LEWIS J. BERRY, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Preston; born in Norway in 1836; he came to America with his father's family in 1852; parents settled in the town of Christiana, Dane Co., Wis., where they lived three years. His father removed to Grant Co. in 1855; he entered the farm which Lewis J. now owns in the fall of 1854. Father died in the fall of 1870; mother is still living. Parents had five children when they came to this country, two of whom, Louis J. and Anna (Now Mrs. Ronning), are living; Benjamin, born in 1842, enlisted in October, 1862, in Co. G, 33d W. V. I.; he died at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, in January, 1863. Mr. Berry was married to Lena Gilbertson, daughter of Nels Gilbertson, who came to this country from Norway in 1860. Have five children - Julia, Benjamin, Thomas, Cornelius and Gustave A. Farm contains 250 acres.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.