Martha Berry's Birthplace - GHM 057-9 - Floyd Co., GA - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Martha Berry's Birthplace

Martha Berry, founder of the Berry Schools, was born and lived here at ´Oak Hill.´ Daughter of Capt. Tom Berry, wealthy plantation owner, she devoted her life to providing educational opportunities for the children of her less fortunate neighbors in the mountains. The school grew under her direction from a small log cabin on the plantation in 1900 to a 30,000 acre campus. More than 15,000 students have received their educations in the day school at Possum Trot, the Girls School, Boys School and Berry College. Martha Berry died in 1942 leaving a deathless monument.

GHM 057-9 Georgia Historical Commission 1954

Martha Berry's Birthplace

Type of Marker: Highway Marker #: GHM 057-9 Date: 1954 Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission

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