Katherine Ristine Cureton

Brief Life History of Katherine Ristine

When Katherine Ristine Cureton was born on 9 February 1877, in Loudon, Tennessee, United States, her father, Richard Marion Cureton, was 41 and her mother, Mary L Johnston, was 38. She married William Andrew Berry on 29 October 1899, in Conway, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cadron Township, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1957. She died on 19 March 1957, in Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Andrew Berry
1871–1943
Katherine Ristine Cureton
1877–1957
Marriage: 29 October 1899
Carleton Berry
1897–1900
William Madison Berry
1903–1975
Hugh Eli Berry
1908–1911
Annie Leah Berry
1910–1911
James Richard Berry
1913–1995
Emma Lee Berry
1914–2002

Sources (13)

  • Katie R Berry in household of Will A Berry, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Katherine Ristine Berry in the Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914
  • Mrs Katherine Berry, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (Shropshire): habitational name probably from Coryton in Devon, named with Curi (a lost Celtic river name) + tūn.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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