Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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MERRITT BARREY

Merritt BARREY located on section 36, of Allen Township, came to Harrison County twenty-one years ago, a poor man, and went to work by the month on a farm near Magnolia, continuing this for two years, and then bought twenty acres of improved land in Bigler's Grove, and remained there two years, and soon after bought the farm he now occupies.

Mr. BARREY was born in Orleans County, N. Y., and is the son of Benjamin and Louisa (CADY) BARREY, natives of the Empire State, who had a family of five children, four of whom still survive. Our subject remained at home until nineteen years old, and then came to this county. He was married in June, 1871, to Ellen CHATBURN, daughter of Richard and Mary CHATBURN, natives of England, who had ten children. Mr. and Mrs. BARRY are the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living -- James; William, deceased; Benjamin, Mary, Serene, Adell, Louisa and Sicily.

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