Sarah Ann (Sally) Simco was a daughter of my 2nd great granduncle, Reuben Brooks Simco and Sarah Cowherd Hill, who was my 1st cousin 5 times removed..
Sarah Ann Simco was born October 19, 1839 in Callaway Co., Missouri. On May 7, 1861, she married John Gibbs Berry. He was born November 23, 1836 in Callaway Co., Missouri, one of eight children of Gibbs Head Berry and Harriett Jane Harrison, both born in Virginia.
John and Sarah Simco Berry had 12 children:
- Francis M. Berry (Frank) b: Feb. 1862 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb. 11, 1937, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Mar. 20, 1895 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Stella M. Wright b: abt 1872 Callaway Co. Missouri. She was a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Wright and Carrie T. Lovelace.
- Children:
- Wright Berry b: July 21, 1896 d: Feb 23, 1921, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. Married Mary Bates. Wright Berry was accidently run over by a train in Fulton.
- Ida V. Berry b: Apr 1864 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 1944, Callaway Co., Missouri.
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Married Dec 17, 1887 in Callaway Co., Missouri, James Allen Dawson b: May 1, 1854 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Feb 1, 1925 Callaway Co. Missouri. James Dawson was a son of Mary Ann Herring and Robert H. Dawson. He was a grandson of John B. Herring and Mariah Hill.
- Children:
- Evelyn Hope Dawson b: Oct. 1888, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Jan 22, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Henry Ray Bartley
- Robert H. Dawson b: June 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri.
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Married Nella unknown.
- Children: Robert E. Dawson, b: 1918, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Barry A. Dawson b: Feb. 23, 1892, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 26, 1978, Marin Co., California.
- Married June 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, Elizabeth Holmes
- Frank E. Dawson b: Dec 1893, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jun. 1949, Callaway Co., Missouri, suicide.
- Virginia H. Dawson b: July 1899
- William M. Dawson b: 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri. School teacher.
- Ann E. Berry b: abt 1864 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Beatrice Berry b: abt 1866 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Albert E. Berry b: abt 1868 Callaway Co. Missouri. Occupation teacher.
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Married Louise Shell, b: Oct 25, 1877 d: Nov 18, 1908 Callaway Co. Missouri. Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Julia Alice Berry b: Mar. 11, 1870 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 15, 1952, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Old Auxvasse church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Abt. 1892, John Payne Harrison, b: Oct. 13, 1869, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jul. 16, 1953, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Old Auxvasse church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Jilson Harrison and Frances Bernard.
- Children: Walter Bernard Harrison, b: abt. 1894, d: after 1953.
- Francis Berry (daughter) b: abt 1873 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Walter Berry b: Mar 10, 1873, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Apr 19, 1890 Callaway Co. Missouri. Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Susan Berry b: abt 1876 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Harriet Belle Berry b: Apr. 2, 1876, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 8, 1950, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Sept 18, 1901, Otho B. Suggett b: Dec. 4, 1870 d: Jul. 16, 1950, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They are both buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton Missouri. Otho was the son of Jane Francis Herring and Benjamin Suggett and Grandson of George Washington Herring and Lucy Simco. He was my 1st cousin twice removed. Otho and Harriet were 2nd cousins. They had no children
- Jeter Marvin Berry b: Nov. 2, 1878 Callaway Co. Missouri d: May 22, 1928 Callaway Co. Missouri, occupation in 1900 cook at the State Hospital. Buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. Never married.
- Sarah Altha Berry b: May 4, 1879 Callaway Co. Missouri d: May 20, 1879 Callaway Co. Missouri.
Obit - Callaway Weekly Gazette death notices - May 30, 1879
BERRY - On the 20th inst., Sarah Altha, infant daughter of John G. and Sallie A. Berry, aged 2 weeks and 2 days.
Sarah Ann (Sally) Simco Berry died May 16, 1912 in Fulton Township, Callaway Co., Missouri. John Gibbs Berry died August 23, 1915 in Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They are both buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
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