Notes for Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry: 1880 United States Federal Census Mary A. E. Berry is enumerated on line 27 in District 134, Prairie, Tipton, Indiana as a servant in the household of John and Lucinda Grayson, who were later witnesses to her marriage to John W. Durham. She states both of her parents were born in Ohio.
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Her obituary states that her parents are Benjamin and Sally Ann Berry, but the marriage application for Mary A. E. Berry and John W. Durham states that her parents' names are George Berry and Cynthia Warner.
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Uncited newspaper clipping, possibly from the March 1943 Tipton Daily Tribune, found in Harold Durham's personal papers:
Observed Birthday.
Mrs. Mary Durham, an esteemed resident of the Windfall community for seventy-five years or more, reached her eighty-first milestone in life Tuesday, March 16th and the event was observed Sunday at her home here with a happy family gathering. A beautifully decorated birthday cake centered the attractive table where the bounteous pitch-in dinner was spread. Those enjoying the day with Mrs. Durham were: Dave Durham and daughters, Helen and Dorothy of Elwood, Mr. and Mrs. William Durham of Fortville, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Durham and son, Frankie of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.Jay Durham and daughter, Rosellen and son, Carl Phillip, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fisher and daughter, Mary Lou, all of Windfall. The afternoon was spent with happy social features and Mrs. Durham was remembered with a number of lovely gifts. Another daughter, Mrs. Elmer Coleman and husband, who had been spending a few days at the mother's home had to leave for their home at New Castle Friday and could not be present.
Mrs. Durham is the daughter of George and Martha Berry and was born in Ohio and came to Tipton county when very young. Mrs. Durham has been a member of the Hazel Dell Friends church for many years. She retired from the farm in the Hazel Dell neighborhood about 30 years ago and purchased property at the south edge of Windfall where she has lived alone. She is known as a highly industrious woman and having been blessed with remarkable health has only gradually been forced to slow down the past few years. At present she is able to do her household chores and is happy in her work.
She has five children. They are: Mrs. Roy Fisher of Windfall, Mrs. Elmer Coleman of New Castle, Dave of Elwood, William of Fortville, and Jay of Windfall and several grandchildren and great-granchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Lola Calverlee, Mrs. Dora Dellinger, and Mrs. Carrie Dellinger all of Dayton, Ohio. One daughter, Maude, is deceased.
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Elwood Call-Leader, 14 Feb 1945, Obituary
Mrs. Mary Durham Died Early Today
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Durham, 82, died at her home in Windfall at 2:15 o'clock this morning of complications following several months illness.
Born March 16, 1862 near Normanda in Tipton county, she was the daughter of Benjamin and Sally Ann Berry. She was married to John W. Durham on September 18, 1882. Mrs. Durham was a lifelong resident of the Windfall community.
Survivors are three sons, David L. Durham of Elwood, William Durham of Fortville, and Jay Durham of Windfall; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Coleman of New Castle, and Mrs. Roy Fisher of Windfall; one brother, Charles Berry of South Bend, and one sister, Mrs. Cora Dellinger of San Francisco, Calif. There are twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Six of her grandsons are in the service of their country, five of them are serving overseas.
The body was removed to the S. S. Edwards funeral home and will be returned to the residence this evening.
Funeral rites will be conducted from the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Lee Goins in charge. Burial will follow in the Broodside [sic] cemetery at Windfall.
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Mary Ann Durham's funeral card:
In Memory of Mary Ann Durham
Date of Birth March 16, 1862
Date of Death Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1945
Date and Hour of Services Friday, Feb. 16 at 1:00
Held At At Her Residence
Clergyman Rev. Lee Goins of Elwood
Place of Interment Brookside
Edwards Funeral Home Windfall, Ind.
More About Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry: Age 1: 1900, 38.288 Age 2: 1910, 48.289 Age 3: 1930, 68.290 Burial: 16 Feb 1945, Brookside Cemetery, Windfall, Tipton, Indiana.291, 292 Census 1: 1910, Wildcat Twp, Tipton, Indiana, E.D. 195, Sheet 12A, 300-304, 28 Apr 1910, Mary E Durham.293 Census 2: 1880, Prairie, Tipton, Indiana.294 Census 3: 1900, Cicero, Tipton, Indiana, E.D. 119, Sheet No. 5A, 85-86, 07 Jun 1900, Mary Durham.295 Census 4: 1930, Windfall, Wildcat Twp, Tipton, Indiana, E.D. 80-14, 217-217, 09 Apr 1930, Mary Durham.296 Property: 1930, Owned a home valued at $1500.296 Residence: 1945, Windfall, Tipton, Indiana.297
More About Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry and John Wesley Durham: Divorce: 02 Jan 1917, Tipton County, Indiana.298 Marriage: 21 Sep 1882, Tipton County, Indiana.299, 300
Marriage Notes for Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry and John Wesley Durham: John W.'s obituary states they were married on 21 Sep 1881. Mary's obituary states they married on 18 Sep 1882.
Children of Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry and John Wesley Durham are:
+David L. Durham, b. 25 Nov 1885, Tipton County, Indiana304, 305, 306, d. 15 Dec 1957, Elwood, Madison, Indiana307, 308.
+William Grayson Durham, b. 05 Feb 1888, Tipton County, Indiana309, 310, 311, d. Mar 1965, Greenfield Memorial Hospital, Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana312, 313.
Mary Ann Elizabeth Berry (b. 16 Mar 1862, d. 14 Feb 1945)
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