BIOGRAPHY: Henry BERRIER, native of Toboyne Twp, Perry Co., PA
  
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  The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, 
  Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, 
  Pennsylvania.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, 
  Pages 957-958.
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    HENRY BERRIER, deceased, formerly of Shade Valley, Huntingdon
  County, Pa. was born near Germantown, Toboyne township, Perry county,
  April 19, 1831. He is a son of Henry and Maria (Barnhart) Berrier. He
  was one of six children; his parents both died in Perry county.
    Henry Berrier received a very limited education. When he was only
  twelve years old, he began to earn his own living by driving a team
  to and from Baltimore, Md., for the firm of Foss and Elder, tanners
  of Perry county, Pa. After driving for some years, he bought a small
  farm in Perry county, which he cultivated until 1864, when he
  enlisted in Perry county, for one year, or until the close of the
  war, in Company F. Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
  Capt. G. C. Palm. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the
  Potomac and took part in some of the most desperate battles of the
  war. As Mr. Berrier was never either wounded or in the hospital, he
  was with the regiment until the end of the war. In 1866, he sold his
  farm in Perry county and bought a farm of eighty-eight acres in Shade
  valley, Huntingdon county, Pa. He cultivated this farm until the time
  of his death, and greatly improved his property by building a
  comfortable frame dwelling and a convenient barn. He also planted an
  orchard. Mr. Berrier was interested in the affairs of the township.
  He was a member of the Democratic party, prominent in Huntingdon
  county, and was well known and esteemed by his neighbors.
    Henry Berrier's first wife was Miss McFeeters, of Shade valley,
  Huntingdon county. They had eleven children: Lucinda (Mrs. E.
  Wallace), of Illinois; Alexander, living on the homestead in Shade
  valley; Lillie O. (Mrs. John Culver), of Illinois; Elmer, deceased;
  John, resides at Harrisburg, Pa.; Richard, living in Huntingdon
  county; Emma, resides in Illinois; Roland H., of Tuscarora valley;
  Nancy (Mrs. David Biggs), of New Philadelphia, O.; Martha, of
  Illinois; and William, of Lack, Juniata county, Pa. Mr. Berrier was
  afterwards married at Concord, Franklin county, Pa., to Mary,
  daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Reisinger) Bender, who was a native
  of Perry county. They have one son, William, who was born in Perry
  county. He married Miss Harriet Hess, of Perry county and has one
  son, James M. Mr. Henry Berrier was a member of the Presbyterian
  church. He died at his home in Shade valley, in 1890. His disease was
  caused by the exposure he endured while in the army. After the death
  of her husband, Mrs. Berrier sold the farm in Shade valley, on which
  her husbandis sons are now living. In 1890 she removed to Port Royal,
  Juniata county, where she bought a home. She is an active member of
  the Presbyterian church.
    Mrs. Berrier's grandfather, George Bender, was a native of Germany.
  He emigrated to America when a boy and settled in Chester county. He
  learned shoemaking, and after working at his trade for several years
  in Chester county, he removed to Perry county, where he continued
  shoemaking and also cultivated a farm. George Bender was married to
  Susan Carter, of Chester county. They had one child, Jacob. Mr. and
  Mrs. George Bender are buried in the graveyard in Saville township,
  Perry county. Mrs. Berrieris father, Jacob Bender, was born in
  Chester county. When he was eleven years of age his parents removed
  to Perry county, where he received his education. He was able to use
  both German and English, and was a particularly fine reader. He
  learned shoemaking with his father and worked at his trade all his
  life. He also owned and cultivated a farm of sixty acres in Saville
  township, on which he built a large house and barn, planted a peach
  orchard and made many other improvements. Mr. Bender was a
  Republican, interested in all the affairs of the township.
    Mr. Jacob Bender was married in Saville township, Perry county, to
  Elizabeth Reisinger, who was born at New Ickesburg; Perry county.
  They have thirteen children: Susanna (Mrs. William Otto), of Perry
  county, deceased; Margaret (Mrs. James Barrick), decease; Elizabeth
  (Mrs. Jacob Fritz), of Perry county; John, deceased; George W.,
  deceased; Samuel, resides in Madison township, Perry county; Mary
  (Mrs. Henry Berrier); Jacob, living on the homestead; Benjamin F.,
  deceased; Martha E. (Mrs. Samuel Everil), of Perry county; Catherine;
  Lucinda H. (Mrs. W. H. Souder), of Milford township, Juniata county;
  and Sarah (Mrs. G. J. DeLancy), of Madison township, Perry county.
  Mr. Bender was a member of the (German) Reformed church, and diligent
  student of the Bible. He died at the homestead, April 13, 1882; his
  wife died in 1879.