BERRY BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BERRY, Robert Henley Courts - b: 1827 Olham Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 630
residence: Tebo

Robert Henley Courts Berry was born May 13, 1827, in Olham County, Kentucky, 
being the son of Jonathan T. Berry, born in 1776, in Henry County, Kentucky. His 
mother, formerly Eleanor M. Taylor, was born in Jefferson County, of the same 
state. They were married in 1825, and to them were born eleven children. Of 
these only four are now living, three daughters and one son. They emigrated from 
Kentucky to Henry County, Missouri, in 1835, and in that year Mr. B. entered a 
tract of land of 740 acres, mostly in Windsor, but on the line of that and Tebo 
Townships. he remained a resident of the county until his death, June 6, 1872. He 
was for many years judge of this county, and was acting judge at the outbreak of 
the war, in 1861. Mrs. B. now resides with William R. Taylor, of Windsor 
Township. R. H. C. Berry, their only surviving son, married Miss Olivia N., daughter 
of Dr. William and Ann E. Taylor, of Olham County, Kentucky. By this union there 
were seven children, of whom six survive, four daughters and two sons. Eleanor 
C., born June 23, 1854, married William Hurt, February 6, 1883; Jonathan T., born 
May 22, 1856; Lawrence W., born November 11, 1857, now in New Mexico; Ann E., 
born October 5, 1859, married Benjamin Palmer, of Henry County, June 5, 1881; 
Virginia M., born July 2, 1862, died March 6, 1865; Olivia M., was born June 19, 
1865; Lucy Alice was born January 13, 1868. In 1853 Mr. Berry purchased a farm 
of 160 acres in Windsor Township, and after his marriage he settled upon it, soon 
adding forty acres. Here he remained for nearly four years, then purchasing 353 
acres. To this he has added thirty-nine acres, and he has steadily pursued farming 
since 1858. He deals in stock quite largely, and also raises it to some extent. 
Their daughters, Mrs. Hurt and Palmer, are members of the Baptist Church of 
Calhoun. His political sentiments are Democratic.

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