James Enfield Berry (1790 - 1857)

Born 15 Apr 1790 in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (McChesney) Berry — married 13 Aug 1818 (to 24 Aug 1841) in , Blount County, Tennessee, United States of America

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1857 at age 66 in Jacksonville, Clark County, Ohio, United States of America

Biography

James Enfield Berry 1790, 1st cousin, Major and First Mayor of Chattanooga 1st cousin, 5 times removed James Enfield Berry (B-April 15, 1790), moved to Blount County, Tennessee with his parents in 1798. He married Rebecca Crawford McChesney (1794-1841) in that same county on August 13, 1818. Rebecca was the daughter of James McChesney and Sarah Wilcox Crawford. James Berry worked as a merchant and postmaster in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. The family moved to Chattanooga in the late 1830’s, and James served as the city’s first mayor in 1840. Birth 15 Apr 1790, Washington Co., Virginia Death 26 Jan 1857, Jacksonville, Clark Co., Alabama Father Thomas BERRY (~1770-<1805), Mother Elizabeth WALKER (~1766-1836) Birth about 1763, Augusta Co., Virginia, Birth Augusta Co., Virginia Death 13 Sept/25 Nov 1805, Blount Co., Tennessee Burial New Providence Cemetery, Blount Co., Tennessee

Name

Name: Mayor James Enfield /Berry/^[1][2]

Event

Event: Mr. Berry's wife died Aug. 24, 1841 and her sister, Mrs. William Walker Anderson, died with a few days. A few years after the death of Rebecca Berry, James E. Berry moved to Jacksonville, Ala.

Type: Wife Rebecca Crawford McChesney Dies

Date: 24 Aug 1841

Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

Event: Mayor Berry was not one of the 53 citizens who organized Ross' Landing &were founders of the town which became Chattanooga. He moved to the village later than they. He became at once a leader in civic affairs as shown by his election to public office.f

Type: Chattanooga&apos;s First Mayor, James Enfield Berry

Date: 20 Dec 1839

Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA

Note

Note: MayorJamesEBerry-husb-of-Rebecca-Crawford-McChesney

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Marriage and family

: Husband: Mayor James Enfield Berry

Wife:: Rebecca McChesney

1. Sarah Crawford Berry
2. Thomas Berry
3. Margaret McChesney Berry
4. James Enfield Berry
5. Elizabeth Hamilton Berry
6. William Hamilton Berry
7. John Marshall Berry: Marriage: James E. Berry began his public career in Maryville, where he was postmaster. There in 1818, he married Rebecca C. McChesney of a well-known Virginia family, some of whose members also had moved to Maryville. Their children were born in Maryville

Date: 20 Aug 1818

Place: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA^[3][4]

From Ancestry.com

James Enfield Berry (1790 - 1857)

Born in Washington [County], Virginia, USA, on 15 Apr 1790 to Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Martha Walker. He died on 26 Jan 1857 in Alabama.

Family Members: Parents: Thomas Berry, 1741-1812; Elizabeth Martha Walker, 1766-1836.

James Enfield married:

1) Rebecca Crawford McChesney and had 7 children.

2) Araminta Lester and had 2 children.

Rebecca’s children:

1. Sarah Crawford Berry, 1819-Unknown.
2. Thomas Berry, 1820-1886.
3. Margaret McChesney Berry, 1824-1826
4. James Enfield Berry, 1826-1879
5. Elizabeth Hamilton Berry, 1830-1852
6. William Hamilton Berry, 1832-Unknown.
7. John Marshall Berry, 1835-1883

Araminta’s children:

1. Joseph Walker Berry, 1844-1866
2. Augustus Berry, 1846-1846.^[5]

Citations

1. ↑ Source: #S-1468752678 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note:
2. ↑ Source: #S-1468752714 Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 13 Aug 1818 Marriage place: Blount, Tennessee APID: 1,1169::313528
3. ↑ Source: #S-1468752714 Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 13 Aug 1818 Marriage place: Blount, Tennessee APID: 1,1169::313528
4. ↑ Source: #S-1468752714 Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 13 Aug 1818 Marriage place: Blount, Tennessee
5. ↑ Various, “James Enfield Berry (1790 - 1857),” Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/james-enfield-berry_1087638?geo_a=r&geo_s=ca&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41014&o_lid=41014&o_sch=Web+Property. Accessed 9 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Berry-2979 was created through the import of McChesney Extended Decision Tr.ged on Jan 11, 2013 by Grace McChesney.

Sources

• Various, “James Enfield Berry (1790 - 1857),” Ancestry.com. URL: https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/james-enfield-berry_1087638?geo_a=r&geo_s=ca&geo_t=us&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41014&o_lid=41014&o_sch=Web+Property. Accessed 9 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

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