Given the question: Facts: - relatives: james berry -lrb- second nephew -rrb- henderson berry -lrb- second nephew -rrb- campbell polson - resting place: mount olivet cemetery - death date: 1887 - spouse: a. a. probart cynthia t. mcgavock - children: sarah elizabeth johnston mcferrin almira probart mcferrin kitty lou mcferrin mary jane mcginty mcferrin elizabeth mcgavock mcferrin mcferrin james william mcferrin john a. mcferrin - birth date: july 15 , 1807 - name: john berry mcferrin - nationality: american - parents: james mcferrin - death place: davidson county , tennessee - religion: methodist episcopal church , south - birth place: rutherford county , tennessee - occupation: preacher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john berry mcferrin .
The answer is:
john berry mcferrin -lrb- 1807-1887 -rrb- was an american methodist preacher and editor .he served as a chaplain in the confederate states army during the american civil war .