Education country schools and Ohio Wesleyan University, 1864-1866. Taught school. Sheriff of Marion County, Ohio. Went west. Big stockman, Cheyenne, 1884-1887. Lived 17th Street between Warren Avenue and House. County Clerk Douglas, Wyoming, 1891. Resisted Johnson County War of Northern Wyoming. Member of celebrated Old Cheyenne Club. Prominent throughout state for large holdings and influence with public men of his time. Influence in Washington. Associated with eastern men of vast wealth concerned with ranching. Name still illustrious in that region.
Buried in Clarks, Nebraska.
Education country schools and Ohio Wesleyan University, 1864-1866. Taught school. Sheriff of Marion County, Ohio. Went west. Big stockman, Cheyenne, 1884-1887. Lived 17th Street between Warren Avenue and House. County Clerk Douglas, Wyoming, 1891. Resisted Johnson County War of Northern Wyoming. Member of celebrated Old Cheyenne Club. Prominent throughout state for large holdings and influence with public men of his time. Influence in Washington. Associated with eastern men of vast wealth concerned with ranching. Name still illustrious in that region.Buried in Clarks, Nebraska.
Managed large ranch after husband's death; was native of Nebraska.
Managed large ranch after husband's death; was native of Nebraska.
Xenophon Franklin Berry, the eldest son of David and Lucinda Berry, was born near Fork Shoals, South Carolina, on December 6, 1812. In 1840, he and his first. wife, Margaret Womack, and his parents and other members of the family moved from South Carolina to Mississippi. Xenophen and Margaret settled on a 160 acre farm located just north of the Cherry Creek community in Tippah County. Xenophen's wife passed away about two years after they settled in Mississippi, leaving Xcnophen with the responsibility of rearing his two daughters, Elizabeth and Emily.
Through his cousin, William Halbert, Xenophon met Mrs. Mary Celina Cray; and on October 13, 1846, they were married. Xenophon and Mary Celina reared a family consisting of his two daughters by his first marriage, Elizabeth and Emily; her son, Marcus Gray, Jr., who was killed on July 19, 1864, while fighting at the Battle of Vicksburg; and seven children born to them: Margaret Anne, William Halbert, Augustus Posey, Joel Franklin, Thomas Cicero, Micajah Holden, and Daniel Madison.
On January 4, 1848, Xenophen and Mary Celina sold their one hundred acre farm in Tippah County to his mother, Lucinda Berry; and shortly thereafter, they moved to Choctaw County where their children were reared. They continued to live in Choctaw County until his death on March 29, 1877; she lived on their farm until she passed away on April 2, 1879. They are buried in the Wake Forest Baptist Church Cemetery near Sturgis, Mississippi.
Barrett daughters married William Halbert who lived in the adjoining Oktibbeha County. Mary Celina Barrett, another at that time, a family named Barrett lived in Choctaw County about seventy-five miles south of Cherry Creek. One of the daughters married Marcus Gray of Choctaw County. They had one son, Marcus Gray, Jr., who was born on July 22, 1843. Shortly after his son's birth, Marcus Gray passed away. Through his cousin, William Halbert, Xenophon met Mrs. Mary Celina Cray; and on October 13, 1846, they were married. Xenophon and Mary Celina reared a family consisting of his two daughters by his first marriage, Elizabeth and Emily; her son, Marcus Gray, Jr., who was killed on July 19, 1864, while fighting at the Battle of Vicksburg; and seven children born to them: Margaret Anne, William Halbert, Augustus Posey, Joel Franklin, Thomas Cicero, Micajah Holden, and Daniel Madison.
On January 4, 1848, Xenophen and Mary Celina sold their one hundred acre farm in Tippah County to his mother, Lucinda Berry; and shortly thereafter, they moved to Choctaw County where their children were reared. They continued to live in Choctaw County until his death on March 29, 1877; she lived on their farm until she passed away on April 2, 1879. They are buried in the Wake Forest Baptist Church Cemetery near Sturgis, Mississippi.