Craven County, NC - White Family Bible ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florence Elizabeth Berry, daughter of Mary Frances White Berry and Richard Thomas Berry, was the mother of Richard Berry Fulford, my father. Florence Marian Fulford Deppe was my father's younger sister, known to her friends as "Dinah." The only Berry children to survive to adulthood were Edward Thomas Berry, Florence Elizabeth, and Mary Cassandra "Mamie-Auntie" Berry. Mary Cassandra Berry married late in life to her first cousin, Confederate officer Captain Edward J. White. THE WHITE FAMILY BIBLE belonged to Mrs. William H. Deppe (Florence Marian Fulford), Pollocksville NC. Information extracted in 1963 by Elizabeth Moore and in the Elizabeth Moore Collection #322, East Carolina University Manuscript Collection, Joyner Library, Greenville, NC. (NOTE: The White Family Bible was destroyed in a flood in Reading PA in 1963.) Whichcot White married Rachel Swan 9 January 1820. Whichcot White married Cassandra White15 June 1828. Leroy M. White married Sarah W. Simmons 22 December 1842. Richard T. Berry married Mary F. White 10 March 1857. E. J. White married Mary C. Berry 20 May 1926 (recent entry). Florence E. Berry married Walter Fulford 26 March 1890. Edward Thomas Berry married Susan Jasper Rue 10 October 1883. Whichcot White, son of Nancy and Whichcot White, was born 24 November 1793. (date questionable) Rachel Swan, daughter of Elizabeth and Ephraim Swan, was born 2 November 179 (last numeral illegible). Cassandra White, daughter of James A. White, was born 17 March 1802. LeRoy M. White, son of Rachel and Whichcot White, was born 12 November 1820. Reubin Thomas White, son of Rachel and Whichcot White, was born 26 January 1824. Sarah Ann, daughter of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, died 30 July 1861. Samuel Chapman, son of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, born on 19 November 1860, died in Graham, NC on 22 July 1863. James, son of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, born 8 March 1861, died in Graham, NC on 5 August 1864. Whichcot White, son of Nancy and Whichcot White, died 1868. Mary C. Berry, daughter of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, was born 30 November 1864. Florence E. Berry, daughter of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, was born in New Bern NC on 2 November 1866. Edward Thomas White, son of Cassandra and Whichcot White, was born 15 April 1830. Mary Frances White, daughter of Cassandra and Whichcot White, was born 1 January 1837. Lewis White, son of Nancy and Whichcot White, was born 31 May 1798. Edward Thomas Berry, son of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry, was born 6 February 1858. Sarah Wadsworth Simmons, daughter of Sarah and William Simmons, was born 15 February 1827. Nancy Morris, daughter of Thomas White, was born 2 October 1834. Rachel Francis (sic), daughter of Nancy and LeRoy White, was born 4 February 1851. Sarah Ann Berry, daughter of Mary F. and Richard T. Berry was born on 17 November 1859. Rachel, wife of Whichcot White, died 26 February 1826. Reubin (sic) Thomas White, son of Rachel and Whichcot White, died 12 December 1823. Haywood Oliver White, son of Rachel and Whichcot White, died 5 February 1824. Edward S. S. White, son of Rachel and Whichcot White, died 8 August 1825. Edward Thomas White, son of Cassandra and Whichcot White, died 27 September 1834. Sarah W. White, wife of LeRoy White, died 4 March 1844. Lewis White, son of Nancy and Whichcot White, died 10 August 1851. Thomas White, son of Nancy and Whichcot White, died 2 November 1841. Cassandra White, wife of Whichcot White, died 18 August 1867. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Florence Fulford Moore ___________________________________________________________________