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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Jane had many children but I only list the one with a connection with my family.
2. Jane's stepfather: Washington Norwood Cook.
3. Censuses:
1880 US: Kanara, Kane, Utah, NA film T9-1336, p. 424d:
John W. Berry, farmer, M, 58, TN, VA, - .
Jane E., keeping house, wife, M, 49, IN, - , - .
John M., stock raiser, son, S, 26, UT, TN, IN.
Nancy A., At home, dau, S, 21, UT, TN, IN.
James T., Works on farm, S, 19, UT, TN, IN.
Thurza E., At home, dau., 15, UT, TN, IN.
Joseph S., Works on farm, S, 10, UT, TN, IN.
George A., S, 6, UT, TN, IN.
Julia A., At home, wife, M, 37, IL, Eng, NY.
Sarah I., At home, dau, S, 11, UT, Eng, IN.
4. Per Rosemary Cundiff at the Research Center of the Utah State Archives : "Early boundaries for Washington, Kane, and Iron counties were fairly unstable during Utah's territorial period. Today Kanarraville is just north of the Washington County border in Iron county. Based on maps showing county boundary changes, it looks like Kanarra was in Washington County when first settled in 1862, and that it had become part of Kane County by 1870. The Kane/Washington/Iron boundary was altered again in 1885, and at that time Kanarra probably became part of Iron County. Although, Kanara is not on the historical maps I am using, it could possibly have been once more in Washington County for a while. The county boundaries as currently established were in place by 1896." Kerry's note: Kanarra's name was changed to Kanarraville when the city incorporated in 1934. The first white settlers came from Fort harmony when heavy rains washed out the fort in 1862. Several Toquerville families also relocated there, and the community was further fortified in the late 1860's by the arrival of Long Valley settlers fleeing Indian problems.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by the daughters of Utah Pioneers [picture accompanies article]: "Jane Elizabeth Thomas Berry, b. 14 Jan 1831 at Dallas Co., Alabama, d. 20 Sep 1897 at Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, m. John Williams Berry 8 May 1851 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He died 12 Apr 1890. Her parents were James S. Thomas and Mary P. Morrow Thomas Cook. She was a pioneer of 24 Oct 1847 in the Jedediah M. Grant wagon train. Their children:
John Madison, 11 Oct 1853
Mary Jane (Hales), 24 Aug 1855
William Wiley, 19 Jul 1857
Nancy Armelia (Ingram), 8 May 1859
James Thomas, 22 Mar 1861
Cynthia Louisa (Brown), 25 Sep 1862
Thurza Elizabeth (Brown), 1 Apr 1865
Robert Albert, 16 May 1867
Joseph Smith, 4 Mar 1869
George A., 12 Jun 1872
Jane Elizabeth was born in Alabama, 1831. When Jane was thirteen, her father died. Her mother took the three children and went to her parents in Mississippi. They heard the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were baptized. They moved to Nauvoo, then moving again, they spent the winter in Council Bluffs while they prepared to go West. They joined Jedediah M. Grant's Wagon Train, arriving in Salt Lake City, Oct. 24, 1847. Jane Elizabeth met John Williams Berry and they were married May 8, 1851, when Jane was 20 and John was 29. They were called to settle Utah County, in 1851. They moved to Spanish Fork and were the first white settlers on the Spanish Fork River. In 1853, the Indian uprisings began and the settlers built a fort. After Johnston's Army [War] was over, in 1864, the family, was called to settle in Southern Utah. They settled an area they called Berryville, but later it was named Glendale. During the Black Hawk Indian war, two of John's brothers were killed and Brigham Young suggested that they move to Kanarraville which they did. They lived in Kanarraville the rest of their lives. Jane was there for 31 years. They raised a family of ten children. They prospered, and were excellent famrmers. Jane had a testimony of the Gospel and served her church and community. She passed away at age 36 [actually 66]."
BIRTH:
1. Per DUP biography. Note possible variant is the 1880 census which states she was born in Indiana and not Alabama; all her children in same census also indicate their mother was born in Indiana.
2. Per obituary with indicates date and place used.
DEATH:
1. Per obituary.
BURIAL:
1. Per obituary.
OBITUARY:
1. Deseret Evening News, Thurs., 7 Oct 1897, p. 5: "Jane E. Berry. In Kanarra, Iron county, Utah, Sept. 19, 1897, there departed this life after a long impending illness, sister Jane E. Thomas, wife of John W. Berry, and a faithful mother, a true and consistent Latter-day Saint. Sister Berry was born in Dallas county, Alabama, Jan. 14, 1831. She was a '47 Pioneer, having crossed the Plains in Jedediah M. Grant's company, arriving in Salt lake Valley shortly after President Young's company. A few years later she moved to Iron county, where she has been for thirty-one years, and has assisted materially in building up that section. She visited Salt Lake City during the Jubilee and gazed with satisfaction upon the scenes commemorative of the advent of the Pioneers in this valley; returning to her home she was taken bedfast, in which condition she remained until her death. Sister Berry had a wide circle of friends and relatives, and leaves behind to mourn her departure and to share in the emulation of her example, nine children, one of the family having gone before; she also leaves thirty-three grandchildren. The deceased was much devoted to the gospel; her home was always open to the Elders of the Church and she had great faith in the ordinance of the Priesthood and was healed many times under the hands of the servants of God. She was in the long Valley Indian trouble when Joseph and Hyrum Berry were killed, and endured many hardships with patience and perseverance, however, for the Gospel's sake. Her funeral occurred at Kanarra, Sept 21, 1897. (Com.)"
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per Ancestral File.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1831 - 1897 (66 years)