John
Hawkins
Berry
Born in Creedmore, Travis County, Texas
Ancestors 
Son of James Alexander Berry
and Mary (Rountree) Berry
Brother of
Thomas Rountree Berry, Permelia Ann (Berry) Fleming, Emily Jane (Berry) Stanley, Benjamin Milford Berry, Sarah Catherine (Berry) McNett, William Tollie Berry and Mary Elizabeth (Berry) Burditt
Husband of
Mary Paralee (Cameron) Berry
— married
4 Jun 1874 in Travis Co., TX
Husband of
Mary Etta Cornelia (Collins) Berry
— married
2 May 1888 in Burnet City, Texas
Descendants 
Father of
James Cameron Berry, Minnie Ann Berry, Thomas Reed Berry, Mary Maud Berry, Laura Etta (Berry) Long, Felix Smith Berry, Nora Lee Berry, Mary Paralee (Berry) Shell, Mark Milford Berry, William Rhoton Berry, Bessie Lee (Berry) Hall, John Travis Berry Sr., Charles Harvey Berry, Nettie Estelle (Berry) Miller, Myrtle Eddie Berry, Anna Pearl (Berry) Nicholson, Lola Essie Berry, Thomas Jackson Berry and Robert Raymond Berry
Died
at age 56
in Hondo, Medina County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2012
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Contents |
Biography
John Berry was a Texan.
- John Hawkins was born in 1854.
- He passed away in 1910.
Parents
- James Alexander Berry
- Mary Rountree
Marriage
- Mary Paralee Cameron (1850–1888)
- Mary Etta Cornelia Collins (1866–1962)
Children
- James Cameron Berry
- Minnie Ann Berry
- Thomas Reed Berry
- Mary Maud Berry
- Laura Etta (Berry) Long
- Felix Smith Berry
- Nora Lee Berry
- Mary Paralee (Berry) Shell
- Mark Milford Berry
- William Rhoton Berry
- Bessie Lee Berry
- John Travis Berry
- Charles Harvey Berry
- Estelle B " Nettie" Berry
- Myrtle Ettie Berry
- Anna Pearl Berry
- Lola Essie Berry
- Thomas Jackson Berry
- Robert Raymond Berry
Burial
- Yancey Cemetery, Yancey, Medina County, Texas
History
- John resided in Travis County, Texas until about 1900 when he moved to Burnet County, Texas and then on to Yancey, Medina County, Texas. He married first, Mary Paralee Cameron on 4 June 1874 and they were parents of eight children. Mary Etta Collins was a very close friend to Mary Paralee and was staying with and nursing Mary Paralee after the birth of the child. When Mary Paralee died from "childbirth fever" Mary Etta married John Hawkins as a marriage of convivence. Mary Etta and John Hawkins had 11 children of their own. John Hawkins became ill while on a trip from Yancey, Texas to Bandera, Texas to purchase cedar posts for their farm fencing. He was taken home where he died, April 12, 1910, shortly upon arrival and is buried at the Yancey Cemetery.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #17986490
- "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZY-BV59 : 28 November 2018), John Hawkins Berry and Mary Paralee Cameron, 04 Jun 1874; citing Marriage, citing Travis Land District, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 978,165.
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFK-GHL : Tue Oct 03 16:52:07 UTC 2023), Entry for J A Berry and M Berry, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJX-PDW : Fri Oct 06 08:13:18 UTC 2023), Entry for John H. Berry and Mary P. Berry, 1880.
- "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL7X-PZ6 : 10 March 2021), J H Berry and Mary Ettie Collins, 02 May 1888; citing Burnet, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 978,760.
- "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LS-M97 : Wed Oct 04 18:39:29 UTC 2023), Entry for John H Berry and Ettie Berry, 1900.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 John:
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~0.78%
Keith Montgomery
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A017949 [compare], yourDNAportal KEI7852db33, Ancestry member fajarden
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Autosomal DNA Test, yourDNAportal KEI7852db33
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Christine Draper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A263818 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRbc67dbea, Ancestry member ccdspam
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