Looking for any information, or descendants, of the following Sumner Co. TN African American family.
Abe (Abraham) MAYBERRY, 1863 – 1939, and Sarah COLEMAN, 1871 – aft 1930.
They married 1888 in Sumner Co. TN and lived there the rest of their lives.
Census records show that they had the following daughters:
Mattie P. born June 1890
Carrie born Aug 1892
Eva born Oct 1893
Katie/Catherine born Aug 1897
Florida born 1902, died 1918
Their daughter Eva Mayberry married William Kenneth Wilson.
Eva Mayberry Wilson was the 1st African American in Sumner to become a registered nurse. She was also a teacher and taught at Rockland School and Avondale School in Hendersonville.
William Kenneth Wilson owned the Gallatin Drug Store and was a pharmacist.
The reason I am looking for the descendants of Abe Mayberry is that my great grandfather, Rev. John Louis Hill, also a Sumner Co. native, was the author of several books. One of those books, published in 1930, was dedicated to his friend Abe Mayberry. I would like to give Abe Mayberry’s descendants a copy of this book.
Please contact me at
jak.ish@verizon.netKathleen Hill
Redondo Beach, CA