Biography, Gunter T Berry Madison County, AR

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Gunter T. BERRY was born November 30, 1847, in Madison County, and is a son of
William M. and Margaret (STOVALL) Berry. The father was born in June, 1802, in
Virginia, but was reared and educated in Tennessee. He was first married to
Mary PROCTER, who bore him three children, one of whom died in the Mexican
War, one was killed during the late war, and one died at Hindsville in 1872. 

He was left a widower about 1829, and in 1830 married the mother of our
subject. In 1840 he located in Madison County, became a leading man, and
served as county assessor one term and as internal improvement commissioner
one term. He was not at first in favor of secession, but finally joined his
State in that movement. He was killed January 10, 1863, on account of
political views. 

Mrs. BERRY was born in Bedford County, Tenn., December 25, 1808, and was the
mother of nine children, five now living. Five sons served in the Confederate
army, and one, Capt. Hugh BERRY, died on the day his father was killed, while
home on a furlough. Mrs. BERRY died in 1874. 

Our subject received a common-school education during his youth, and took
charge of the farm during the war. In 1867 he entered the store of Bruren &
Honey, at Huntsville, afterward coming to Hindsville, and working in the store
of Peel & Berry. In 1869 he married Fanny JOHNSON, and went into the
mercantile business with S. W. PEEL at Berryville, Ark. In 1871 he sold out
and went into business with two brothers at Huntsville, but returning to
Hindsville, clerked for F. G. BERRY & Co. 

Mrs. BERRY, who was born in this county in 1850, was a daughter of James
JOHNSON; she bore one child, Felix O. and died in 1873. Mr. Berry then married
Mary HARRELL, daughter of Judge E. [Elias] HARRELL, who was born in 1848, and
is the mother of five children: Elfie E. , Ollie E., Alice, Jessie, and Willie
G. 

In 1882, Mr. BERRY bought his present farm which contains sixty acres of good
land, situated one-half mile from Huntsville, and is well improved. He was
appointed United States Store-keeper and Gauger of the District of Arkansas,
and assigned to the distillery at Hindsville in 1886. He is Worshipful Master
of the Little Spring Lodge of A. F. & A. M., and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, south. In politics he is a Democrat." (Goodspeeds' History
of Northwest, Arkansas...)