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• Birth	13 Aug 1807	, , Kentucky, USA
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	3 Mar 1904	Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  	Fulton Weekly Gazette
  	Edward G. Berry Dead Callaway's Oldest Citizen, Aged Ninety-Seven Years, Died Thursday in Auxvasse Township. Edward G. Berry, who had lived in Callaway County since 1823, and the oldest resident of the county, died at his home near Reform, Auxvasse township, Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock. A short time ago Mr. Berry went to a lot adjoining his house to watch his son, Robert Berry, and a foree of men kill hogs, and while on his way back to the house slipped and fell. His injuries were so serious that he had to go to bed, and from that time his condition grew worse. Mr. Berry was a son of Richard Berry, who came to Missouri from Kentucky in 1820. The family first settled in St. Clair county, but three years afterward they moved to Callaway and settled on the Maloney farm, on Garden Prairie, southeast of Fulton. Mr. Berry was born in Washington county, Kentucky, August 13, 1807, and was therefore in the ninety-eighth year of his life. Mr. Berry was a soldier in the Black Hawk war of 1832 and probably the last survivor of that conflict living in central Missouri. He was married to Miss Sally Ann Galbreath, a daughter of Talton Galbreath, an early Callaway settler, in February, 1833. She died October 28, 1867. After his marriage, Mr. Berry bought land in Auxvasse township and moved to it. He was industrious and thrifty and soon accumulated a competency. Mr. Berry was one of the men who gave strength and dignity of character to Missouri. He was a man of generous impulses, of kindly disposition and his long life was filled with usefulness. Many men in Callaway were given a start in life by him, and no man that ever lived in the county was of more real service to it. Considering his age, Mr. Berry was exceptionally strong and hearty up to within a few weeks of his death. He rode horse-back until a year or two ago, and within the last four years made the trip from his home to Fulton and back in that way. Up to the time of taking his bed, he could read without spectacles and delighted in doing chores about the house. His mind was clear, and his recollection of pioneer life in Missouri was of invaluable aid to local historians. Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, was a servant in the family of Mr. Berry's father when they lived in Kentucky. Captain Robert Berry, of Wlliamsburg, now 87 years old, is a brother of the deceased, and Samuel Berry, of this city, Robert Berry of Reform, Edward Berry of Bachelor, and Caleb Berry, of Audrain county, are surviving children. Miss Margaret Berry, who was the wife of Judge W.R. Terry, was his daughter and died a number of years ago, as did two sons, Angus and John Berry. Funeral services will be held today and burial will occur in the family cemetery on the John Maloney farm, southeast of Fulton, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
  Died	2 Mar 1905	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Buried	Family Cemetery On The John Maloney Farm, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I12712	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2009
  Father	Richard Berry,   b. 2 Sep 1769, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Mother	Mary Ewing,   b. Abt 1774, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1829, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Married	, , Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F14348416	Group Sheet
  Family	Sally Ann Galbreath,   b. Abt 1811, , , Kentucky, USA ,   d. 28 Oct 1867, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Married	14 Feb 1833	, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Children	> 1. Angus Berry,   b. Abt 1834, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Jun 1877   2. John Berry,   b. Abt 1835, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Bef 1905 > 3. Samuel Berry,   b. 14 Feb 1838, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1911, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA   4. Caleb Berry,   b. Abt 1840, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 27 Jun 1914, Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA   5. Margaret Berry,   b. Abt 1854, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Bef 1905   6. Robert Berry,   b. Abt 1848, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. Aft 1905   7. Edward G. Berry,   b. Abt 1851, , Callaway, Missouri, USA ,   d. 3 May 1940, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F14348414	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1850; Census Place: District 12, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M432_393; Page: 272; Image: 541. Name: Edward Berry Age: 43 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807 Birth Place: Kentucky Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 12, Callaway, Missouri Household Members: Name Age Edward Berry 43 Sally Berry 39 Angus Berry 16 John Berry 15 Samuel Berry 11 Caleb Berry 10 Margaret Berry 6 Robert Berry 2 1860; Census Place: District 18, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M653_610; Page: 0; Image: 398. Name: Edward G Berry Age in 1860: 52 Birth Year: abt 1808 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1860: District 18, Callaway, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Fulton Household Members: Name Age Edward G Berry 52 Sallie A Berry 48 John W Berry 24 Saml Berry 22 Caleb Berry 19 Margaret Berry 14 Robt Berry 12 Ed G Berry 9 Edward G. Berry 13 Aug 1807 2 Mar 1905 Callaway Weekly Gazette 6 March 1905 Fulton Telegraph

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  Event Married - 14 Feb 1833 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Obituary - Fulton Weekly Gazette - 3 Mar 1904 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Died - 2 Mar 1905 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth