James
R.
Berry
Born in Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Theodore Riley Berry
and Louisa M (Unknown) Berry
Brother of
Placidia (Berry) Reynolds, Julia Ann (Berry) Norton, Washington Boat Berry [half], Lena Berry [half], George Bunk Berry [half], William Will Berry [half], Charlotte Berry [half], Benjamin Berry [half], Riley Berry [half], Sam Berry [half], Nat Berry [half] and Joseph Berry [half]
Husband of
Sallie (Caraway) Berry
— married
21 Jan 1882 (to 1884) [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 33
in Jefferson, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2015
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Biography
James R was born in 1850. James R was the child of Theodore R Berry and Louisa Unknown]. James R died in 1884 due to a drowning accident near his home in Jefferson County, Mississippi.
That Theodore died from grief on his 60th birthday was transmitted by email (around 2010) from Leon Buell to Gordon E. Jones, Jr. In addition, Buell sent a copy a spreadsheet entitled “Legacy of Leon Buell: from his genealogy software. This spreadsheet gives the names of the children of Theodore and Rosanna (aka “Rosa”).
Sources
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZP-4VH : 10 February 2018), J. R. Berry and Sallie Caraway, 25 Jan 1882; citing Jefferson,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 893,076.
- "Buell Family Legacy"
- Find A Grave: Memorial #215903780 James R Berry
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Gordon Jones 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
A McCorquodale :
23andMe
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Rejected matches › James Barry (abt.1850-) › James Barr (1851-) › James Henry Berry (1848-) › James Berry (1849-)
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