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��about 18 years old. Elizabeth was married to Jeremiah Jones; she died Dec. 28, 1878, leaving a family of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Sam- uel Bar remained with his father, assisting him in im- proving and cultivating his farm, till some time prior to his marriage. Feb. 16, 1846, he was united in marriage to Miss Barbary A. Beasore, eldest daughter of Daniel and Mary Beasore, of Monroe Township ; by this marriage, he had six children, one son and five daughters, named as follows: Mary .Jane, John A., Salena A., Martha A., Susan E. and Emma A. Martha A. and Emma A. are dead, and buried in the Mount Zion Cemetery. Mary J. married William Durbin ; John, Susan L. Dillon; Salena A., Charles Swigart ; Susan rE., W. S. Kerr. Mrs. Barr was a consistent member of the German Reformed Church for many years ; she died Jan. 12, 1868, and was buried in the Mount Zion Cemetery. Mr. Barr married for his second wife Miss Susan M., eldest daughter of Alexander and Ruth J. Mc Bride ; they were married Dec. 20, 1868; by this marriage he has had four children, two of whom died in infancy ; the names of the two living are Hattie and Courtney Scott. Soon after his first marriage, Mr. Barr rented one of his father's farms ; he lived on this farm about five years ; he managed, in that length of time, by the most careful management and close appli- tion to business, to amass means enough, as he thought, to justify him in buying a farm of his own ; he pur- chased 120 acres of land in Mifflin Township, and re- moved his family thereon ; he subsequently sold 60 acres of this land ; when Mr. Barr removed to this farm, he found it very much out of repair ; the build- ings were old and dilapidated, the fences rotten and broken down, and the fields covered, to a great extent, with briars and brambles ; he immediately set about making the necessary improvements ; during his stay on this farm, he built a dwelling, bank-barn and other outhouses, cleared his fields of the briars and brambles that encumbered them, repaired his fences, and made many other valuable. improvements ; nor was his labor in vain ; he bought the whole farm for $1,920, and sold the eighty acres for $5,000 ; after residing on this farm about nineteen years, he sold it, as above stated, and purchased the southeast quarter of Sec. 5, in Monroe Township, to which he removed his family and where he still continues to reside ; this farm is highly fertile and very productive, and Mr. Barr, being a first-class farmer, has it under a good state of cultivation ; it is well adapted to all kinds of farming purposes. Mr. Barr and wife are both active and zealous members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lucas ; they have contributed largely of their means toward the building of churches, the support of the ministry, and other re- ligious and benevolent enterprises. For the last ten years, Mr. Barr has been an active member of Monroe Lodge, No. 224, I. 0. 0. F.; he has attained to the high- est rank in his lodge. Mrs. Barr is an active and influ- ential member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 36, Daugh- ters of Rebecca. Mr. Barr has held ofiBces of honor and trust, both in Mifflin and Monroe Townships.

BERRY, PETER, REV. ; P. 0. Hastings ; Henry Berry, his father, was born in Huntingdon Co., Penn., in 1805 ; moved to Wayne Co., Ohio, in 1820, and from there to Richland in 1825. Was married to Miss

��Catharine Keller June 11, 1829, by whom he had eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Elizabeth, the eldest, was born Feb. 11, 1830; married to Zachariah Burkirk in 1848 ; died in 1849, and was buried in the Hersh Graveyard. Mary, their second daughter, was born Sept. 19, 1831 ; was married to John Hersh in 1850. Her husband died in 1854. Peter, their eldest son, was born in Monroe Township Nov. 2, 1833, Henry, their second son, was born in 1835 ; was mar- ried to Miss E. Hoover, when he was about 20 years old. Lived with her about twelve years, when she died. He was then married to Miss Hattie Wilcox, of Dela- ware Co. He lived with her four years and eight months, when he died. He was an itinerant minister of the Gospel ; preached for the United Brethren Church eight years, and for the Methodist Episcopal Church two years. He died of consumption, and was buried at East Liberty, Delaware Co. Their third daughter, Christina, married C. L. Miller; lived with him about four years, when she died of consumption. Their fourth daughter, Sarah, married Henry Clever ; they removed to Michigan, where they now reside. .Their ihird son, .John, enlisted in the army during the late war. Went into camp at Mansfield, where he re* mained one night, was taken sick, came home and died. He was about 20 years old when he died ; was buried at the Hersh Graveyard. Their fifth daughter, Harriet, married Jerry Snyder. Her husband enlisted in the Union army during the late war, where he contracted a disease which caused his death. She died in 1877, and was buried at Four Corners. Their fourth son, William, enlisted in the thirty-day service, and died while returning home. Their fifth son, Philip, died at Palmyra when about 20 years old. Their youngest son, Jacob, died in infancy. Henry Berry, at an early day, purchased a small farm in the southwestern part of the township, where he continued to reside as long as he lived. His widow, who is now quite old and feeble, still continues to reside there. Peter Berry was raised on this farm. He worked on the farm till he was about 15, when he engaged to learn the carpenter trade with Christ Teeter and Isaac White. He worked with them two years, when he entered into partnership with Eli Berry, with whom he worked one year. From that time to the present, he has carried on the business himself. Dec. 12, 1854, he was married to Miss Re- becca Teeter of his native county, by whom he had three sons and three daughters — Adam, Eli, Sarah Ellen, Mary M., Alice and Harvey. Mrs. Berry died at the age of 31 years ; she was buried at the Hersh Grave- yard. Mr. Berry was married to Miss Nancy J. Hulit, of his native township, in 1856. By this marriage, he has had seven children, three sons and four daughters — Ermina Ercena, the eldest, was born Oct. 18, 1866; Lilly Etta, April 3, 1869; Silva Ariminda, Jan. 6, 1871 ; Olie Catharine, Oct. 25, 1873 ; Albert Pearl, Oct. 31, 1875 ; Ernest Everts, Oct. 3, 1877, and Charlie Leroy, July 10, 1879. Albert Pearl died April 1, 1877, Olie Catharine was killed by a falling tree Nov. 18, 1879 ; they were both buried at the AVorthington Cemetery. Mr. Berry and his first wife united with the United Brethren Church in 1853. In 1855, having removed to a distance from their church into the vicinity of a Lutheran church, they united with the Lutheran

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