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480. MARY J.⁶ SMITH (MARTHA⁵ MABE, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. September 1850 in Tennessee, and died 1922. She married (2) HENRY BIGGS January 10, 1881 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, son of ZACHARIAH BIGGS and CATHARINE BROWN. He was born Abt. August 12, 1860 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, and died March 1918 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Notes for MARY J. SMITH:
According to 1910 census Mary was married one other time.

More About MARY J. SMITH:
Burial: Bailey Cemetery, Hawkins Co., TN

More About HENRY BIGGS:
Burial: Bailey Cemetery, Hawkins Co., TN

Child of MARY J. SMITH is:

1364.

JOSEPHINE⁷ SMITH, b. Abt. November 1874, Tennessee.

Children of MARY SMITH and HENRY BIGGS are:

	ii.	DANY B.⁷ BIGGS, b. June 1895, Tennessee.
1365.	iii.	JAMES 'JIM' M. BIGGS, b. November 11, 1897, Tennessee.
1366.	iv.	IDONIA BIGGS.

481. CORNELIA⁶ TRENT (MARTHA⁵ MABE, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1866 in Tennessee. She married THOMAS JESSE BERRY December 08, 1881 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, son of WILLIAM BERRY and FRANCES WILLIS. He was born Abt. 1844 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1889 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Notes for THOMAS JESSE BERRY:
Murder of Thomas J. Berry -- TIMELINE
13 April 1890 "The trial of Mrs. T. J. Berry as an accomplice in the murder of her husband came off Monday. She was bound over in a bond of $2000. We have not heard any of the evidence. Rogersville Review, April 13, 1890.

5 May 1890 Chancery Court, Hawkins Co, Tenn. Cornelia Trent vs Eliza Berry (Habeas Corpus) May 5, 1890. In this cause by consent of attorneys on each side, the care and custody of the child mentioned, George Berry is committed to H. C. Jarvis and he is hereby appointed his guardian and empowered to act in this capacity in locking after the safety, security and welfare of the child and is empowered to act in accordance with what may appear to be the best interest of the child and said H. C. Jarvis in open Court accepts the trust."

21 May 1890 Rogersville Herald
"Ace Jones Surrenders
Ace Jones, the leader of the Jones side, in the late Jones- Greene was in Hancock County, after scouting and evading the officers of the law over 12 months, gave himself up last Thursday, to Deputy Sheriff Henry Davis, of the 13th District of this county, and expressed himself ready for trial upon the charge of killing Thomas J. Berry of this county (Hawkins) which was recently preferred against him by the Jury of Inquest. The news of the Jones surrender spread like wildfire, and before the trial commenced Fri. morning, such a crowd of Hancock Co. men had assembled … most of them being members of the old Jones-Greene war - that the Magistrate, fearing trouble between them before the trial could be finished, dismissed the suit, to let the case come before the Grand Jury of the present term of court. However, as soon as Jones was released, the Hancock County officers appeared on the scene and nabbed him, and conveyed him a prisoner of the Hancock County jail, to await trial upon charges preferred against him there. NOTE: The killing of Berry, referred to above, took place in his meat house when he was shot by someone hidden inside. He had gone out there with his son-in-law to set the milk higher, as flood conditions had caused the milk to be ruined. Thomas J. Berry was Alfred Greene's Father-in-law killed in 1863 by Bushwacker.

24 Sept 1890 …..The noted Asa Jones murder trial, after a continuance of five days came to an end Tuesday, with the verdict of acquittal by the jury. Some of the ablest speeches listened to in the court house for several years, were made on both sides. Asa Jones will be taken back to Hancock County, where he stands charged with implicity in the Jones-Greene trouble, but as we understand a compromise has about been effected in these cases, he will be permitted to give bond, and thus be a free man once more. (This was the trial for the Berry murder)
[Carol's NOTE: The source for the articles about Thomas J. Berry's murder may be the Rogersville Herald. Jim Carpenter got these newspaper articles from the Jarvis website and they may in fact be attributed to:
Copied from William P. Groshe, Sneedville, Tenn.
For McLung Room, Lawson McGhee Library.
Greene-Jones War*********Barnards
Newspaper Accounts.

The original indictments in Hawkins County court records alleged that Thomas J. Berry was murdered by his third(?) wife Nancy Jane (aka Burton) and her lover WA "Asa" Jones. They were eventually acquitted, but there seems to be good evidence they were the ones who did it. Nancy and Asa were repeatedly prosecuted for L&A after the murder.

Children of CORNELIA TRENT and THOMAS BERRY are:

GEORGE LEONARD⁷ BERRY, b. September 12, 1881, Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d. December 04, 1948; m. MARIE G. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1907; b. Abt. 1885, Oregon.

Notes for GEORGE LEONARD BERRY:
BERRY, George Leonard, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Lee Valley, Hawkins County, Tenn., September 12, 1882; attended the common schools; employed as a pressman from 1891 to 1907 in various cities; served during the First World War in the American Expeditionary Forces, with the rank of major, in the Railroad Transportation Engineers 1918-1919; president of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 1907-1948; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; delegate to many national and international labor conventions; appointed on May 6, 1937, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathan L. Bachman and served from May 6, 1937, to November 8, 1938, when a successor was elected; unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1938 to fill the vacancy; resumed the presidency of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, and also his agricultural pursuits at Pressmen's Home, Tenn., until his death on December 4, 1948; interment in Pressmen's Home Cemetery.
Bibliography:
Dictionary of American Biography; Spencer, Thomas T. "Printer and Politician: The Political Career of George L. Berry, 1907-1948. Tennessee Historical Quarterly (Fall 1997): 213-229; Berry, George L. Labor Conditions Abroad. Rogersville, TN: Technical Trade School, Printing Pressman and Assistants' Union, 1913.

Major George L. Berry
Major Berry was born in September, 1882, being the son of Thomas J. and Cornelia Berry. Before entering the military service, he was a member of the National Council of Defense; a member of the Executive Board of War Saving and Thrift Stamp Commissions and of Americanizations Committees. As a member of the Industrial Commission to co-ordinate war services in England, France and Italy, he sailed for Europe in March, 1918, returning in June of that year after this mission had been successfully accomplished.
He received a commission as Major in the Engineers and was ordered to sail for France in October, 1918, later being stationed at Bordeaux, Tours, Verdun and Paris. Major Berry was selected by President Wilson as a member of the American Commission to negotiate peace and has the distinction of being the only labor representative at the Peace Conference."
source- Jim Carpenter <carpentercla@cox.net>

More About GEORGE LEONARD BERRY:
Burial: Pressman's Home Cemetery

	ii.		BONNIE BERRY, b. Abt. 1885; d. Aft. 1948; m. HENRY LUTHER PRICE.
	iii.		FLOSSIE BERRY, b. Abt. 1890; d. Bef. 1948; m. WILLIAM E. TRENT.

482. SAMUEL⁶ LAWSON (RHODA⁵ MABE, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1850 in Hancock County, Tennessee, and died June 01, 1928 in Madison, Kentucky. He married MARY JANE BARNES February 11, 1869 in Madison, KY, daughter of HARDIN BARNES and ELIZABETH BAKER. She was born 1846, and died 1928.

Children of SAMUEL LAWSON and MARY BARNES are:

	i.	JOSEPH⁷ LAWSON.
	ii.	ANNA LAWSON.
	iii.	ALEXANDER LAWSON, b. 1870.
1367.	iv.	JAMES LAWSON, b. January 28, 1872, Madison, KY; d. June 30, 1920, Madison, Kentucky.
	v.	RHODA LAWSON, b. 1874.
1368.	vi.	JACOB LAWSON, b. February 17, 1877, Kentucky; d. March 26, 1963, Lexington, Fayette Ky.
	vii.	CHRISTOPHER 'KIT' LAWSON, b. February 17, 1877, Kentucky.

483. NOAH C.⁶ MABE (JOHN⁵, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 1848 in Tennessee. He married SUSAN UNKNOWN in Missouri. She was born 1848 in Missouri.

Notes for NOAH C. MABE:

In the 1880 Greene County, Missouri census Noah, his wife Susan, and daughter Lenvia are living with Noah's father John.

Child of NOAH MABE and SUSAN UNKNOWN is:

LENVIA⁷ MABE, b. 1865, Missouri.

484. JOHN E.⁶ MABE (JOHN⁵, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born December 19, 1854 in Tennessee, and died July 12, 1938 in Missouri. He married ALICE A. UNKNOWN in Missouri. She was born June 04, 1861 in Missouri, and died April 10, 1910 in Missouri.

Notes for JOHN E. MABE:

The 1910 Greene County, census:
Mayabb, John E. (55), Emmel (22), Fred (16), and Leonard (10)

Children of JOHN MABE and ALICE UNKNOWN are:

	i.		MAUDIE⁷ MABE, b. April 23, 1884, Missouri; d. July 25, 1885, Missouri.
	ii.		EMMETT MABE, b. January 02, 1888, Missouri; d. November 15, 1958, Missouri; m. FAYE W. UNKNOWN; b. August 29, 1899; d. January 26, 1989.
	iii.		FRED MABE, b. June 18, 1891, Missouri; d. December 25, 1941, Missouri.
	iv.		JESSE L. MABE, b. January 13, 1894, Missouri; d. August 12, 1895, Missouri.
	v.		LEONARD MABE, b. 1900.

485. JESSE BERRY⁶ MABE (SAMUEL N.⁵, REUBEN⁴, REUBEN³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1857 in Kentucky. He married (1) LYDIA FRANCES LANEY April 07, 1878 in Missouri, daughter of PETER LANEY and MARGARET FISHER. She was born November 18, 1849 in Missouri, and died July 21, 1914 in Crawford County, Missouri. He married (2) RUTH MABEL MARTIN Abt. 1906, daughter of JOHN MARTIN and MARY HUGHES. She was born September 30, 1841 in Missouri, and died March 25, 1913 in Iron County, Missouri.

Notes for JESSE BERRY MABE:

The 1880 Crawford County, Missouri census:
Mabe, Jesse (26), Frances (35), and Samuel (1)

The 1910 Crawford County, Missouri census:
Mabe, Fannie (60), Martha (17)

Jesse B. (53 born in TN), and Ruth (65) Jesse is living with Ruth

More About JESSE BERRY MABE:
Occupation: Farmer and preacher

Children of JESSE MABE and LYDIA LANEY are:

	i.	ELIZA ANN⁷ MABE, m. MALE ALBIN.
	ii.	MARGERETE JANE MABE, d. St. Louis, Missouri; m. MALE FULLER.
1369.	iii.	SAMUEL JASPER MABE, b. July 14, 1879, near Steeleville, Missouri; d. November 30, 1951, Shirley, Washington County, Missouri.
1370.	iv.	WILLIAM RICHARD MABE, b. March 08, 1881, Crawford County, Missouri; d. January 29, 1960, Crawford County, Missouri.
	v.	LAURA BELLE MABE, b. October 10, 1885, Missouri; m. FRED BENSON.