WILLIAM BERRY, the subject of this sketch, was born February 23, 1837, in Cecil township, Washington Co., Penn. He is the son of John and Jane (Eagleton) Berry, formerly residents of Mt. Pleasant township, Washington Co., Penn. His mother died in January, 1844, and was interred in the Presbyterian cemetery near Venice. His father died in June, 1881, and was interred in the United Presbyterian cemetery at Pigeon Creek. William Berry had two sisters and four brothers: Jane, married to Ebenezer Carson, residing in Paxton, Ford Co., Ill., Rachel, married to Robert Herron, residing in North Strabane township, this county; John M., residing in North Strabane township, this county; David W., who fell mortally wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864, and was interred in the United Presbyterian cemetery at Pigeon Creek; Carson M., residing in South Strabane township, this county; Joseph B., died in November, 1881, and was interred in the United Presbyterian cemetery at Pigeon Creek. William Berry spent his youthful days on his father's farm in Cecil township, receiving a common-school education at the Plum Run school in Chartiers township. When fifteen years of age he removed with his father to North Strabane township, where he resided until May 29, 1862, when he married Jane, daughter of William and Mary (Boyd) Barr, of Somerset township, this county; she died August 26, 1865, and was interred in the United Presbyterian cemetery at Pigeon Creek. On May 22, 1867, Mr. Berry married Martha Stewart, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Barr) Pattison, of White township, Indiana Co., Penn., and to them were born five children: Margaret J., David W., Robert P., Mary E., and Martha P., whose lived have all been spared by a kind Providence. William Berry has always been a liberal friend of education, giving his children the advantage of a college course. He connected, when young, with the United Presbyterian Church, of which he still remains a member. His political sentiments have always been Republican. After Marriage he settled on a farm near Clokeyville, where he has since resided, making a speciality of breeding and caring for Black-Top Merino Sheep, in which he has been very successful, having a large flock which he has a right to be proud of.

Text taken from page 908 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Sharon McConnell of Fontana, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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