Biographical Sketch of Rev. Edward Berry, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Rev. Edward Berry, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, near Catawissa, Mo., was born in Queen's County, Ireland, and when sixteen years old entered the classical school of Cloneslee, Ireland, to prepare himself for college. At the age of twenty-one he entered the rhetoric class of Carlow College, where he was very successful in his studies, and was ordained priest at the age of twenty-seven. He immigrated to the United States in 1856, first settling in Monroe County, Mo., in charge of the Indian Creek Church, where he labored two and one-half years. He was then called to St. Louis as assistant pastor of St. Bridget's Church, which position he held five years, when he accepted his present charge. He has been successful in his ministerial work, and has organ- ized and built several churches, among them the church at Pacific, Mo., one at Indian Creek and one at Byrnesville, Jefferson County, as well as the one over which he has presided so successfully the past twenty- four years, all lasting monuments of his efficiency as a church organ- izer and successful pastor. He was also instrumental in organizing the St. Patrick Benevolent and Literary Society, which was established about 1866. When first given control of work in this district Father Berry had charge of organizations at Pacific, Byrnesville and Catawissa, at all of which places he has built substantial church houses, and all now have resident pastors. For the past six years Father Berry has had sole charge of St. Patrick's Church. He was the third of seven child- ren of Charles and Mary (Conroy) Berry, natives of Queen's County, Ireland, where they lived and died; the former was a farmer by occupa- tion. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================