Individual Details
Alexander Berry
(1810 - February 15, 1842)
Events
| Birth | 1810 | New York, United States | |||
| Civil | August 1, 1837 | Indiana, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | July 21, 1839 | Indiana, United States - Lydia Gaines | | ||
| Death | February 15, 1842 | Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Cause of death | Fever | | |||
| Burial | |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia Gaines (1810 - 1884) |
| Child | Lydia Ann Berry (1842 - 1893) |
Notes
Civil
Alexander Berry purchased 160 acres of and at the Fort Wayne, Indiana office.Death
From an Ancestry . com tree, media story, Alexander's died 2 months before daughter Lydia was born, unknown where he, parents are buried. "All who passed away of the Fevers spreading rampantly through that area back in 1842-1850." They died in the Kosciusko County Hospital, Kosciusko, IN so may be buried in the county cememtery.Cause of death
Alexander, his parents and others died of 'fevers' spreading through the area.Burial
An Ancestry tree has a media story on the Berry Family Farm Cemetery, in LaGrange County, Indiana, "The destruction of old Pioneer Cemeteries". A Berry relative, aunt told the story of the farm's new owner plowing through the cemetery using headstones as curb stones, etc.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Indiana Lagrange certificate 320 image 1102 of 2196.
2. FamilySearch.org. Indiana marriages 1811-2007 database, FamilySearch.org., 30 April 2018, FHL 001871247 Digital Folder 004839056 Image 00083 (76 of 115).