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NANNIE SMITH BERRY
Nannie Smith Berry was born in 1861. Her parents
were Harry and Sallie Smith, they lived at Rock Castle.
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When Nannie was only two, her mother and younger
sister Tabitha died. Then she was raised by servants. Young Nannie
went to a boarding school in Nashville but would return to Rock Castle
for the summer.
At the age of 19, she married Horatio Berry and they made their home
with her father at Rock Castle. She had three children while living
there. Her father bought Hazel Path for them, she had two more
children.
After taking residence at Hazel Path, Horatio Berry continued to
acquire more land. All of their children went to the best of schools.
Nashville's Berry Field was named after their oldest son Harry.
When her husband died, Nannie ran the 3,800 acre farm which covered
much of the center of Hendersonville.
Nannie died in 1961 at the age of 100. Her daughter Sarah, donated the
land to build our school named in her mother's memory. The school
opened in 1963.
Now you know how Nannie Smith Berry Elementary School got its name! |
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