Sarah Catherine (BERRY) THORNE
(my great grandmother)
Page last updated 20 August 2022.
Birth: 8 September 1853 in Pomfret, Charles County, Maryland
Death: 5 January 1915 in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C.
Burial: 7 January 1915 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-2
Headstone Text: THORNE // SARAH CATHERINE / 1853 - 1915 // CORNELIUS SMITH / 1851 - 1936
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: George H. BERRY and Susan Matilda BERRY (m. SHERIFF)
Parents' Children:
Spouse: Cornelius Smith THORNE
Marriage: 4 October 1876 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Cornelius and Sarah share a headstone, buried in Plots F-1 and F-2. Also buried in this cemetery are: their children -- George, Cora; their granddaughter’s husband -- Jeff; his brothers and sister-in-law -- James and Mary, Richard; her sister and brother-in-law -- Harriet and Samuel. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their daughter -- Myrtle; his parents -- George and Elizabeth.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211461), FamilySearch website (#MTRS-KPX), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1. = surname of first husband
Death: 5 January 1915 in Congress Heights, Washington, D.C.
Burial: 7 January 1915 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-2
Headstone Text: THORNE // SARAH CATHERINE / 1853 - 1915 // CORNELIUS SMITH / 1851 - 1936
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: George H. BERRY and Susan Matilda BERRY (m. SHERIFF)
Parents' Children:
- John Thomas BERRY
- Elizabeth Jane THURTON (m. BERRY)
- Susan M. BERRY
- Samuel T. BERRY
- George Walter BERRY
- Lemuel Brooke BERRY
- Harriet Rebecca WARD (m. BERRY)
- Violetta Ann HAMILTON (m. BERRY)
- Sarah Catherine THORNE (m. BERRY)
- Hannah BERRY
- Charles Hebron BERRY
- Jennie M. BERRY
- Ida M. YORIS (m. BERRY, h1. PADGETT)
Spouse: Cornelius Smith THORNE
Marriage: 4 October 1876 in Washington, D.C.
Children:
- George Berry THORNE
- Lillian Frances SAULS (m. THORNE)
- Cora Roberta THORNE
- Troy Cornelius THORNE
- Columbus Dennis THORNE
- Murray Ebbsworth THORNE
- Myrtle Eva THORNE
- Carlton Eugene THORNE
- Sadie Iola THORNE (m. THORNE)
- Pearl Susan CREEL (m. THORNE)
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Cornelius and Sarah share a headstone, buried in Plots F-1 and F-2. Also buried in this cemetery are: their children -- George, Cora; their granddaughter’s husband -- Jeff; his brothers and sister-in-law -- James and Mary, Richard; her sister and brother-in-law -- Harriet and Samuel. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their daughter -- Myrtle; his parents -- George and Elizabeth.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211461), FamilySearch website (#MTRS-KPX), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
h1. = surname of first husband