Logan Berry Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 342-343

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LOGAN BERRY. The study of biography yields in point of interest and. 
profit to no other study, for it is here that we learn how success has 
been achieved, the plans that have been followed and the methods that 
have been pursued. The life record of Mr. Berry contains many valuable 
lessons, showing what can be accomplished by the young men of this free 
country, though they have no capital with which to start out on life's 
journey. To-day he is one of the leading attorneys of Clark county- one 
who has made for himself an enviable reputation in his chosen calling. 

The Berry family is of Irish origin and was founded in this country as 
early as 1754. Our subject was born in Illinois, September 15, 1866 and 
is the eldest in a family of five children. He has been a resident of 
South Dakota since 1882, when as a boy he came to Clark county with his 
parents, Captain William N. and Margaret (Diehl) Berry. The father, who 
was captain of Company L, Fifth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, during the 
war of the Rebellion, filed a claim on the first quarter section of 
land entered in Lake township, it being on section 25-114-57, and there 
the family lived and struggled for a livelihood. Indeed it was a 
struggle, for they arrived here without means and fate did not choose 
to strew their path with roses. In 1883 and 1884 they ground wheat in a 
coffee mill, burned hay for fuel and encountered many other 
vicissitudes and trials common to the early pioneers who came here with 
the hope of securing for themselves and families a home. 

In 1885 Logan Berry commenced teaching and conducted the first school 
in Lake township. In 1888 he entered the Agricultural College at 
Brookings, South Dakota, where he pursued an agricultural course of 
three years, working his way through without assistance. On his return 
home he resumed teaching, and in 1891 and 1892 was principal of the 
Willow Lakes schools. 

In the fall of the latter year Mr. Berry was elected clerk of the 
courts of Clark county, in which office he served most creditably for 
two terms, and as a candidate for the second term he was elected by a 
majority exceeding that of all the other county officers elected- a 
fact which plainly indicates his popularity. Having followed a course 
of private law reading, he was admitted to the bar in and commenced 
practice. It was not long before his recognized skill and ability won 
for him a large clientage, and in the fall of 1896 he was elected 
state's attorney of Clark county by a majority of but one vote, being 
the only Republican elected that year. He proved a most efficient man 
for the place, and the affairs of the county were never better managed 
in this direction than under his prosecution. He ranks high among his 
professional brethren, and socially he is quite popular, being a 
prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of Purpose. 

In 1896 Mr. Berry married Miss Emma Snowden, who was born in Illinois, 
February 7, 1877, and they now have a little daughter, Gladys. The 
family have a pleasant home in Clark.