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David Luther Berry
b.10 Mar 1855
d.28 Sep 1921
- F. Treadway Berry (add)
- M. Nancy Wood (add)
- David Luther Berry1855 - 1921
Facts and Events
David Luther Berry's origins are somewhat mysterious. (Word of caution--there is another David Berry born about 1858 in Marion County, South Carolina that can easily be confused with David Luther, but he is David Arthur.) He can be tentatively tracked after 1900, but cannot be tracked with certainty until 1910. It is unclear exactly what year he was born. According to the SC Death Index, his estimated birth year was 1855. However, census records support a date of as late as 1862. What is known for certain is that his father died in July 1862 while serving in the Confederate Army. His family (his father and mother married about 1860) has not conclusively been found in the 1860 census, but the likeliest match lists his father and mother with a two-day-old infant daughter. This could still have been David (just with wrong sex listed), or he could have been born later. According to a transcription of his death certificate, his parents were Treadway Berry and Nancy Wood.
According to a deed in family papers, David was in Orangeburg County by the 1880s, although where he was before his uncertain. Could it be that after his father's death, he and his mother went to live with relatives and he is listed in a household with another surname? Could his mother have remarried and he be listed in their household with another surname?
He cannot be identified conclusively in the 1880 census, although there are a couple of possibilities.
David was married twice. His first wife's name is unknown, although if he is the person listed in the 1900 census as L.D. Berry, his wife's name was Emla (or Eula?), and they married sometime around 1880. It is difficult to determine if the 1900 listing is correct, however, because of a large, dark smudge on the bottom left corner of the page that just happens to cover this household. What is certain is that he had a number of children by this first wife, and than he later married Magnolia (known as Miley) Altman in about 1903 (according to the 1910 census they had been married 7 years and had 3 children). Close to the same time, it appears that Miley's father married David's daughter from his first marriage, Victoria, who was around the same age as Miley. It appears that at some point the Altman and Berry families both living in Lexington County and so may have known each other for quite some time before these marriages occurred.
References
- Death record, in South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 [database on-line]
vol. 21/cert. 14583.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: South Carolina. South Carolina death records. Columbia, SC, USA: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Name: David L Berry
Death Date: 28 Sep 1921
Age (Years): 66
Estimated Birth Year: 1855
Gender: Male
Color: White
County of Death: Orangeburg
Volume Number: 21
Certificate Number: 14583
SC Death Index record for David Luther Berry 
- Census record, in 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
1910.
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1470; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 539.
Name: David L Berry
Age in 1910: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: South Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Spouse's Name: Nola
Home in 1910: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
David L Berry 50
Nola Berry 26
Daul p Berry 17
Carlos Berry 16
Anna Berry 13
Maggie Berry 11
Minnie Berry 8
Essie Berry 5
Lottie Berry 2
1910 census record showing David Luther Berry's household 
- Census record, in 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
1920.
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1705; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 77; Image: 978.
Name: David Luther Beary
[David Luther Berry]
Home in 1920: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Age: 64 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Magnolia
Father's Birth Place: South Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 978
Household Members: Name Age
David Luther Beary 64
Magnolia Beary 38
Memie Beary 17
Essa Lou Beary 15
Lottie May Beary 11
David Lutha Beary 8
Aleen Beary 6
James Telda Beary 3
Ester Lurline Beary 1
1920 census record showing David Luther Berry's household 
- Census record, in 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
1880.
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Hebron, Marlboro, South Carolina; Roll: T9_1235; Family History Film: 1255235; Page: 471.3000; Enumeration District: 108.
Name: David Berry
Home in 1880: Hebron, Marlboro, South Carolina
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Melissia
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
David Berry 22
Melissia Berry 18
Maggie Berry 2M
David McLucas 16
1880 census record showing one of the candidates for being David Luther Berry 
- Census record, in 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
1880.
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Goodland, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Roll: T9_1237; Family History Film: 1255237; Page: 141.1000; Enumeration District: 142.
Name: Luther Berry
Home in 1880: Goodland, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Works In Saw Mill
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Elemuel Hutta 39
Georgianna Hutta 28
Nancy Hutta 13
Methusalah Chavis 51
Luther Berry 18
James Smith 22
Daniel Jefcoat 55
1880 census record showing what is probably the most likely candidate for being David Luther Berry 
- Census record, in 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]
1900.
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina; Roll: T623 1538; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 76.
Name: L D Berry
Home in 1900: Willow, Orangeburg, South Carolina
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Emla
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
L D Berry 48
Emla Berry 38
Eugene Berry 18
Phepia Berry 16
Jonnie Berry 14
Victoria Berry 11
Dan Berry 9
CO?? Berry 8
Ann Berry 6
Maggie Berry 1
1900 census record for L.D. Berry household 
- Book, in Orangeburg County Death Certificates 1920 to 1925.
This source is published transcriptions of death certificates. According to his death certificate, David Luther Berry died from chronic intestinal nephritis and heart disease. His parents were Treadway Berry and Nancy Wood. He was buried in Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Neeses, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, on 29 September 1921.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 David Luther Berry, in Find A Grave.
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