Biographical Sketch of Robert L. Berry, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Robert L. Berry, merchant, postmaster, P. O. Aullville.  Born in Macoupin
county, Illinois, September 4, 1841.  Raised and educated there.  Before
the war he was engaged in merchandising.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company
A, 122nd Illinois Infantry.  Fought in the following battle, Parker's
Cross Roads.  In December, 1863, was honorably discharged on account of
disability, ensuing from a wound in the right thigh, caused by a shell.
In April, 1864, he entered a dry goods house in Illinois, and remained in
it until 1868, when he came to this state and county and located upon a
farm.  He farmed until 1878, when he went into the livery business at
Aullville.  He afterwards engaged in a general merchandising business at
the same place.  He has in stock $3,500 worth of goods and his yearly 
sales amount to $15,000.  He also has an interest in a livery stable at
Higginsville.  In 1865 he was married to Miss Pauline Keller, a native of
Waverly, this county.  Mr. Berry is also postmaster at Aullville. 

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