Colonel J. W. Berry Tombstone

Monument for J. W. Berry in Minden Cemetery.  When I was a child we visited the cemetery often, primarily because my grandparents, Thomas Turpin Lowe and Frances Lowe were buried there.  Now, among relatives and friends buried in the cemetery are my parents, Jesse W. and Minnie Berry Lowe.

We found a small gravestone under an oak tree that had the name of  Berry.  Later I read that this marked the grave of Joseph Berry who died while leading a group from Ohio to Texas.   His son, J. W., stayed and became an active leader in developing Minden, Louisiana.