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Hiram Berry

Hiram Berry, clerk of the circuit court and recorder of Madison County, Mo., of which he is a native, was born in 1847, and s the son of John and Elizabeth (Bess) Berry, and grandson of Hiram Berry, who was born in North Carolina in 1784, and is still living. He moved to Missouri in 1816, and to Madison County in 1821. He has been residing with his children since 1865, and notwithstanding his extreme old age is still in good health. During the summer of 1887 he walked one-half mile to church each Sabbath. His eldest son is seventy years of age, and he calls him "his boy Caleb." John Berry grew to manhood on the farm, and is the present owner of 200 acres of good land. He was born in 1821, and during the late war served faithfully in the Union army. His wife was born in the same year as himself, and became the mother of ten children, seven of whom are living: Matilda (wife of J. Q. D. Whitener), Hiram, Cordella, (wife of James Higdon), Elizabeth (wife of Benjamin Baldwin), Jennie (wife of Newton Williams), Margaret (wife of Benjamin Wommack) and John P. Hiram was educated in the common schools, and in 1872 went to Bessville and began merchandising; but in 1879 he removed to Marquand, where he followed the same line of business, and also farmed and dealt in stock. In 1884 he settled two miles south of Fredericktown, where he owns 131 acres of land. In November 1886 he was elected to his present position for four years. In 1866 he married Ellen C. Whitener, who was bon in Bollinger County, Mo., in 1847. They have two children: Charles E. and Effie T. Mr. Berry is a Democrat and a member of the A. O. U. W. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He served for two years, 1864 and 1865, in the Union army during the war.