Berryman Whelchel was a son of William Whelchel Jr and Nancy Keziah (nee Whelchel) Whelchel. William and Keziah were first cousins, both were grandchildren of Francis and Martha Ann (nee Stockton) Whelchel. William and Keziah married on 12 May 1814 in Indiana.

William Whelchel Jr filed an affidavit with the Federal Government in May of 1854. "I was living with my wife, Keziah and our twelve children, in Cedar County, Missouri in January 1852 when I moved them to a place called Fayette, Arkansas. We lived on a farm there until January 29, 1854 when I moved them back to Missouri and settled on a farm on Sugar Creek in McDonald County, very near the Arkansas border." The above information is from the late Charlotte Whelchel.

1850 District 6, Bates County, Missouri
William Whechel, 63, Farmer, South Carolina
Kizzier " , 56, Tennessee
Berryman " , 18, Laborer, Indianna
Abraham " , 16, Laborer, Indianna

Berryman married Orpha Hagarman.

1860 Big Spring, Benton County, Arkansas
Buriman Whelchel, 28, Indiana
Orpha, 25, Indiana
Leltetha, 5/12, Arkansas

Same page as William and Sarah Whelchel.

Civil War:
Company D, 6th Kansas
Served Jan 1862 to May 1863

1865 census Valley, Linn County, Kansas
B Whelchel, 33, Farmer, Indiana
Telitha Whelchel, 5, Missouri
Ellen Whelchel, 1, Kansas

On 2 Aug 1868 Berryman married Martha Jane Anderson.

1870 Valley Township, Linn County, Kansas
Whelchel Berryman, 38, Farmer, Indiana
------- Martha J, 20, Keeping house, Illinois
------- Babbery, 1, Female, At home, Kansas
------- Telitha, 10, Female, At home, Arkansas

Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Post Records
B. Whelchel
Age: 50 [in June of 1883]
Birthplace: Ind
Residence: Barnard Kan [Lincoln County]
Occupation: Farmer
Entry into the service;
Date: Jany 62
Rank: Private
Co.: D.
Regiment: 6th Kans
Final Discharge;
Date: May 63
Rank: Private
Co.: D.
Regiment: 6th Kan

Name: William Berryman Whelchel
Birth Date: 15 Mar 1874
Birthplace: Kansas
Death Date: 18 Nov 1940
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Anderson
FATHER'S SURNAME: Whelchel

Berryman and Orpha Whelchel
children:
Telitha
Ellen

Berryman and Martha Jane Whelchel
children:
Barbara Alice
William Berryman
Lydia A.
Frank David
Mary C.
Easter Lily
Charle Abraham
Sarah "Sadie"
John P.

The above Berryman Whelchel is not the same as the Berryman Whelchel who married Mary Ann Beaver. That Berryman was a son of Davis Whelchel (Jr) and 1st wife Mary (nee Irving) Whelchel. Mary died in 1839 and Davis Whelchel (Jr) married Sarah "Sally" Hoagland. They are shown together in the 1850 census living in Fall Creek, Hamilton County, Indiana. Davis Whelchel (Jr) is incorrectly shown as Daniel, but this is Davis Whelchel (Jr) along with his second wife Sarah "Sally" (nee Hoagland) Whelchel and several children, including Berryman.