

James Montgomery "J. M." Newberry
Birth Date: 5 Ssptember 1826
Birth Place: Overton County, Tennessee
Death Date: 15 February 1896
Death Place: Arkansas
Burial Place: Hopewell Cemetery
Notes: The James Montgomery old log cabin was moved
and dedicated November 18, 1979 to the Carroll
County, Historical Society to the Pioneer park
at Berryville, Arkansas. Delano Newberry whom
helped disasemble it said it was a two story
structure, and is now a one story structure
because all boards were not useable
in reconstruction.
Spouse: Rachel Clark
Birth Date: 30 April 1832
Birth Place: Tennessee
Death Date: 8 January 1916
Burial Place: Hopewell Cemetery
Spouse Father: James Harvey Clark (1797-)
Spouse Mother: Nancy McCampbell? (1801-)
Spouse Notes: Rachel and John returned to Tennessee from
Arkansas
Marriage Date: Circa 1865
Children 1. Mary Newberry
Birth Date: 1859
J.B. Polk Newberry
Birth Date: 3 February 1859
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Death Date: 3 April 1922
Death Place: Pueblo, Colorado
2. Nancy Newberry
Birth Date: 30 April 1861
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Death Date: 8 January 1916
Death Place: Kingston, Madison County,
Arkansas
Burial: Kingston Cemetery, Madison
County, Arkansas
Spouse: John Spencer
Birth Date: 1857
Burial: Kingston Cemetery, Madison
County, Arkansas
Children: Frank
Flora Wealthy
Sara Eliza
Douglas
Rachael
Larkin
Zona
3. Stephen M. "S. M." Newberry
Birth Date: 16 June 1863
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Death Date: 18 November 1890
Death Place: Little Rock, Arkansas
Notes: Last Family to live in the
James Montgomery Old Log
Cabin before taken to
Pioneer Park.
Spouse: Nancy Caroline Minton
Birth Date: 29 December 1857
Birth Place: Tennessee
Death Date: 7 May 1948
Burial Place: Beechwoods Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas
Spouse Father: Caleb Wilborn Minton (1818-)
Spouse Mother: Elizabeth Green (1818-1856)
Children: Onnie H.
Albert F.
4. Benjamine Franklin "Frank" Newberry
Birth Date: 26 MAY 1866
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Death Date: 10 August 1896
Death Place: Arkansas
Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Carroll
County, Arkansas
Notes: Buried in a Small Chain Link
Enclosure in Hopewell Cemetery
with an infant son. After
Frank's death Sophrina married
the husband of Frank's Sister
Martha Elizabeth after her
death.
Spouse: Sophrina Viola "Sophia" Grogan
Birth Date: 1837
Birth Place: Overton County, Tennessee
Death Date: 1 November 1913
Death Place: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Burial Place: Choska Cemetery Choska,
Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Spouse Father: Thomas J. Grogan (1830-1874)
Spouse Mother: Eliza Mabry (1881-1914)
Marriage Date: 1 Ocotber 1893
Children: Charley Winfield
Homer Scott
5. Eliza Newberry
Birth Date: 1868
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Spouse: Jim Phillips
6. Sarah Frances Newberry
Birth Date: 6 April 1868
Birth Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Death Date: 1869
Death Place: Newton County, Arkansas
Burial Place: Liberty Cemetery
Note: This is the one year old
infant buried next to Rachel
Other Spouses: Mary "Polly" Miller
Julia Ann Wilson
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