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Lawson Berry Wyatt (1864 - 1944)

Lawson Berry (Berry) Wyatt
Born in North Carolina, United Statesmap
Son of and
Brother of , [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 79 in North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

From his tombstone, Lawson Berry "Berry" Wyatt was born on October 15, 1864 [1] in North Carolina, the home of his parents, Lawson Berry Wyatt and Mary "Polly" (Connor) Wyatt. His mother had passed away by the time of the 1870 Census where he was living with his father and brothers and sisters in the Brush Creek Township of Yancey County, North Carolina. [2]

At the time of the 1880 Census Berry was living in the Crabtree Township of Yancey County in the household of Jessie Wilson and working as a farmhand. In the adjacent household was his older brother Amos Wesley Wilson living with his wife, Cordelia (Wilson) Wyatt and her family. [3]

Berry married Louisa Wilson, daughter of Edward and Nancy Wilson, on August 17, 1885 in Crabtree. [4] They remained in the Crabtree Township where Berry farmed. At the time of the 1900 Census they had six living children, all still in the household, and one deceased. There were a number of other family and extended family in the area. [5] By the time of the 1910 Census they had had two more children. [6] They were living with their three youngest sons in 1920 in Crabtree where he farmed and two of his sons worked in a clay mine. [7]

Their children were:

  1. Lattie Moore
  2. Robert Lee
  3. William Riley
  4. Thurman Roscoe
  5. Bert Berry
  6. Effie May
  7. Arthur Decester
  8. Arvle A.

Berry's wife, Louisa, passed away in 1926 and in 1930 he was living in Crabtree with his youngest son, Arvle and Arvle's wife Belva. They were both miners in a clay mine. [8]

On August 15, 1930, Berry married again to Bonnie (George) Robison in Celo, Yancey County, North Carolina. [9] They were living in South Toe Township, in Yancey County in 1940, in the same place they lived in 1935. They were in a home they owned valued at $200. The Census indicates that he had only a first grade education. [10]

He died on September 2, 1944 and was buried in the Wilson-Rector Hill Cemetery in Double Island in Yancey County. He shares a tombstone with his wife, Louisa. [1]


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142536947/berry-wyatt: accessed 21 November 2023), memorial page for Berry Wyatt (15 Oct 1864–2 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142536947, citing Wilson-Rector Hill Cemetery, Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Paul Chrisawn II (contributor 47365823).
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", Brush Creek Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, page 9, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDC-ZNC : Fri Oct 06 12:20:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Berry Wyatt and Nancy Wyatt, 1870.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", Crabtree Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, Sheet 590A, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCF3-JHD : Fri Oct 06 17:49:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Jessie Wilson and Caroline Wilson, 1880.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8CX-GCD : 14 February 2020), Bery Wieyet, 1885.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", Crabtree Township, ED 123, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, Sheet 4B, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBR-ZK5 : Thu Oct 05 11:48:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Berry Wyatt and Louisa Wyatt, 1900.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", Crabtree Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, Sheet 6B, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML99-3J4 : Wed Oct 04 04:45:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Kerry Wyatt and Louranda Wyatt, 1910.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", Crabtree Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, Sheet 8B, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJT-16X : Fri Nov 10 00:20:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Benj Wyotte and Lue Wyotte, 1920.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", Crabtree Township, Yancey, North Carolina, United States, Sheet 5A, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37R-ZQL : Fri Oct 06 02:53:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Orville Wyatt and Belva Wyatt, 1930.
  9. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM3-3KTJ : Wed Oct 18 07:36:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Berry Wyatt and Berry Wyatt, 15 Aug 1930.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW7T-G2F : Thu Nov 16 02:32:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Berry Wyatt and Burna G Wyatt, 1940.

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