Widow Stricken at Home of Daughter
Mrs. Margaret Ann Berry, 80,
Dies This Forenoon
The Coshocton Tribune, November 20, 1935
Mrs. Margaret Ann Berry, 80, died at 9:30 a.m.
today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Layton, 622 South Fifth
Street. Mrs. Berry had been bedfast since July from infirmities.
She was the widow of Caleb Berry, who died 22
years ago. She was the daughter of William and Rachel Clough and
was born in Kentucky in 1855. When her father joined the Union army
at the outbreak of the Civil War, the family was forced to flee to Ohio.
For a time the family lived in Zanesville, later
settling in the vicinity of Tynsdal, where Mrs. Berry spent most of her
life. She was a member of Warner M.E. Church.
The following children survive: Mrs. A.A.
Wright of Pittsburgh, PA, Mrs. Ada Chamberlin of Beeler, KS, Mrs.
John Latham and Mrs. Guy Latham of Canton, OH, Mrs. Ralph Wise [Sr.] of
Newcomerstown, OH, James, Joseph and Harvey Berry of Coshocton, OH, and
Mrs. George Layton of Coshocton, OH.
Three sisters survive: Mrs. Kate Stubbs
of Route 5, Mrs. Rachel Thorpe of Uhrichsville, OH, and Mrs. Charles Woods
of Coshocton, OH. Another sister, Mrs. Molly Shearn died four years
ago. Two brothers also survive, Harvey Clough of Malvern, OH, and
William Clough of Coshocton, OH. Two other brothers, Thomas and Steven
Clough, preceded her in death.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed today. |
Margaret
Ann Clough