Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. JAMES R. BERRY was born in Butler County, Ky., near Berry's Lick, April 25, 1818, and is one of ten children born to Francis M. and Rebecca (Reed) Berry, both of whom were natives of Virginia, and of Irish descent. When only a small boy, Francis M. Berry removed with his parents from Virginia to the upper part of Kentucky, from thence in the latter part of the last century, the family removed to what is now Butler County, Ky., but was then a part of Logan County, and settled on Big Muddy Creek, near Berry's Lick. Here Francis M. received his early education; was married and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in December, 1881, in his ninety-first year; he was a veteran of the war of 1812, served under Gen. Harrison in the Canadian campaign, and also against the Indians in the Northwest territory; he and his wife were devoted members of the old school Presbyterian Church for more than sixty years. James R. Berry received such an education as the schools of the country [sic] afforded in his youth. At that time three horse-mills supplied the entire country with bread stuff. James R. was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-four years old; he then bought seventy-five acres of wild land near Berry's Lick, erected a log cabin, and subsequently improved a farm, upon which he resided until the breaking out of the war, in 1861, when he sold out, and bought a farm one mile below Aberdeen on the Green River, which he afterward lost on account of a defective title. In February, 1883, he came to the farm where he now lives, three miles below Aberdeen on the Green River. He was married August 5, 1841, to Catherine Bennett, also a native of Butler County; born January 18, 1819, a daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth (Hancock) Bennett, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Three sons and three daughters blessed their union, of whom the three sons are living, as follows: John W., Elisha F. and James D. Mr. Berry and wife have been for many years members of the church, first of the old school but now of the Cumberland Presbyterian. Mr. B. is a Republican. Berry Reed Bennett Hancock = VA Logan-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/butler/berry.jr.txt