1915 - 1936 (21 years)
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| Name |
Myrtle Irene Jones |
| Birth |
2 Mar 1915 |
Spring Dale, Fayette Co., WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
12 Jun 1936 |
McKendree, Fayette Co., WV [1] |
| Cause: shotgun wound, shot in chest & right side |
| Burial |
14 Jun 1936 |
Elton, Summers Co., WV [1] |
| Person ID |
I50244 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Father |
John William Jones, b. 28 Jul 1887, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 15 Jul 1930, Lawton, Fayette Co., WV (Age 42 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Elsie Agnes Vandal, b. 3 Sep 1893, Elton, Summers Co., WV d. 7 Oct 1963, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Mar 1912 |
Meigs Co., OH [2] |
| Family ID |
F17592 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Earl Berry, b. 13 May 1911, Backus, Fayette Co., WV d. 20 Aug 1961, Backus, Fayette Co., WV (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Nov 1930 |
Layland, Fayette Co., WV [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Kathryn Berry, b. 21 Sep 1931, Lawton, Fayette Co., WV d. 3 Feb 1933, Lawton, Fayette Co., WV (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F17594 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Mar 2024 |
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| Notes |
- The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, Sunday, 14 Jun 1936, p. 8, col. 1
Brother Tells Of House Fight
Kin of Earl Berry Describes Argument, Won't Tell Reason
Claremont, June 14 - Indications that Earl Berry, 25, would contend the shotgun slaying of his wife, Myrtle, 21, was accidental were seen today in William Berry's story of the shooting.
William Berry said his brother, Earl, and a third brother, Charles, 16, were struggling on the kitchen floor of the Earl Berry home Thursday night when a double-barrel shotgun held by Earl discharged, the slugs ripping a hole in Mrs. Berry's chest.
The woman died early Friday morning in McKendree hospital.
Charles Berry was quoted by William as saying he hit Earl with a chair after Earl threatened Mrs. Berry with the shotgun. Earl was knocked to the floor but still held the gun, and both barrels of the weapon were fired when Charles fought to seize it, the older brother said.
The wounding followed an argument between Earl Berry and his wife into which Charles mixed when he claimed Earl threatened the girl with the gun.
William Berry would not disclose over what Mr. and Mrs. Berry were quarreling. He said:
"You can tell them they will have to leave that out, we won't talk about it".
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| Sources |
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 8624 (1936), Myrtle Irene Berry, accessed 1 Mar 2024. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2233] Ohio. Meigs County., Meigs Co., OH Marriage Record, (Digital images. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com : 2016.), marriage record, 1908-1913: 433, Jones-Vandal, 1912; accessed 29 Feb 2024. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1288] West Virginia. Fayette County., Fayette Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 6: 16, Berry-Jones, 1930; accessed 1 Mar 2024. (Reliability: 3).
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