Berger, Ulysses (1817-1899)

BERGER

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Date: 11/1/2017 at 00:43:16

Berger, Ulysses (listed as Bergen in biography, but Berger on gravestone)

BERGER, ULYSSES, farmer, Sec. 33, Jefferson Township; P. O. Indianola; was born in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, October 9, 1817, and lived there till the spring of 1830, and emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, with his parents, and lived there till 1845, then to Andrew county, Missouri, and came from there to this county in 1846, and has lived here since; married to Miss Margaret Waddell, November 11, 1841, a native of Indiana, born February 15, 1820; have a family of two sons and five daughters living: Samuel W., Mildred T. (wife of Samuel Reddish), Sarah J. (wife of Edward Swarts), John D. (deceased), Elizabeth N. (wife of James Hedrick), J. M., Mary F. (wife of Henry Griffith), Oliver H. (deceased), Robert M. (deceased), and Sinai G.; he was one of the first two justices of the peace elected in the county; owns a farm of 412 acres. History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, & etc., Union Historical Co.; Des Moines, IA, 1879, p.664
[Ulysses Berger was buried in Wallace Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa born Oct 9, 1817, died Feb 1, 1899]