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John Berry Jr.

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John Berry Jr.

Birth
Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
Death
12 Mar 1921 (aged 84)
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Burial
Harwood, Gonzales County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Indian fighter, Confederate Veteran, Early Texas Pioneer


1904 John Berry fell from a wagon causing a dislocated hip and resulting rheumatism. From then on, John was unable to walk without crutches. In 1905 he applied for a pension due Texas veterans who had honorably served in the Confederate Army and from this application we learn that John and Hixa Jane Berry had fallen on hard times. He stated that he could not do any work as the result of his fall and his only property was two horses worth $140, one wagon very old and worn worth about $15 two feather beds, a cookstove, and some small kitchen utensils. He said that in 1904 the family harvested five bales of cotton but in 1905 only two bales of cotton. This small crop was their only source of income and Hixa Jane had no property of her own. The pension was approved although we don't know how much it was. In a letter written to his sister Catherine A. Berry Jackson on October 16, 1915, John said "Times is tight here; they cut my pension to ten dollars, so I have no money, but am doing alright, I have plenty to eat. At this time he was staying with his daughter Henrietta Berry Kelley and her husband Will. John would travel from place to place visiting his children in a small black buggy with his crutches on the seat beside him.

John and Hixa Jane had 9 children
Margarete E. Berry 1865 – 1903
Elisabeth Lizzie Lenore Stiles Berry 1866 – 1942
Nealy Fletcher Berry 1868 – 1952
Irene "Rena" Jane Berry 1872 – 1955
M. J. "Deller" Berry 1873 – 1938
Henrietta Lemons Berry 1876 – 1965
Virginia Devore Berry 1882 – 1960
Emanuel Woodson Berry 1884 – 1947
Jessie Noble Berry 1887 – 1957

[from John Berry and his children by Jack Pope]
Indian fighter, Confederate Veteran, Early Texas Pioneer


1904 John Berry fell from a wagon causing a dislocated hip and resulting rheumatism. From then on, John was unable to walk without crutches. In 1905 he applied for a pension due Texas veterans who had honorably served in the Confederate Army and from this application we learn that John and Hixa Jane Berry had fallen on hard times. He stated that he could not do any work as the result of his fall and his only property was two horses worth $140, one wagon very old and worn worth about $15 two feather beds, a cookstove, and some small kitchen utensils. He said that in 1904 the family harvested five bales of cotton but in 1905 only two bales of cotton. This small crop was their only source of income and Hixa Jane had no property of her own. The pension was approved although we don't know how much it was. In a letter written to his sister Catherine A. Berry Jackson on October 16, 1915, John said "Times is tight here; they cut my pension to ten dollars, so I have no money, but am doing alright, I have plenty to eat. At this time he was staying with his daughter Henrietta Berry Kelley and her husband Will. John would travel from place to place visiting his children in a small black buggy with his crutches on the seat beside him.

John and Hixa Jane had 9 children
Margarete E. Berry 1865 – 1903
Elisabeth Lizzie Lenore Stiles Berry 1866 – 1942
Nealy Fletcher Berry 1868 – 1952
Irene "Rena" Jane Berry 1872 – 1955
M. J. "Deller" Berry 1873 – 1938
Henrietta Lemons Berry 1876 – 1965
Virginia Devore Berry 1882 – 1960
Emanuel Woodson Berry 1884 – 1947
Jessie Noble Berry 1887 – 1957

[from John Berry and his children by Jack Pope]

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