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Mary Jane Berry

Female 1855 - 1934  (79 years)


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  • Name Mary Jane Berry 
    Born 24 Aug 1855  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Aug 1934  Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Aug 1934  Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1305  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Williams Berry,   b. 17 Dec 1822, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1890, Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Jane Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 14 Jan 1831, , Dallas, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1897, Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 8 May 1851  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F440  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Lockwood Hales,   b. 16 Jan 1851, Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1923, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1875  Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1880 Census for Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, NA film T9-1338, p. 195C:
      Joseph L. Hales, farmer, 29, IA, Eng., NY.
      Mary Jane, wife, 24, UT, TN, MA.
      Jane I., 4, UT, IA, UT.
      Julia E., 2, UT, IA, UT.
      Cynthia, 2m, UT, IA, UT.

      1900 for Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, Film 1687, book 1, p. 276:
      Joseph L. Hales, b. Jan 1851, 49, m. 25 yrs., Iowa, Eng., Eng.
      Mary J., wife, b. Aug 1855, 44, m. 25 yrs., 8 total children with 6 living, UT, AZ, AZ.
      Loretta, dau., b. Apr 1880, 20, single, UT, IA, UT.
      Gina, dau., b. Apr 1885, 15, single, AZ, IA, UT.
      Lester, son, b. Apr 1894, 6, single, UT, IA, UT.
      Eveline Lindsay, dau., b. Mar 1878, 22, widow, UT, IA, UT.
      Vernon Lindsay, grandson, b. Mar 1898, 2, UT, Scotland, UT.

      2. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 7 Dec 2002.

      3. Per Rosemary Cundiff at the Research Center of the Utah State Archives : "Early boundaries for Washington, Kane, and Iron counties were fairly unstable during Utah's territorial period. Today Kanarraville is just north of the Washington County border in Iron county. Based on maps showing county boundary changes, it looks like Kanarra was in Washington County when first settled in 1862, and that it had become part of Kane County by 1870. The Kane/Washington/Iron boundary was altered again in 1885, and at that time Kanarra probably became part of Iron County. Although, Kanara is not on the historical maps I am using, it could possibly have been once more in Washington County for a while. The county boundaries as currently established were in place by 1896." Kerry's note: Kanarra's name was changed to Kanarraville when the city incorporated in 1934. The first white settlers came from Fort harmony when heavy rains washed out the fort in 1862. Several Toquerville families also relocated there, and the community was further fortified in the late 1860's by the arrival of Long Valley settlers fleeing Indian problems.

      4. Her father is also married to the older sister of her husband.

      5. Excerpt "A History of the St. Johns Arizona Stake," 1982, by C. LeRoy and Mabel R. Wilhelm: "William Wiley Berry and Thomas Berry were Utah cattlemen. The Berry families had been called to St. Johns and came in January, 1882. Two Berry girls with their husbands, Joseph Hales and George Ingram, also came, but did not remain long. This group brought blooded cattle from Utah. W.W. Berry married Rachael Allen who is still living and is known as Aunt Rachael. She was a most intellectual woman and was Arizona's first woman legislator. Uncle Bill Berry became a most successful man of the range, owning both sheep and cattle. Thomas Berry turned to farming and found it rather difficult to thus make a living for his large family. He was kind and honest and a faithful church-goer. He married Sarah Roundy, whose father was drowned while making the river crossing at Lee's Ferry. Sady Berry was a humble, gentle woman, a devoted wife and a church worker. Tom and Sady spent their last years working in the Arizona Temple. The Berry sisters, Cynthia and Thursa married John W. Brown, but did not come to St. Johns until later. John Brown filled a mission in England and did much time in church work serving in the stake presidency, high council and as a stake patriarch. He was one of the first teachers in the Academy, and spent his life in the teaching profession. Cynthia Brown was woman charitable in thought and word. She was an excellent housekeeper. Thursa had a keen sense of humor and spent her leisure time in visiting the sick. Her untiring service in sewing for the dead was most commendable."

      BIRTH:
      1. Per cemetery record cited below.

      2. Per obituary. Notes birth was in old Palmyra fort which preceded the town of Spanish Fork.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Date per obituary of husband.

      DEATH:
      1. Date per cemetery record cited below.

      2. Per obituary.

      BURIAL:
      1. FHL film 231907 Spanish Fork Cemetery Records: "Berry, Mary Jane, b. 24 Aug 1855 at Palmyra [now Spanish Fork], Utah Co., Utah, d. 24 Aug 1934, bur. Spanish Fork, parents are John W. Berry and Jane E. Thomas."

      2. Per obituary.

      3. "Index to the Utah County Cemeteries, 1850's to 1996," compiled by Diane R. Parkinson and located at the family history center at the BYU Provo library: Mary Jane Hales 24 Aug 1855 - 24 Aug 1934 Spanish Fork.

      4. Per copy in my possession of "Spanish Fork Cemetery Deeds" from Book A, p. 195, lot 18, blk. 7, size 29' x 33' with a rectangular table 8 columns wide by 3 rows high. The top of the page is east. All entries are typed. All rows are numbered 8 to 1 left to right.
      The top row with entries 8-4 blank:
      3: Lewis F. Hales, b. 5/3/1889, d. 3/28/1899, recorded p. 85.
      2. Hilma C. Johnson Hales Simpson, b. 12/19/1860, d. 5[?-faded]/6/1945, recorded p. 20, position N-6', W-9'.
      1. Stephen F. Hales, b. 9/19/1855, d. 1/4/1900, recorded on p. 88.
      The middle row with the entries 8-3 blank except for a note for 4 stating "monument":
      2. (Male) Hales, b. 2/18/1896, d. 2/18/96, recorded on p. 74.
      1. Grant W. Simmons, b. 1/5/1957, d. 5/3/1957, recorded on p. 62, position N-2'-6," W-18'.
      The bottom row with entries 8-6 and 4 blank:
      5. Julia Ann Hales, b. 8/10/1824, d. 2/18/1903, recorded on p. 100, position N-18, W-24.
      3. Charles Henry Hales, b. 6/17/1817, d. 7/1/1889, recorded on p. 54.
      2. Mary Jane Hales, b. 8/24/1855, d. 8/24/1934, recorded on p. 213, position N-7'-10," W-28. [Mary Jane Berry - Joseph Lockwood's wife.]
      1. Joseph Lockwood Hales, b. 1/16/1851, d. 4/30/1923, recorded on p. 171, position N-3, W-27."

      OBITUARY:
      1. "Mary Jane Berry Hales. Spanish Fork - Mrs. Mary Jane Berry Hales, 79, died suddenly Friday at 11 a.m. from the effects of a heart attack, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. O. Jones. She was born at Spanish Fork, Aug. 24, 1855, the daughter of John W. and Jane Elizabeth Thomas Berry. She had always been active in the work of the L.D.S. Church and was an active member of the Relief Society, having held office as teacher and officer in that organization. She was the widow of Joseph L. Hales who preceded her in death quite a number of years ago. She is survived by three daughters and one son, Mrs. William O. Jones, Mrs. Thomas B. Jones, Mrs. Alma Simmons, all of Spanish Fork, and Lester J. Hales, Magna; 24 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Thurza Brown, Mrs. Cynthia Brown and Thomas Berry, all of St. Johns, Arizona; Joseph S. Berry and George Berry, Salt Lake City and R. A. Berry, Provo. Mrs. Hales died on the 79th anniversary of her birth. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Fifth ward chapel, under the direction of Bishop Arthur T. McKell. Interment will be in the city cemetery." Deseret News, 25 Aug 1934, Sat., p. 2.

      2. "Mary Jane Berry Hales. Spanish Fork - Mrs. Mary Jane Berry Hales, widow of Joseph L. Hales, lifelong resident of Spanish Fork, died suddenly Friday of a heart attack at the home of Mrs. W.O. Jones, on her seventy-ninth birthday. She was born here August 24, 1855, a daughter of John W. and Jane Elizabeth Thomas Berry. She was an active Relief society worker. Three daughters and a son survive. Mrs. W.O. Jones, Mrs. Thomas B. Jones and Mrs. Alma Simmons, Spanish Fork, and Lester J. Hales, Magna; 24 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, six brothers and sisters. Mrs. Thurza Brown, Mrs. Cynthia Brown and Thomas Berry, Sr., St. Johns, Ariz., Joseph S. and George Berry, Salt Lake City, and R. A. Berry, Provo. The body is at the Waldron funeral home."

      3. "Mary Hales Passes Away. Spanish Fork - Mrs. Mary Jane Berry Hales, 79, died suddenly Friday at 11 a.m. from the effects of a heart attack, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. O. Jones. She was born at Spanish Fork, Aug. 25, 1855, the daughter of John W. and Jane Elizabeth Thomas Berry. She had always been active in the work of the L.D.S. Church and was an active member of the Relief Society, having held office as teacher and officer in that organization. She was the widow of Joseph L. Hales who preceded her in death quite a number of years ago. She is survived by three daughters and one son, Mrs. Wm. O. Jones, Mrs. Thomas B. Jones, Mrs. Alma Simmons, all of Spanish Fork, and Lester J. Hales, Magna, 24 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Thurza Brown, Mrs. Cynthia Brown and Thomas Berry, all of St. Johns, Arizona; Joseph S. Berry and George Berry, Salt Lake City and R. A. Berry, Provo. Mrs. Hales died on the 79th anniversary of her birth. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Spanish Fork Fifth ward chapel with Bishop Arthur T. McKell in charge, burial to be in the city cemetery." Provo Sunday Herald, Sun., 26 Aug 1934.

      4. "Survivor of Palmyra Fort Dies of Old Age. Mrs. Mary Jane Berry Hales, widow of Joseph L. Hales, and early settler of Spanish Fork, died suddenly from the effects of a heart attack Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. O. Jones, on the 79th anniversary of her birth. She was born in the old Palmyra fort on August 24, 1855. Her parents were John W. and Jane Elizabeth Thomas Berry. She married Mr. Hales and they continued to make their home in this city, being among the first settlers in the eastern part of the city, or 'the bench.' Mrs. Hales was always active in the work of the church, particularly in the Relief [misprint] daughters and one son, Mrs. Wm. O. Jones, Mrs. Thomas B. Jonse, [misprint] ry and George Berry of Salt Lake and Mrs. Alma C. Simmons, all of Spanish Fork, and Lester J. Hales of Magna, 24 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren; also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Thurza Brown, Mrs. Cynthia Brown and Thomas Berry, all of St. Johns, Arizona; Joseph S. Berry and George Berry of Salt Lake City, and R.A. Berry of Provo. Funeral services were held over the remains Monday at 2 o'clock at the Fifth ward chapel. Bishop Arthur T. McKell presided, and the ward choir, under the direction of John F. Warner, with Miss Mattie Holt at the organ, sang, 'O My Father.' The invocation was offered by President G. Ray Hales, after which the choir sang, 'My Father Knows.' The speakers were Gilbert A. Johnson, Bishop Elisha Warner, and President Henry A. Gardner, all of whom spoke in the highest terms of the life and character of the deceased lady. During the services a violin duet, 'A Perfect Day,' was rendered by Mrs. Max Thomas and Mrs. Robert Gaddia, with piano accompaniment by Miss Beth Drueger. Mrs. Florence Albertson and Mrs. Leah Swenson Webb, sang a duet 'Beautiful Sunset,' with accompaniment by Mrs. Hazel Larsen. After a few closing remarks by Bishop McKell, Miss Gladys Williams sang the closing number, 'Going Home,' with Mrs. Larsen at the piano. The benediction was pronounced by Gisle Bearnson." Spanish Fork Press, Thurs., 30 Aug 1934.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per www.hales.org 21 Dec 2002.