Berryman Story in the Headstones provided for deceased Union Civil War veterans, 1879-1903.
Research Notes
Vital Statistics
Name
He is listed as Berryman Story in most of the records. None of the other name variants appear to have been written by him.
Name count in reliable sources:
Berryman Story - 6 [1835, 1860, 1870, 1874, 1900, 1926 in child's record]
Bery Story - 1 [1850]
Berrymon Storie - 1 [1874]
Berimon Story - 1 [1880]
Berrymon Storey - 1 [1929 in child's record]
Birth
1840 US Census - 30 to 39 years old, or between 1801–1810
1850 US Census - age 43, or about 1807
1860 US Census - age 52, or about 1808
1880 US Census - age 72, or about 1808
DNA Information
Assuming the line can be proved up to Berryman, add DNA information for direct paternal line. Spratlin-29 22:12, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Sources
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 December 2020), memorial page for Berryman Story (unknown–17 Oct 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #61066597, citing Cherokee Community Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; maintained by Melissa Clayton Key (contributor 46868985), headstone photo.
See also:
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9T-1MJ : 3 November 2017), Berryman Story and Vienna Holman, 22 Sep 1835; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,480.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-CCJ : 4 April 2020), Bery Story, Washington county, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1287, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWJ-NZ4 : 14 November 2020), Beriman Story, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 468B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,284.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS89-QFF : 26 August 2019), Benjman Story in entry for Thomas Story, 22 Sep 1926; Death, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSF4-54T : 26 August 2019), Berryman Storey in entry for Jessie Storey, 20 Aug 1929; Death, Washington, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
See also - other family trees:
Ancestry Profile for Berryman Story (1809–1880). [death date probably wrong as also lists source for his 17 Oct 1900 death/headstone, unless that record is conflated]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Berryman 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 Berryman: