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LUDGER BERRY

  Ludger Berry married November 24, 1885 to Anna Rieder, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Rieder. Anna Rieder was born March 9, 1886 in Iowa . She came to the St. Joe neighborhood with her parents at the age of seven. They lived on the farm that is known as the Tom Delaney farm. Her father, George Rieder, was captain of the volunteers who organized a militia to put down an Indian uprising in Pine Lake Township . Ludger Berry was born at Marquette , Michigan , June 21, 1859. He came to Rush Lake Township in 1883 as a surveyor. He homesteaded a half-mile west and half mile south of Richville. He farmed and was a well-known thresher and saw mill operator. It was said that he could get more lumber out of a tree than any other sawyer could. He was head sawyer in the stave mill in Richville in the early 1900�s.

Eleven children were born to his union:

Catherine, born September 17, 1886, died at the age of eighteen.

Clara Lena, born June 14, 1888, died in Canada ,  Mrs. George Fiedler of Gravelburg , Canada .

Fred Martin, born October 20, 1889, died February 14, 1953

Angelina Caroline, born September 1891, married Robert Bachmann, January 1912

Agnes Lavina born October 28, 1893 married Harry Davies, September 14, 1915

Edward William, born May 1, 1896

Mattilda Josephine, born May 1, 1899, married Otto Paschke, June 10, 1925

Herbert Leo, born January 22, 1901, married Matred Laney.

Joseph, born March 15, 1907, he was killed by being kicked by a horse.

Richard August, born December 9, 1909, died at the age of eighteen months from meningitis.

Elizabeth Margaret, born March 16, 1915, married C. W. Simons of Dilworth.

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