William
Crawford
Berry
Born in Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thornton Berry
and Rachel (Bell) Berry
Brother of
James W Berry, Rachel Berry, Mary Elizabeth (Berry) Sellers, Cornelia A Berry and Bettie (Berry) Cleveland [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 27
in Catlett's Station, VA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2016
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Biography
William Crawford Berry, son of Thornton and Rachel Bell Berry, was born 1835 and died August 22 1862. He married Frances Louisa Phillips Kennerly Hanger. He is buried in Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Augusta County, Fort Defiance, VA. "During the Civil War, William enlisted in Co. E, Virginia 1st Cavalry Regiment, Apr. 19, 1961. He was killed at Catlett's Station, VA when General J. E. B. Stuart raided General Pope's headquarters and supply depot there. Stuart's men attempted to burn the railway bridge but were unsuccessful due to a heavy thunderstorm. Rank at death - 2nd Corporal." [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial, George DeKay, creator http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=118448467
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~0.78%
Jim McNutt
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Bill Sherman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T796206 [compare], Ancestry member Bcjmkfl
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