Damon Berryhill

Birth Name: Damon Scott Berryhill

Place of Birth: South Laguna, Orange, California, United States

Date of Birth: December 3, 1963

Ethnicity: English, African-American, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian

Damon Berryhill is an American professional baseball player. He played for the Chicago Cubs, the Atlanta Braves, the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds, and the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a catcher. He also managed the AAA Gwinnett Stripers.

Damon’s first cousin is musician Cindy Lee Berryhill. He is also a second cousin, once removed, of surfboard shaper Dale Velzy. Damon’s great-grandparents John Berryhill and Alice Keene were the siblings of Dale’s grandparents George Berryhill and Ada Keene, brothers marrying sisters.

Damon’s paternal grandfather was Gordon Arthur Berryhill (the son of John Berryhill and Alice Keene). Gordon was born in Michigan. John was born in either Ohio or Ontario, to Irish immigrants, John Berryhill and Jane Hodgins. Alice was born in London, England, the daughter of William Edmund Brook Keene and Fannie/Fanny Gillmore.

Damon’s paternal grandmother was Fay Wenonah Grant (the daughter of William J. Grant and Orville J. Smith). Fay was born in South Carolina or Louisiana. It appears her parents were African-American, though they are listed as white after moving from South Carolina to California. William was the son of William Augustus Grant and Mary A. Middleton.

Damon’s maternal grandfather was Howard Lester Patchen (the son of Jay Judson Patchen and Adda Marie Woodruff). Howard was born in Illinois. Jay was the son of Sylvanus A. Patchen and Mary A. Crouse. Damon’s great-grandmother Adda was the daughter of John Woodruff and Mary Ann Thomas.

Damon’s maternal grandmother was Wilma Viola Forst (the daughter of Eugene Frederick Forst and Kathleen Dane/Dennis). Wilma was born in New York. Frederick was born in Bohemia, and was of Austrian descent. Kathleen was Hungarian.

Sources: Marriage record of Damon’s parents – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Damon’s paternal grandparents, Gordon Arthur Berryhill and Fay Wenonah Grant – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal grandfather, Gordon Arthur Berryhill, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Damon’s paternal great-grandparents, John Berryhill and Alice Keene – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal great-grandfather, John Berryhill, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal great-grandmother, Alice Keene, on the 1871 England and Wales Census – ps://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal grandmother, Fay Wenonah Grant, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Fay Wenonah Grant on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal great-grandfather, William J. Grant, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s paternal great-grandmother, Orville J. Smith, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of Damon’s maternal grandparents, Howard Lester Patchen and Wilma Viola Forst – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s maternal great-grandfather, Jay Judson Patchen, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s maternal great-grandmother, Adda Marie Woodruff, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Damon’s maternal grandmother, Wilma Viola Forst, on the 1911 Canada Census – http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca