William, 46 TN, wife Ruth, 30, TN, children;
Ida (stepdau), 13 TN
Thelma (stepdau), 8 NC
Bennie (son), 6 NC
Brownie (son), 4 NC
Frankie (dau), 2 NC
Eunice (dau), 0 NC
I'm her granddaughter
Ruth had two daughters, Ida & Thelma Reed, then married Fred (Bill) Rice and they had two boys, Ben & Brown, & three girls, Frankie, Eunice & Lily. Ruth passed when Lily was just two, complications from a miscarriage.
The picture's on the right are grandma, 1st one as a teenager, the 2nd one just before she passed, with her oldest daughter, Ida (who lived to 93 years).
1910 Census, District 3, Carter Co., TN (bad handwriting)
Biry, Sam, 32y, wife Adalee, 32y, (mother of 5/4 living, unable to read or write) with children;
Martha, 8y
(Johnny, who would've been 6)
Laura, 4y
Wesley, 3
Rutha (in digital they put Bertha), 1y2m
1920 Census, Carter Co., TN
Samuel C Berry 42y, with wife Hiler(Iller/Ilan) 33y, & children;
Martha 18y (Adala's)
Laura 16y (Adala's)
Wesley 13y (Adala's)
Ruth 10y (Adala's)
Charlie 9y (Adala's)
Josie 6y (Iller's)
Joe 4y (Iller's)
Jack 1y (Iller's)
Iller died in 3/1923. Sam married Samantha 11/1923, then Dora 1926, but divorced both.
1930 Census, Carter Co., TN
Sam Berry, 51, divorced, with children;
Ruth, 21
Charlie, 19
Joseph, 15
Jack, 11
Hatti,e 9
Etta, 7
Ida, 3 (Ruth's daughter)
1940 Census, Buladean, Mitchell, TN
Rice, William, 46 TN, wife Ruth, 30, TN, children;
Ida (stepdau), 13 TN
Thelma (stepdau), 8 NC
Bennie (son), 6 NC
Brownie (son), 4 NC
Frankie (dau), 2 NC
Eunice (dau), 0 NC
I'm her granddaughter
Ruth was the daughter of Samuel C Berry and Mary Adalaid "Adala" Taylor.
Ruth had two daughters, Ida & Thelma Reed, then married Fred (Bill) Rice and they had two boys, Ben & Brown, & three girls, Frankie, Eunice & Lily. Ruth passed when Lily was just two, complications from a miscarriage.
The picture's on the right are grandma, 1st one as a teenager, the 2nd one just before she passed, with her oldest daughter, Ida (who lived to 93 years).
1910 Census, District 3, Carter Co., TN (bad handwriting)
Biry, Sam, 32y, wife Adalee, 32y, (mother of 5/4 living, unable to read or write) with children;
Martha, 8y
(Johnny, who would've been 6)
Laura, 4y
Wesley, 3
Rutha (in digital they put Bertha), 1y2m
1920 Census, Carter Co., TN
Samuel C Berry 42y, with wife Hiler(Iller/Ilan) 33y, & children;
Martha 18y (Adala's)
Laura 16y (Adala's)
Wesley 13y (Adala's)
Ruth 10y (Adala's)
Charlie 9y (Adala's)
Josie 6y (Iller's)
Joe 4y (Iller's)
Jack 1y (Iller's)
Iller died in 3/1923. Sam married Samantha 11/1923, then Dora 1926, but divorced both.
1930 Census, Carter Co., TN
Sam Berry, 51, divorced, with children;
Ruth, 21
Charlie, 19
Joseph, 15
Jack, 11
Hatti,e 9
Etta, 7
Ida, 3 (Ruth's daughter)
1940 Census, Buladean, Mitchell, TN
Rice, William, 46 TN, wife Ruth, 30, TN, children;
Ida (stepdau), 13 TN
Thelma (stepdau), 8 NC
Bennie (son), 6 NC
Brownie (son), 4 NC
Frankie (dau), 2 NC
Eunice (dau), 0 NC
I'm her granddaughter
Ruth had two daughters, Ida & Thelma Reed, then married Fred (Bill) Rice and they had two boys, Ben & Brown, & three girls, Frankie, Eunice & Lily. Ruth passed when Lily was just two, complications from a miscarriage.
The picture's on the right are grandma, 1st one as a teenager, the 2nd one just before she passed, with her oldest daughter, Ida (who lived to 93 years).
1910 Census, District 3, Carter Co., TN (bad handwriting)
Biry, Sam, 32y, wife Adalee, 32y, (mother of 5/4 living, unable to read or write) with children;
Martha, 8y
(Johnny, who would've been 6)
Laura, 4y
Wesley, 3
Rutha (in digital they put Bertha), 1y2m
1920 Census, Carter Co., TN
Samuel C Berry 42y, with wife Hiler(Iller/Ilan) 33y, & children;
Martha 18y (Adala's)
Laura 16y (Adala's)
Wesley 13y (Adala's)
Ruth 10y (Adala's)
Charlie 9y (Adala's)
Josie 6y (Iller's)
Joe 4y (Iller's)
Jack 1y (Iller's)
Iller died in 3/1923. Sam married Samantha 11/1923, then Dora 1926, but divorced both.
1930 Census, Carter Co., TN
Sam Berry, 51, divorced, with children;
Ruth, 21
Charlie, 19
Joseph, 15
Jack, 11
Hatti,e 9
Etta, 7
Ida, 3 (Ruth's daughter)
1940 Census, Buladean, Mitchell, TN
Rice, William, 46 TN, wife Ruth, 30, TN, children;
Ida (stepdau), 13 TN
Thelma (stepdau), 8 NC
Bennie (son), 6 NC
Brownie (son), 4 NC
Frankie (dau), 2 NC
Eunice (dau), 0 NC
I'm her granddaughter
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