Arvil Newberry (1802 - 1877)

Born 1802 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Riggs) Newberry — married about 25 Dec 1823 in Lawrence County, Alabama

Descendants

Died 1877 at about age 75 in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas

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Biography

Arvil was born in 1802. He passed away in 1873.

Sources

• Private letter of E. L. Pitts:

In 1860, Arvil Newberry, born in Tennessee, age then 57, and his wife, Sally Newberry, also born in Tennessee, age then 55 years had the following named children: Jesse J. Newberry, born Alabama, then 31 Ed Newberry, born Alabama, then 29 Nancy Newberry, born Alabama, 27 had a physical handicap, could not walk upright, never married Henry Newberry, died when a child Josh Newberry, married Lucy A. Self, both died young Madison (Matt) Newberry, born Alabama, then 22 who was killed in Civil War Henry Newberry, died when young Narcissa Newberry, born in Alabama, 19 Jack Newberry, left home and went West as a young man Bert Newberry, died when young Amelia Newberry, first married a man named Choate and had three sons, Eaf, Charley and John; after her husband died she married a man named Brownfield, who predeceased her, and had two sons, Sam and Fred Brownfield and was stepmother to Joe Brownfield

His name is variously spelt: Arvel, Arvill, Arville, Orval, Orvall, Orvill, Orville.

U.S. Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1820-1880, 1870 Fannin County, precinct 4, Honey Grove, Texas: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1276/T1134_8-00578?pid=508741&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=VhA11&_phstart=successSource Marriage record, Lawrence County Alabama: http://www.lawrencecoarchives.com/database/marriages.php?#/?page=431 Resident of Lawrence County Alabama 1830: http://genealogytrails.com/ala/lawrence/cen_1830.html, page 5