Mary Ann Wilson's parents were Joseph Wilson (born circa 1815 in N. C.) and Celia Edwards (born circa 1819 in N. C.).
The 1860 US Census of District 1, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Joseph Wilson, a machinist, and his 41 Y/O wife, Celia (Edwards) Wilson. Also living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O Mary Ann Wilson, 13 Y/O Hannah J. Wilson, 10 Y/O Andrew J. Wilson, 8 Y/O William P. Wilson, 5 Y/O Erastus H. Berry, 3 Y/O Joseph A. Berry and 1 month old John W. Wilson.
Mary Ann married Samuel Ward Berry at Gadsden, AL on 12 June 1863 when he was on wounded leave while serving the Confederacy during the "War Between the States". Samuel returned to duty shortly after his marriage.
Post-war, by 1870, Samuel had his own farm adjacent to his father's in Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL. The 1870 US Census of Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated a household containing 55 Y/O Andrew Jackson Berry, Sr. (farmer) born in TN and his 58 Y/O wife, Winnie F. Berry born in South Carolina. Enumerated in the household next door was their 30 Y/O son, Samuel Ward Berry (farmer) and his 24 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry (no occupation. Also in the household was their 5 Y/O daughter, Ada Viola Berry. Samuel's 17 Y/O brother, Andrew Jackson Berry, Jr. (Attending School) was also living in their household. Also enumerated in the household was 48 Y/O "Mary Berry" (Housekeeper) listed as "Black". She may have been a retainer from before the Civil War.
By 1880 Samuel had moved to "Ball Play and Turkeytown", Etowah Co., AL and his household was enumerated in the 1880 US Census: 38 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a miller/farmer, and his 35 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. The 1880 census recorded that he was born in Alabama. All subsequent US Censuses (1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930) indicated he was born in Louisiana. Living in the 1880 household were their children: 11 Y/O Ada Viola Berry; 9 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry; 6 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry and 2 Y/O Josie (Josephine) Brindley Berry.
An 17 Dec 1884 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL indenture records Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. and his wife, Mary A. Berry, purchasing the Wilson Warehouse for $500.00. This old building has been preserved and is now in the Pioneer Village at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, AL.
The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a farmer born in AL, and his 55 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 29 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry, 26 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, 22 Y/O Josie (Josephine) B. Berry, 17 Y/O Bonnie E. Berry, 14 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., and 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry.
Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. died in 1901. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 65 Y/O widowed Mary A. (Wilson) Berry. Also living in the household were her children: 36 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, a general store merchant, 24 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., a farmer, and 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) Berry, a dressmaker.
In 1920 "Mollie" Berry (Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, 72 Y/O, was living in Town Creek, Lawrence Co., AL in the household of her son-in-law, 46 Y/O Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett, who was a widower with 6 young children under 14 years old. His wife, Josephine (Josie) Brindley (Berry) Prickett, who had died on 09 Sep 1919 was Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry's daughter.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Samuel Ward Berry had died in 1901 and Mary Ann Berry, his widow, applied for his Civil War pension on 02 Apr 1925. She died on 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL at the ripe old age of 91 and is buried near him.
The children of Samuel Ward and Mary (Wilson) Berry were:
1) Ada Viola Berry, b. 13 Nov 1868, d. 08 Sep 1897(FAG memorial #16343999), bur. Turkeytown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, Etowah Co., AL
2) Edwin Walker Berry, b. 23 Apr 1871, d. 05 Nov 1948 Wilcox Co., AL, m. Mary Gaston Goode.
3) Joseph Wilson Berry (See below)
4) Andrew Jackson Berry, b. 10 Jun 1876 Alabama, d. 14 Aug 1878 Alabama (FAG #84415197)
5) Josephine "Josie" Brindley Berry, b. 01 Feb 1878, d. 09 Sep 1919, m. Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett (Methodist)
6) Mary W. Berry, b. 28 Sep 1880 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 15 Jun 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (FAG #84415704)
7) Bonney (Bonnie) Edward Berry, b. 27 Dec 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 25 Apr 1916, m. Roselle Bandy Burns on 26 Jul 1911 at Pratt City, Jefferson Co., AL. (FAG #16344005)
8) Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., b. 23 Aug 1885 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 May 1968 Fairfield, Jefferson Co., AL, m. Georgia Ruth Thornton on 25 Oct 1921 at Attalla, Etowah Co., AL. Georgia Ruth (Thornton) Berry was born on 20 Aug 1901 at Dixon, Cherokee Co., AL and died March 1992 at Trussville, Jefferson Co., AL. She was the daughter of Daniel Webster Thornton and his first wife, Sarah Ella Thornton.
9) Dana B. Berry (who doesn't have a FAG memorial), b. 25 Feb 1888 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 24 Jul 1969 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, m. 24 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL to David Alonzo Gramling by Henry M. Stevenson. David Grambling, b. 18 Nov 1888 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 Oct 1974 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL. The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (See above) enumerated 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry in the household of her father, Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., Al (See above) enumerated 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) B. Berry living in the household of her widowed mother, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. There is an extant one cent post card dated 03 May 1911 addressed to Miss Dana Berry at Wheeler Business College, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1913 Birmingham, AL City Directory recorded Miss Dana B. Berry as a stenographer. The 1914 Gadsden, Alabama City Directory recorded Miss Dana Berry as a clerk for the Gadsden Hardware Company. As noted above, David A. Gramling married Dana B. Berry on 25 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL (Alabama Marriage Indexes 1814-1935). In 1916, the Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL City Directory recorded David A. Gramling (a clerk) and his wife, Dana.
The 1920 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 32 Y/O David Alonzo Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL, and his 31 Y/O wife, Dana B. Gramling, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 3 years 6 months old David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 2 Y/O Bonney Luther Gramling, named after Dana (Berry) Gramling's brother, Bonney Edward Berry. Also living in their household in 1920 was 34 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., Dana's brother, and 24 Y/O J. B. Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL. He was the brother of David Alonzo Gramling.
Also, the 1927 Gadsden, AL City Directory recorded David and Dana (Berry) Gramling.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 1860 US Census of District 1, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Joseph Wilson, a machinist, and his 41 Y/O wife, Celia (Edwards) Wilson. Also living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O Mary Ann Wilson, 13 Y/O Hannah J. Wilson, 10 Y/O Andrew J. Wilson, 8 Y/O William P. Wilson, 5 Y/O Erastus H. Berry, 3 Y/O Joseph A. Berry and 1 month old John W. Wilson.
Mary Ann married Samuel Ward Berry at Gadsden, AL on 12 June 1863 when he was on wounded leave while serving the Confederacy during the "War Between the States". Samuel returned to duty shortly after his marriage.
Post-war, by 1870, Samuel had his own farm adjacent to his father's in Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL. The 1870 US Census of Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated a household containing 55 Y/O Andrew Jackson Berry, Sr. (farmer) born in TN and his 58 Y/O wife, Winnie F. Berry born in South Carolina. Enumerated in the household next door was their 30 Y/O son, Samuel Ward Berry (farmer) and his 24 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry (no occupation. Also in the household was their 5 Y/O daughter, Ada Viola Berry. Samuel's 17 Y/O brother, Andrew Jackson Berry, Jr. (Attending School) was also living in their household. Also enumerated in the household was 48 Y/O "Mary Berry" (Housekeeper) listed as "Black". She may have been a retainer from before the Civil War.
By 1880 Samuel had moved to "Ball Play and Turkeytown", Etowah Co., AL and his household was enumerated in the 1880 US Census: 38 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a miller/farmer, and his 35 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. The 1880 census recorded that he was born in Alabama. All subsequent US Censuses (1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930) indicated he was born in Louisiana. Living in the 1880 household were their children: 11 Y/O Ada Viola Berry; 9 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry; 6 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry and 2 Y/O Josie (Josephine) Brindley Berry.
An 17 Dec 1884 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL indenture records Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. and his wife, Mary A. Berry, purchasing the Wilson Warehouse for $500.00. This old building has been preserved and is now in the Pioneer Village at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, AL.
The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a farmer born in AL, and his 55 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 29 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry, 26 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, 22 Y/O Josie (Josephine) B. Berry, 17 Y/O Bonnie E. Berry, 14 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., and 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry.
Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. died in 1901. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 65 Y/O widowed Mary A. (Wilson) Berry. Also living in the household were her children: 36 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, a general store merchant, 24 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., a farmer, and 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) Berry, a dressmaker.
In 1920 "Mollie" Berry (Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, 72 Y/O, was living in Town Creek, Lawrence Co., AL in the household of her son-in-law, 46 Y/O Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett, who was a widower with 6 young children under 14 years old. His wife, Josephine (Josie) Brindley (Berry) Prickett, who had died on 09 Sep 1919 was Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry's daughter.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Samuel Ward Berry had died in 1901 and Mary Ann Berry, his widow, applied for his Civil War pension on 02 Apr 1925. She died on 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL at the ripe old age of 91 and is buried near him.
The children of Samuel Ward and Mary (Wilson) Berry were:
1) Ada Viola Berry, b. 13 Nov 1868, d. 08 Sep 1897(FAG memorial #16343999), bur. Turkeytown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, Etowah Co., AL
2) Edwin Walker Berry, b. 23 Apr 1871, d. 05 Nov 1948 Wilcox Co., AL, m. Mary Gaston Goode.
3) Joseph Wilson Berry (See below)
4) Andrew Jackson Berry, b. 10 Jun 1876 Alabama, d. 14 Aug 1878 Alabama (FAG #84415197)
5) Josephine "Josie" Brindley Berry, b. 01 Feb 1878, d. 09 Sep 1919, m. Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett (Methodist)
6) Mary W. Berry, b. 28 Sep 1880 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 15 Jun 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (FAG #84415704)
7) Bonney (Bonnie) Edward Berry, b. 27 Dec 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 25 Apr 1916, m. Roselle Bandy Burns on 26 Jul 1911 at Pratt City, Jefferson Co., AL. (FAG #16344005)
8) Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., b. 23 Aug 1885 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 May 1968 Fairfield, Jefferson Co., AL, m. Georgia Ruth Thornton on 25 Oct 1921 at Attalla, Etowah Co., AL. Georgia Ruth (Thornton) Berry was born on 20 Aug 1901 at Dixon, Cherokee Co., AL and died March 1992 at Trussville, Jefferson Co., AL. She was the daughter of Daniel Webster Thornton and his first wife, Sarah Ella Thornton.
9) Dana B. Berry (who doesn't have a FAG memorial), b. 25 Feb 1888 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 24 Jul 1969 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, m. 24 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL to David Alonzo Gramling by Henry M. Stevenson. David Grambling, b. 18 Nov 1888 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 Oct 1974 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL. The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (See above) enumerated 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry in the household of her father, Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., Al (See above) enumerated 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) B. Berry living in the household of her widowed mother, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. There is an extant one cent post card dated 03 May 1911 addressed to Miss Dana Berry at Wheeler Business College, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1913 Birmingham, AL City Directory recorded Miss Dana B. Berry as a stenographer. The 1914 Gadsden, Alabama City Directory recorded Miss Dana Berry as a clerk for the Gadsden Hardware Company. As noted above, David A. Gramling married Dana B. Berry on 25 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL (Alabama Marriage Indexes 1814-1935). In 1916, the Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL City Directory recorded David A. Gramling (a clerk) and his wife, Dana.
The 1920 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 32 Y/O David Alonzo Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL, and his 31 Y/O wife, Dana B. Gramling, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 3 years 6 months old David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 2 Y/O Bonney Luther Gramling, named after Dana (Berry) Gramling's brother, Bonney Edward Berry. Also living in their household in 1920 was 34 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., Dana's brother, and 24 Y/O J. B. Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL. He was the brother of David Alonzo Gramling.
Also, the 1927 Gadsden, AL City Directory recorded David and Dana (Berry) Gramling.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Mary Ann Wilson's parents were Joseph Wilson (born circa 1815 in N. C.) and Celia Edwards (born circa 1819 in N. C.).
The 1860 US Census of District 1, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Joseph Wilson, a machinist, and his 41 Y/O wife, Celia (Edwards) Wilson. Also living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O Mary Ann Wilson, 13 Y/O Hannah J. Wilson, 10 Y/O Andrew J. Wilson, 8 Y/O William P. Wilson, 5 Y/O Erastus H. Berry, 3 Y/O Joseph A. Berry and 1 month old John W. Wilson.
Mary Ann married Samuel Ward Berry at Gadsden, AL on 12 June 1863 when he was on wounded leave while serving the Confederacy during the "War Between the States". Samuel returned to duty shortly after his marriage.
Post-war, by 1870, Samuel had his own farm adjacent to his father's in Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL. The 1870 US Census of Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated a household containing 55 Y/O Andrew Jackson Berry, Sr. (farmer) born in TN and his 58 Y/O wife, Winnie F. Berry born in South Carolina. Enumerated in the household next door was their 30 Y/O son, Samuel Ward Berry (farmer) and his 24 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry (no occupation. Also in the household was their 5 Y/O daughter, Ada Viola Berry. Samuel's 17 Y/O brother, Andrew Jackson Berry, Jr. (Attending School) was also living in their household. Also enumerated in the household was 48 Y/O "Mary Berry" (Housekeeper) listed as "Black". She may have been a retainer from before the Civil War.
By 1880 Samuel had moved to "Ball Play and Turkeytown", Etowah Co., AL and his household was enumerated in the 1880 US Census: 38 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a miller/farmer, and his 35 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. The 1880 census recorded that he was born in Alabama. All subsequent US Censuses (1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930) indicated he was born in Louisiana. Living in the 1880 household were their children: 11 Y/O Ada Viola Berry; 9 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry; 6 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry and 2 Y/O Josie (Josephine) Brindley Berry.
An 17 Dec 1884 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL indenture records Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. and his wife, Mary A. Berry, purchasing the Wilson Warehouse for $500.00. This old building has been preserved and is now in the Pioneer Village at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, AL.
The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a farmer born in AL, and his 55 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 29 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry, 26 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, 22 Y/O Josie (Josephine) B. Berry, 17 Y/O Bonnie E. Berry, 14 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., and 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry.
Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. died in 1901. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 65 Y/O widowed Mary A. (Wilson) Berry. Also living in the household were her children: 36 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, a general store merchant, 24 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., a farmer, and 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) Berry, a dressmaker.
In 1920 "Mollie" Berry (Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, 72 Y/O, was living in Town Creek, Lawrence Co., AL in the household of her son-in-law, 46 Y/O Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett, who was a widower with 6 young children under 14 years old. His wife, Josephine (Josie) Brindley (Berry) Prickett, who had died on 09 Sep 1919 was Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry's daughter.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Samuel Ward Berry had died in 1901 and Mary Ann Berry, his widow, applied for his Civil War pension on 02 Apr 1925. She died on 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL at the ripe old age of 91 and is buried near him.
The children of Samuel Ward and Mary (Wilson) Berry were:
1) Ada Viola Berry, b. 13 Nov 1868, d. 08 Sep 1897(FAG memorial #16343999), bur. Turkeytown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, Etowah Co., AL
2) Edwin Walker Berry, b. 23 Apr 1871, d. 05 Nov 1948 Wilcox Co., AL, m. Mary Gaston Goode.
3) Joseph Wilson Berry (See below)
4) Andrew Jackson Berry, b. 10 Jun 1876 Alabama, d. 14 Aug 1878 Alabama (FAG #84415197)
5) Josephine "Josie" Brindley Berry, b. 01 Feb 1878, d. 09 Sep 1919, m. Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett (Methodist)
6) Mary W. Berry, b. 28 Sep 1880 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 15 Jun 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (FAG #84415704)
7) Bonney (Bonnie) Edward Berry, b. 27 Dec 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 25 Apr 1916, m. Roselle Bandy Burns on 26 Jul 1911 at Pratt City, Jefferson Co., AL. (FAG #16344005)
8) Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., b. 23 Aug 1885 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 May 1968 Fairfield, Jefferson Co., AL, m. Georgia Ruth Thornton on 25 Oct 1921 at Attalla, Etowah Co., AL. Georgia Ruth (Thornton) Berry was born on 20 Aug 1901 at Dixon, Cherokee Co., AL and died March 1992 at Trussville, Jefferson Co., AL. She was the daughter of Daniel Webster Thornton and his first wife, Sarah Ella Thornton.
9) Dana B. Berry (who doesn't have a FAG memorial), b. 25 Feb 1888 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 24 Jul 1969 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, m. 24 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL to David Alonzo Gramling by Henry M. Stevenson. David Grambling, b. 18 Nov 1888 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 Oct 1974 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL. The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (See above) enumerated 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry in the household of her father, Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., Al (See above) enumerated 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) B. Berry living in the household of her widowed mother, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. There is an extant one cent post card dated 03 May 1911 addressed to Miss Dana Berry at Wheeler Business College, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1913 Birmingham, AL City Directory recorded Miss Dana B. Berry as a stenographer. The 1914 Gadsden, Alabama City Directory recorded Miss Dana Berry as a clerk for the Gadsden Hardware Company. As noted above, David A. Gramling married Dana B. Berry on 25 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL (Alabama Marriage Indexes 1814-1935). In 1916, the Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL City Directory recorded David A. Gramling (a clerk) and his wife, Dana.
The 1920 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 32 Y/O David Alonzo Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL, and his 31 Y/O wife, Dana B. Gramling, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 3 years 6 months old David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 2 Y/O Bonney Luther Gramling, named after Dana (Berry) Gramling's brother, Bonney Edward Berry. Also living in their household in 1920 was 34 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., Dana's brother, and 24 Y/O J. B. Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL. He was the brother of David Alonzo Gramling.
Also, the 1927 Gadsden, AL City Directory recorded David and Dana (Berry) Gramling.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 1860 US Census of District 1, Cherokee Co., AL enumerated the household of 44 Y/O Joseph Wilson, a machinist, and his 41 Y/O wife, Celia (Edwards) Wilson. Also living in the household were their children: 15 Y/O Mary Ann Wilson, 13 Y/O Hannah J. Wilson, 10 Y/O Andrew J. Wilson, 8 Y/O William P. Wilson, 5 Y/O Erastus H. Berry, 3 Y/O Joseph A. Berry and 1 month old John W. Wilson.
Mary Ann married Samuel Ward Berry at Gadsden, AL on 12 June 1863 when he was on wounded leave while serving the Confederacy during the "War Between the States". Samuel returned to duty shortly after his marriage.
Post-war, by 1870, Samuel had his own farm adjacent to his father's in Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL. The 1870 US Census of Collinsville, DeKalb Co., AL enumerated a household containing 55 Y/O Andrew Jackson Berry, Sr. (farmer) born in TN and his 58 Y/O wife, Winnie F. Berry born in South Carolina. Enumerated in the household next door was their 30 Y/O son, Samuel Ward Berry (farmer) and his 24 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry (no occupation. Also in the household was their 5 Y/O daughter, Ada Viola Berry. Samuel's 17 Y/O brother, Andrew Jackson Berry, Jr. (Attending School) was also living in their household. Also enumerated in the household was 48 Y/O "Mary Berry" (Housekeeper) listed as "Black". She may have been a retainer from before the Civil War.
By 1880 Samuel had moved to "Ball Play and Turkeytown", Etowah Co., AL and his household was enumerated in the 1880 US Census: 38 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a miller/farmer, and his 35 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. The 1880 census recorded that he was born in Alabama. All subsequent US Censuses (1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930) indicated he was born in Louisiana. Living in the 1880 household were their children: 11 Y/O Ada Viola Berry; 9 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry; 6 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry and 2 Y/O Josie (Josephine) Brindley Berry.
An 17 Dec 1884 Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL indenture records Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. and his wife, Mary A. Berry, purchasing the Wilson Warehouse for $500.00. This old building has been preserved and is now in the Pioneer Village at Noccalula Falls in Gadsden, AL.
The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 58 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Sr., a farmer born in AL, and his 55 Y/O wife, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 29 Y/O Edwin Walker Berry, 26 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, 22 Y/O Josie (Josephine) B. Berry, 17 Y/O Bonnie E. Berry, 14 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., and 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry.
Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. died in 1901. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 65 Y/O widowed Mary A. (Wilson) Berry. Also living in the household were her children: 36 Y/O Joseph Wilson Berry, a general store merchant, 24 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., a farmer, and 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) Berry, a dressmaker.
In 1920 "Mollie" Berry (Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, 72 Y/O, was living in Town Creek, Lawrence Co., AL in the household of her son-in-law, 46 Y/O Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett, who was a widower with 6 young children under 14 years old. His wife, Josephine (Josie) Brindley (Berry) Prickett, who had died on 09 Sep 1919 was Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry's daughter.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Samuel Ward Berry had died in 1901 and Mary Ann Berry, his widow, applied for his Civil War pension on 02 Apr 1925. She died on 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL at the ripe old age of 91 and is buried near him.
The children of Samuel Ward and Mary (Wilson) Berry were:
1) Ada Viola Berry, b. 13 Nov 1868, d. 08 Sep 1897(FAG memorial #16343999), bur. Turkeytown United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, Etowah Co., AL
2) Edwin Walker Berry, b. 23 Apr 1871, d. 05 Nov 1948 Wilcox Co., AL, m. Mary Gaston Goode.
3) Joseph Wilson Berry (See below)
4) Andrew Jackson Berry, b. 10 Jun 1876 Alabama, d. 14 Aug 1878 Alabama (FAG #84415197)
5) Josephine "Josie" Brindley Berry, b. 01 Feb 1878, d. 09 Sep 1919, m. Rev. Samuel Lee Prickett (Methodist)
6) Mary W. Berry, b. 28 Sep 1880 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 15 Jun 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (FAG #84415704)
7) Bonney (Bonnie) Edward Berry, b. 27 Dec 1882 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 25 Apr 1916, m. Roselle Bandy Burns on 26 Jul 1911 at Pratt City, Jefferson Co., AL. (FAG #16344005)
8) Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., b. 23 Aug 1885 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 May 1968 Fairfield, Jefferson Co., AL, m. Georgia Ruth Thornton on 25 Oct 1921 at Attalla, Etowah Co., AL. Georgia Ruth (Thornton) Berry was born on 20 Aug 1901 at Dixon, Cherokee Co., AL and died March 1992 at Trussville, Jefferson Co., AL. She was the daughter of Daniel Webster Thornton and his first wife, Sarah Ella Thornton.
9) Dana B. Berry (who doesn't have a FAG memorial), b. 25 Feb 1888 Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL, d. 24 Jul 1969 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, m. 24 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL to David Alonzo Gramling by Henry M. Stevenson. David Grambling, b. 18 Nov 1888 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL, d. 01 Oct 1974 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL. The 1900 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., AL (See above) enumerated 13 Y/O Dena (Dana) B. Berry in the household of her father, Samuel Ward Berry, Sr. The 1910 US Census of Turkeytown, Etowah Co., Al (See above) enumerated 22 Y/O Danna (Dana) B. Berry living in the household of her widowed mother, Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry. There is an extant one cent post card dated 03 May 1911 addressed to Miss Dana Berry at Wheeler Business College, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1913 Birmingham, AL City Directory recorded Miss Dana B. Berry as a stenographer. The 1914 Gadsden, Alabama City Directory recorded Miss Dana Berry as a clerk for the Gadsden Hardware Company. As noted above, David A. Gramling married Dana B. Berry on 25 Dec 1914 in Etowah Co., AL (Alabama Marriage Indexes 1814-1935). In 1916, the Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL City Directory recorded David A. Gramling (a clerk) and his wife, Dana.
The 1920 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 32 Y/O David Alonzo Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL, and his 31 Y/O wife, Dana B. Gramling, born in AL. Living in the household were their children: 3 years 6 months old David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 2 Y/O Bonney Luther Gramling, named after Dana (Berry) Gramling's brother, Bonney Edward Berry. Also living in their household in 1920 was 34 Y/O Samuel Ward Berry, Jr., Dana's brother, and 24 Y/O J. B. Gramling, a salesman in a supply store born in AL. He was the brother of David Alonzo Gramling.
Also, the 1927 Gadsden, AL City Directory recorded David and Dana (Berry) Gramling.
The 1930 US Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL enumerated the household of 42 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, a furniture dealer, and his 42 Y/O wife, Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Living in the household were their children: 13 Y/O David Alonzo Grambling, Jr. and 12 Y/O Bonney Luther Grambling. Also living in the household was the widow, 85 Y/O Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry, the mother of Dana B. (Berry) Grambling. Mary Ann (Wilson) Berry died on Feb. 23 Feb 1937 at Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
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