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Berry Spence

Berry Spence

Male 1879 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Berry Spence was born in 1879 (son of Colonel Philip Brent Spence and Virginia Berry); and died.

    Notes:

    Journalist in Nashville


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Colonel Philip Brent SpenceColonel Philip Brent Spence was born on 14 Oct 1836 in Nashville, Tenn; died on 16 Feb 1915.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Category: American Civil War Heroes

    Notes:

    Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
    Campbell Co.

    Philip Brent Spence, a native of Nashville, Tenn., was born October 14, 1836, and is a son of Brent and Elizabeth (Shute) Spence, natives, respectively, of the northern part of Ireland and Tennessee. He was reared in Nashville, and educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.

    In April, 1861, he entered the Confederate Army and was commissioned second lieutenant under Lieut. Gen. Polk. After the battle of Chickamauga he was promoted to the command of a regiment of cavalry, and subsequently was in command of all cavalry around Mobile, until they surrendered in 1865 to Gen. Canby; at the end of the war he was commissioned colonel.

    In 1866 he went to Cincinnati, and became a member of the firm of Duckworth, Spence & Co., commission merchants, making his home in Newport. In 1868 Mr. Spence married Miss Virginia Berry, daughter of Major James Taylor Berry (deceased) and Elisabeth Wise. Two children have blessed their union: Brent and Berry, aged respectively, twelve and eight. In April 1886, Mr. Spence was appointed postmaster at Newport.

    Philip married Virginia Berry. Virginia (daughter of James Taylor Berry and Elizabeth Wise) was born between 1810 and 1851; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Virginia Berry was born between 1810 and 1851 (daughter of James Taylor Berry and Elizabeth Wise); and died.
    Children:
    1. Congressman Brent Spence was born on 24 Dec 1874 in Newport; died on 18 Sep 1967 in Ft. Thomas.
    2. 1. Berry Spence was born in 1879; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  James Taylor Berry was born between 1785 and 1811 (son of Judge Washington Berry and Alice Thornton Taylor); and died.

    James married Elizabeth Wise between 1806 and 1849. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel Seton Wise and Jane Caroline McKinney) was born between 1785 and 1818; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth Wise was born between 1785 and 1818 (daughter of Nathaniel Seton Wise and Jane Caroline McKinney); and died.
    Children:
    1. Judge Washington J. Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    2. 3. Virginia Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    3. Elizabeth Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    4. Jane Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    5. James Taylor Berry, Jr. was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    6. Mildred Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    7. Edmund T. Berry was born between 1810 and 1851; and died.
    8. Judge Albert Seton Berry was born on 13 Feb 1836 in Dayton, Kentucky; died on 7 Jan 1908 in Newport, Campbell County, Ky.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Judge Washington Berry was born in 1759 in Berry Plain, King George County, Virginia (son of Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Washington); died on 4 May 1813 in Campbell County, Kentucky.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: Fact 1

    Notes:

    Ref: Genealogies of VA. Families -- Wm and Mary Quarterly Vol. 1
    Washington Berry, the son of Thomas Berry and Elizabeth Washington, moved to Kentucky about 1793 with his wife and oldest child. He was the first County Judge of Campbell County, KY, and was one of the trustees to lay out the town of Newport in 1795. His will was made 25 Apr 1813 and recorded 8 Aug 1813 in Campbell County. His
    property was the location of Dayton, Kentucky.

    Facts about this person:

    Occupation
    County Judge, Campbell Co., Kentucky

    Washington married Alice Thornton Taylor on 27 Sep 1791 in Caroline County, Virginia. Alice (daughter of Colonel James Taylor, IV and Anne Hubbard) was born in Sep 1773 in Caroline County, Virginia; died in 1835 in Campbell County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Alice Thornton Taylor was born in Sep 1773 in Caroline County, Virginia (daughter of Colonel James Taylor, IV and Anne Hubbard); died in 1835 in Campbell County, Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. Hubbard Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    2. Mildred Washington Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    3. Sophia Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    4. Lucy Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    5. Alice Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    6. 6. James Taylor Berry was born between 1785 and 1811; and died.
    7. John Berry was born between 1786 and 1812; and died.
    8. Edmund Taylor Berry was born on 9 Jun 1811 in Dayton, Pendleton, KY; died on 13 Aug 1887 in Mexico, Audrain, MO.

  3. 14.  Nathaniel Seton Wise was born between 1742 and 1789; died in Alexandria, Virginia.

    Nathaniel married Jane Caroline McKinney between 1768 and 1824. Jane was born between 1750 and 1792; died in Alexandria, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Jane Caroline McKinney was born between 1750 and 1792; died in Alexandria, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Wise was born between 1785 and 1818; and died.



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