Washington County ArArchives Biographies.....Berry, Millard ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 July 21, 2009, 1:55 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) MILLARD BERRY. Millard Berry, who is engaged in the abstract business in Springdale, was born in Washington, Indiana. October 19, 1856, and is a son of Walter E. and Angelinc (Cross) Berry. The father was born in Mason county, Kentucky, while the mother's birth occurred in Daviess county, Indiana, and they were married in the latter state. They removed to Texas on leaving the north and there lived for four years, on the expiration of which period they came to Arkansas, settling in Springdale in 1883. The father, who had followed farming for many years, lived retired after coming to this state. Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Berry had one child, Millard, and all lived together until the father's death, which occurred about 1902. The mother survived for several years, dying in 1908 in the faith of the Christian church, to which she belonged, while Mr. Berry was a member of the Baptist church. In politics he was a democrat. The family record can be traced back to an early period in Kentucky. There resided Evans Berry, the grandfather of Millard Berry, who became one of the pioneers of Indiana, contributing to the agricultural development and progress of that state, in which he resided until his demise. The maternal grandfather, William Cross, was born in Virginia and he, too, became one of the early residents of Indiana. Millard Berry of this review was educated in Washington, Indiana, and on starting out in life on his own account he entered a law office at that place. He was afterward admitted to practice at the bar of the state and followed his profession there fur some time. While still living in Indiana, Mr. Berry was married in 1878 to Miss Ida McHolland. who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of Thaddeus McHolland, who was a carpenter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Berry became parents of six children: Thaddeus, who is engaged in the abstract business in Fayetteville, Arkansas; Walter, who resides upon a farm near Springdale; Marian, the wife of B. C. Heiner, who is a physician practicing at Stilwell, Oklahoma; Helen, the wife of C. A. McQuaid, a dentist of Hominy, Oklahoma; Hazel D., who married Howard D. Ewalt, who is engaged in the real estate business at Springdale; and Josephine, the wife of Percy Brown, a registered druggist now connected with the Ownbey Drug Company of Springdale and Fayetteville, Arkansas. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Berry resided in Indiana until 1879 and then removed to Texas, where they remained for four years. On the expiration of that period, in 1883, they came to Arkansas, settling in Springdale, where Mr. Berry opened an abstract office. He also traveled through Arkansas and Texas during the first two years after coming to this state, after which he engaged in the abstract business, which has since claimed his attention. He is the oldest abstractor continuously engaged in this line in the county. He now devotes his entire attention to this undertaking and the management of his farming interests. He owns valuable farm property in Benton and Washington counties and is now planting his land to vineyards. He started with nothing when he came here from Dallas county, Texas, with a two-horse wagon. There were only two buggies in the town of Springdale at the time and the place had a population of but five hundred. Great, indeed, have been the changes which have occurred through the intervening period, as the district has become thickly settled and highly developed, while the old horse and wagon and other primitive vehicles have been replaced by the automobile. Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry are most widely and favorably known. Mrs. Berry belongs to the Christian church and Mr. Berry has membership with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He is a past master of the former and a past Noble Grand of the latter. In politics he has always been a democrat and he has served as mayor of Springdale for two or three terms. He has also been a member of the city council and of the school board and for two terms he was county judge of Washington county. He has made a most excellent record in office by the prompt and faithful manner in which he has discharged his duties. He has ever stood for development and improvement In public affairs, and his life has been a potent force in the accomplishment of good for the community in which he lives. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/washington/bios/berry299bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb