Joseph F. Berry Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: BERRY
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1244

      JOSEPH F. BERRY,* retired merchant and one of Portsmouth's promi-
nent citizens, is one of five children born to his parents, who were respectively
Joseph H. and Judith A. (Knowlton) Berry. The father followed the trade
of a blacksmith. Joseph F. Berry was born December 25, 1841. He was
educated in the public schools and when a young man began industrial life as
clerk in a hardware business, in which he continued for a number of years.
He then embarked in the hat business for himself, in Portsmouth, which he
carried on with unqualified success until his retirement in March, 1912.
Mr. Berry belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum and is a mem-
ber of the Warwick Club. In politics he is a republican.
      He married Miss Georgia Adams, and the union was blessed with one
daughter, Maude L., who married Edward T. Kimball, son of the late E. P.
Kimball, formerly president of the First National Bank of Portsmouth. Mr.
and Mrs. Kimball reside at Brookline, Mass. Mr. Berry and family are mem-
bers of the Congregational church. He has a pleasant residence at 401 Isling-
ton street.

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