Mary Lawrence Berry (1872 - 1935)

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Biography

Mary was born in November 18, 1872. She is the daughter of Jeremiah Berry and Katherine Boggs.

Mary never married but was well known because of her land holdings. They were detailed in a historic buildings survey.

"Jeremiah Berry married Katherine Stewart Boggs of Georgetown. They conveyed Bowieville to Ellen M. Boggs of Georgetown, in December of 1876 (Deed HB 12:39). However, they evidently continued to reside there, as the Hopkins Atlas of 1879 reads, "Jerry Berry, Res(idence) 'Bowieville 780 a(cres)".

"Ellen M. Boggs, according to her will, maintained a primary residence in Georgetown. Upon her death in 1926 she conveyed Bowieville to her daughter, Katherine S. Berry, who did reside there. The inventory of the personal property of Katherine S. Berry following her death in 1927 gives the value of the furnishings in each room. a list of the rooms indicates their use. They are follows: library, front parlor, back parlor, hall (front), back hall, pantry, dining room, kitchen, upstairs hall, bedrooms 1, 2, and 3, maid's room. Katherine Berry's farm "known as Bowieville ...where I am now residing..." was passed by her will to her daughter, Mary Lawrence Berry.

"Mary passed away soon after, in 1935, leaving Bowieville to Frances Fairfax Roberts who sold it the same year, thus ending nearly one hundred years of Berry family ownership."^[1]

She passed away in 1935 and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. A memorial can be found on Find A Grave

Timeline

1900 - United States Federal Census - In 1900, Jeremiah Berry, 63, was living with his wife, Kate S. Berry, 57, and two daughters, Marry Berry, 25, and Nellie Berry, 30, in Queen Anne, Prince George's County, Maryland. Jeremiah is listed as a farmer.^[2]

1910 - United States Federal Census - In 1910, Catherine S. Berry, 66, was listed as the widowed head of household in Precinct 7, Washington, District of Columbia, and was living with her daughter, Mary L. Berry, 37.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Bowieville Nr. Leeland, MD (Historic American Buildings Survey, Delos H. Smith, District Officer, 1707 Eye St., N.W., Washington, D.C. HABS MD 17-LEL 1-), p. 9 and 10.
2. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, Prince George's, Maryland, population schedule, Queen Anne, enumeration district (ED) 0097, sheet 5B, p. 5 written, dwelling 84, family 84, Jeremiah Berry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 626.
3. ↑ 1910 U.S. census, Washington, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington, enumeration district (ED) 0125, sheet 4A, p. 17, dwelling 60, family 82, Catherine S. Berry; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 152.