John Berryman, p. 1419

JOHN W. BERRYMAN, senior member of the well-known grocery firm, J. W. Berryman & Son, in Coal Centre, was born February 2, 1837, near Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., Penn., a son of Duncan Berryman, and a grandson of John Berryman, both of whom were natives of New York, where the grandfather died. Duncan Berryman was born and reared in New York, and coming to Allegheny county, Penn., when a young man, was there married to Sarah Grimes, daughter of William Grimes, of Elizabeth, that county. After his marriage Mr. Berryman followed ship building at Elizabeth for several years.

John W. Berryman, whose name introduces this biographical sketch, received a liberal education, and passed his youth in East Pike Run township, this county. He began business life by running a ferry at Allenport, a vocation he followed for some years. In 1876 he came to Coal Centre, where he successfully carried on a meat market until 1887, in which year he entered into partnership with a Mr. Gleason in the grocery trade. In 1888 he purchased the entire business, which he and his son John D. have since successfully conducted. Father and son are active, energetic business men, and by close attention to the wants of their patrons have widened their custom and enlarged their store, which is now one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the locality.

On November 5, 1861, our subject was united in marriage with Annie Hause, daughter of Joseph Hause, and their children were: Ella (deceased), William I. (an attorney), John D. (living in Coal Centre), and Georgia (deceased). Politically Mr. Berryman is a Democrat.

Text taken from page 1419 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published January 1997 on the Washington County,PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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