Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Berry, Michael 1829 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Michael Berry, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Ireland in 1829, and came to 
this country with his parents in 1837. They first settled in Athens County, 
Ohio, but, in the fall of 1840, moved to Grundy County, Ill., where the father 
of our subject assisted in the construction of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. 
Mr. Berry was married, in June, 1851, to Miss Mary Harney, a native of 
Ireland, born in 1828. She is the mother of four children, viz., Bridget B., 
born in 1854, and married February 12, 1878, to William Foley; Kate E., born 
in 1856, and married November 25, 1879, to William McCabe; Anna A., born April 
25, 1858, and married February 13, 1882, to Michael Moran; Ella M., born 
February 26, 1861, unmarried. The entire family are members of the Catholic 
Church at Morris. Mr. Berry owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 17, all 
under cultivation. In February, 1862, Mr. Berry enlisted in Company K, Fifty-
third Illinois Volunteers, and served three years; was taken prisoner at 
Jackson, Miss., and held at Richmond prisoner until he was exchanged, when he 
returned to his regiment, after an absence of about ten months. He was twice 
reported among the killed, and initial steps were taken to recover his back 
pay. In politics, Mr. Berry is Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p76

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