1900 Census - Burnham, Pawnee Co.)
George M Berry 41 KY
Millie Berry 30 MO
George R Berry 11 TX
Jennie B Berry 8 OK
Ethel Berry 6 OK
Eliza Berry 4 OK
Evert E Berry 3 OK
(1920 Census - Pawnee, OK)
Geo Berry 61 KY
Nellie Berry 50 MO
Margarete Berry 19 OK
Everett Berry 22 OK
Leata Berry 16 OK
Catherine Berry 14 OK
Robert Berry 6 OK
George M. Berry, son of Thomas Nelson Berry and his wife, Juliet King Berry, was born December 1, 1858, in Whiteley County, Kentucky. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were John Berry and Nancy Clark Berry. Maternal grandfather and grandmother were Isaac King and Jane Laughlin King.
He received his education in the common schools of Whitley County, Kentucky, and Arkansas City, Kansas, and at a business college in Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1877, from his home in Kansas, he entered the Indian Territory, his destination being the Pawnee Indian Agency, where his brother, Thomas Embassy Berry, had a license to trade with the friendly Indians, a brother, King Berry, being manager of the trading store, George Madison Berry becoming a clerk under his two brothers.
Said traders license was the second granted by the Interior Department for the establishment of a trading store on the Pawnee Reservation, the first license having been granted to Stacey Matlock.
Later, George Madison Berry was a government farmer on said reservation.
Thomas Embassy Berry and King Berry were not only associated in the trading store but also in ranching interests.
George Madison Berry and his brothers, while operating the trading store, loaned money to the Indians when their funds ran low before payments were made by the government. When the Indians were to make payments, the brothers spread a blanket near the cashier's window and designated by sign language just how much each Indian owed. In one payment 1800 silver dollars were thrown into the blanket, and transported in a grain sack to a bank in Arkansas City, Kansas.
George Madison Berry and his brother, Robert Berry, sought claims in the run of '89. George Madison Berry staked his claim northwest of West Guthrie, but released it to his brother, Robert Berry, who in turn won a contest thereon with other claimants. George Madison Berry secured a claim at the opening of the Sac and Fox country midway between Cushing and Chandler. He also leased for ranching purposes other lands in the Sac and Fox country. After he made the run in '89 for a claim, which he released to his brother, Robert Berry, he moved to a place near the present town of Ripley, Oklahoma, residing there until the opening of the Sac and Fox country.
He had two other brothers, Andrew Berry and William Edward Berry.
In 1894 when the Pawnee County Bank, now the First National Bank was organized by C. E. Vandervoort and Frank Thompson and George Madison Berry, he sold two lots which he had secured in the Pawnee townsite to the bank for a site.
From south of Pawnee, where he operated a ranch, he moved his family into Pawnee that his children might attend school. Though a large stockholder in said bank, he was never an active officer, being engaged principally as a cattleman and farmer, dividing his time between the operation of his farm and ranch.
He died on January 21, 1939, in an Oklahoma City Hospital and was buried at Pawnee on Monday, January 23.
He represented District No. 18 in the convention that framed the Constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
He was active in seeking provisions for the development of roads and highways, and also as to judicial and legislative apportionments, and the bringing about of prohibition against the license and sale of intoxicating liqours.
On February 13, 1887, he and Miss Nellie Dowis were married. She and the following children and other near relatives survive him: Three sons, G. Roy Berry, Tulsa; Everett Berry, Wynona, and Robert G. Berry, of Pawnee; five daughters, Mrs. S. E. Darby, Pawnee; Mrs. R. M. Dannenberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas M. Scott, Ripley, Tenn., Mrs. W. N. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Margaret Berry, of Pawnee; two brothers, I. King Berry, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Robert C. Berry, Norman; a niece, Mrs. E. C. Mullendore, Cleveland, (Okla.); and a nephew, Lieut-Gov. James E. Berry, of Stillwater, Okla.
A sturdy character and fine citizen, dependable friend and devoted husband and father has passed away.
George M Berry 41 KY
Millie Berry 30 MO
George R Berry 11 TX
Jennie B Berry 8 OK
Ethel Berry 6 OK
Eliza Berry 4 OK
Evert E Berry 3 OK
(1920 Census - Pawnee, OK)
Geo Berry 61 KY
Nellie Berry 50 MO
Margarete Berry 19 OK
Everett Berry 22 OK
Leata Berry 16 OK
Catherine Berry 14 OK
Robert Berry 6 OK
George M. Berry, son of Thomas Nelson Berry and his wife, Juliet King Berry, was born December 1, 1858, in Whiteley County, Kentucky. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were John Berry and Nancy Clark Berry. Maternal grandfather and grandmother were Isaac King and Jane Laughlin King.
He received his education in the common schools of Whitley County, Kentucky, and Arkansas City, Kansas, and at a business college in Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1877, from his home in Kansas, he entered the Indian Territory, his destination being the Pawnee Indian Agency, where his brother, Thomas Embassy Berry, had a license to trade with the friendly Indians, a brother, King Berry, being manager of the trading store, George Madison Berry becoming a clerk under his two brothers.
Said traders license was the second granted by the Interior Department for the establishment of a trading store on the Pawnee Reservation, the first license having been granted to Stacey Matlock.
Later, George Madison Berry was a government farmer on said reservation.
Thomas Embassy Berry and King Berry were not only associated in the trading store but also in ranching interests.
George Madison Berry and his brothers, while operating the trading store, loaned money to the Indians when their funds ran low before payments were made by the government. When the Indians were to make payments, the brothers spread a blanket near the cashier's window and designated by sign language just how much each Indian owed. In one payment 1800 silver dollars were thrown into the blanket, and transported in a grain sack to a bank in Arkansas City, Kansas.
George Madison Berry and his brother, Robert Berry, sought claims in the run of '89. George Madison Berry staked his claim northwest of West Guthrie, but released it to his brother, Robert Berry, who in turn won a contest thereon with other claimants. George Madison Berry secured a claim at the opening of the Sac and Fox country midway between Cushing and Chandler. He also leased for ranching purposes other lands in the Sac and Fox country. After he made the run in '89 for a claim, which he released to his brother, Robert Berry, he moved to a place near the present town of Ripley, Oklahoma, residing there until the opening of the Sac and Fox country.
He had two other brothers, Andrew Berry and William Edward Berry.
In 1894 when the Pawnee County Bank, now the First National Bank was organized by C. E. Vandervoort and Frank Thompson and George Madison Berry, he sold two lots which he had secured in the Pawnee townsite to the bank for a site.
From south of Pawnee, where he operated a ranch, he moved his family into Pawnee that his children might attend school. Though a large stockholder in said bank, he was never an active officer, being engaged principally as a cattleman and farmer, dividing his time between the operation of his farm and ranch.
He died on January 21, 1939, in an Oklahoma City Hospital and was buried at Pawnee on Monday, January 23.
He represented District No. 18 in the convention that framed the Constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
He was active in seeking provisions for the development of roads and highways, and also as to judicial and legislative apportionments, and the bringing about of prohibition against the license and sale of intoxicating liqours.
On February 13, 1887, he and Miss Nellie Dowis were married. She and the following children and other near relatives survive him: Three sons, G. Roy Berry, Tulsa; Everett Berry, Wynona, and Robert G. Berry, of Pawnee; five daughters, Mrs. S. E. Darby, Pawnee; Mrs. R. M. Dannenberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas M. Scott, Ripley, Tenn., Mrs. W. N. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Margaret Berry, of Pawnee; two brothers, I. King Berry, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Robert C. Berry, Norman; a niece, Mrs. E. C. Mullendore, Cleveland, (Okla.); and a nephew, Lieut-Gov. James E. Berry, of Stillwater, Okla.
A sturdy character and fine citizen, dependable friend and devoted husband and father has passed away.
1900 Census - Burnham, Pawnee Co.)
George M Berry 41 KY
Millie Berry 30 MO
George R Berry 11 TX
Jennie B Berry 8 OK
Ethel Berry 6 OK
Eliza Berry 4 OK
Evert E Berry 3 OK
(1920 Census - Pawnee, OK)
Geo Berry 61 KY
Nellie Berry 50 MO
Margarete Berry 19 OK
Everett Berry 22 OK
Leata Berry 16 OK
Catherine Berry 14 OK
Robert Berry 6 OK
George M. Berry, son of Thomas Nelson Berry and his wife, Juliet King Berry, was born December 1, 1858, in Whiteley County, Kentucky. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were John Berry and Nancy Clark Berry. Maternal grandfather and grandmother were Isaac King and Jane Laughlin King.
He received his education in the common schools of Whitley County, Kentucky, and Arkansas City, Kansas, and at a business college in Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1877, from his home in Kansas, he entered the Indian Territory, his destination being the Pawnee Indian Agency, where his brother, Thomas Embassy Berry, had a license to trade with the friendly Indians, a brother, King Berry, being manager of the trading store, George Madison Berry becoming a clerk under his two brothers.
Said traders license was the second granted by the Interior Department for the establishment of a trading store on the Pawnee Reservation, the first license having been granted to Stacey Matlock.
Later, George Madison Berry was a government farmer on said reservation.
Thomas Embassy Berry and King Berry were not only associated in the trading store but also in ranching interests.
George Madison Berry and his brothers, while operating the trading store, loaned money to the Indians when their funds ran low before payments were made by the government. When the Indians were to make payments, the brothers spread a blanket near the cashier's window and designated by sign language just how much each Indian owed. In one payment 1800 silver dollars were thrown into the blanket, and transported in a grain sack to a bank in Arkansas City, Kansas.
George Madison Berry and his brother, Robert Berry, sought claims in the run of '89. George Madison Berry staked his claim northwest of West Guthrie, but released it to his brother, Robert Berry, who in turn won a contest thereon with other claimants. George Madison Berry secured a claim at the opening of the Sac and Fox country midway between Cushing and Chandler. He also leased for ranching purposes other lands in the Sac and Fox country. After he made the run in '89 for a claim, which he released to his brother, Robert Berry, he moved to a place near the present town of Ripley, Oklahoma, residing there until the opening of the Sac and Fox country.
He had two other brothers, Andrew Berry and William Edward Berry.
In 1894 when the Pawnee County Bank, now the First National Bank was organized by C. E. Vandervoort and Frank Thompson and George Madison Berry, he sold two lots which he had secured in the Pawnee townsite to the bank for a site.
From south of Pawnee, where he operated a ranch, he moved his family into Pawnee that his children might attend school. Though a large stockholder in said bank, he was never an active officer, being engaged principally as a cattleman and farmer, dividing his time between the operation of his farm and ranch.
He died on January 21, 1939, in an Oklahoma City Hospital and was buried at Pawnee on Monday, January 23.
He represented District No. 18 in the convention that framed the Constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
He was active in seeking provisions for the development of roads and highways, and also as to judicial and legislative apportionments, and the bringing about of prohibition against the license and sale of intoxicating liqours.
On February 13, 1887, he and Miss Nellie Dowis were married. She and the following children and other near relatives survive him: Three sons, G. Roy Berry, Tulsa; Everett Berry, Wynona, and Robert G. Berry, of Pawnee; five daughters, Mrs. S. E. Darby, Pawnee; Mrs. R. M. Dannenberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas M. Scott, Ripley, Tenn., Mrs. W. N. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Margaret Berry, of Pawnee; two brothers, I. King Berry, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Robert C. Berry, Norman; a niece, Mrs. E. C. Mullendore, Cleveland, (Okla.); and a nephew, Lieut-Gov. James E. Berry, of Stillwater, Okla.
A sturdy character and fine citizen, dependable friend and devoted husband and father has passed away.
George M Berry 41 KY
Millie Berry 30 MO
George R Berry 11 TX
Jennie B Berry 8 OK
Ethel Berry 6 OK
Eliza Berry 4 OK
Evert E Berry 3 OK
(1920 Census - Pawnee, OK)
Geo Berry 61 KY
Nellie Berry 50 MO
Margarete Berry 19 OK
Everett Berry 22 OK
Leata Berry 16 OK
Catherine Berry 14 OK
Robert Berry 6 OK
George M. Berry, son of Thomas Nelson Berry and his wife, Juliet King Berry, was born December 1, 1858, in Whiteley County, Kentucky. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were John Berry and Nancy Clark Berry. Maternal grandfather and grandmother were Isaac King and Jane Laughlin King.
He received his education in the common schools of Whitley County, Kentucky, and Arkansas City, Kansas, and at a business college in Lawrence, Kansas.
In 1877, from his home in Kansas, he entered the Indian Territory, his destination being the Pawnee Indian Agency, where his brother, Thomas Embassy Berry, had a license to trade with the friendly Indians, a brother, King Berry, being manager of the trading store, George Madison Berry becoming a clerk under his two brothers.
Said traders license was the second granted by the Interior Department for the establishment of a trading store on the Pawnee Reservation, the first license having been granted to Stacey Matlock.
Later, George Madison Berry was a government farmer on said reservation.
Thomas Embassy Berry and King Berry were not only associated in the trading store but also in ranching interests.
George Madison Berry and his brothers, while operating the trading store, loaned money to the Indians when their funds ran low before payments were made by the government. When the Indians were to make payments, the brothers spread a blanket near the cashier's window and designated by sign language just how much each Indian owed. In one payment 1800 silver dollars were thrown into the blanket, and transported in a grain sack to a bank in Arkansas City, Kansas.
George Madison Berry and his brother, Robert Berry, sought claims in the run of '89. George Madison Berry staked his claim northwest of West Guthrie, but released it to his brother, Robert Berry, who in turn won a contest thereon with other claimants. George Madison Berry secured a claim at the opening of the Sac and Fox country midway between Cushing and Chandler. He also leased for ranching purposes other lands in the Sac and Fox country. After he made the run in '89 for a claim, which he released to his brother, Robert Berry, he moved to a place near the present town of Ripley, Oklahoma, residing there until the opening of the Sac and Fox country.
He had two other brothers, Andrew Berry and William Edward Berry.
In 1894 when the Pawnee County Bank, now the First National Bank was organized by C. E. Vandervoort and Frank Thompson and George Madison Berry, he sold two lots which he had secured in the Pawnee townsite to the bank for a site.
From south of Pawnee, where he operated a ranch, he moved his family into Pawnee that his children might attend school. Though a large stockholder in said bank, he was never an active officer, being engaged principally as a cattleman and farmer, dividing his time between the operation of his farm and ranch.
He died on January 21, 1939, in an Oklahoma City Hospital and was buried at Pawnee on Monday, January 23.
He represented District No. 18 in the convention that framed the Constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
He was active in seeking provisions for the development of roads and highways, and also as to judicial and legislative apportionments, and the bringing about of prohibition against the license and sale of intoxicating liqours.
On February 13, 1887, he and Miss Nellie Dowis were married. She and the following children and other near relatives survive him: Three sons, G. Roy Berry, Tulsa; Everett Berry, Wynona, and Robert G. Berry, of Pawnee; five daughters, Mrs. S. E. Darby, Pawnee; Mrs. R. M. Dannenberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas M. Scott, Ripley, Tenn., Mrs. W. N. McKinney, Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Margaret Berry, of Pawnee; two brothers, I. King Berry, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Robert C. Berry, Norman; a niece, Mrs. E. C. Mullendore, Cleveland, (Okla.); and a nephew, Lieut-Gov. James E. Berry, of Stillwater, Okla.
A sturdy character and fine citizen, dependable friend and devoted husband and father has passed away.
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