Brief Life History of John Claiborne
When John Claiborne Derryberry was born in 1858, in McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, United States, his father, Newton Lorenzo Columbus Derryberry, was 33 and his mother, Nancy Ann Barnhill, was 27. He married Georgia A McCullar on 22 February 1882, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in United States in 1930 and Chewalla, McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1947. He died on 20 January 1947, in Bolivar, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Indian Creek Cemetery, McNairy, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Jno C, "United States Census, 1900"
- John C. Derryberry in entry for Nancy Josephine Martin, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
- John C Derrybury in household of Newton Derrybury, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1858–1947 Male
1862–1953 Female
Children (12)
1883–1942 Female
1884–1921 Female
1885–1972 Female
1886– Female
1887–1948 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1825–1907 Male
1831–1927 Female
Siblings (7)
1857–1943 Male
1858–1947 Male
1863–1954 Female
1866–1947 Male
1868–1936 Male
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 4
1863
Age 5
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 24
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Dürrenberger (see Durrenberger ). Compare Derreberry and Deberry .
History: The progenitor of the Derryberries was most likely (Johann) Michael Dürrenberger, one of three brothers who immigrated to North America in 1738 from Mertzwiller, Alsace, where they were born into a family of Swiss German origin. By 1749 he was in NJ (where one of his brothers had settled; see Terryberry ), but he later disappeared from the NJ records and apparently ended up in Burke County, NC in the 1760s, where he was first recorded as Michael Terenbargener. His descendants also bear other forms of the surname: Derreberry, Dereberry, Derebery, Derrberry, Dayberry, Dearybury, and DeBerry.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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