Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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SAMUEL L. BERKLEY

Samuel L. BERKLEY, one of the business men of Woodbine engaged in the sale of drugs at that place, is the son of Thomas J., and Nancy (DeLONG) BERKLEY, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Samuel L., was born March 30, 1864, in Washington County, Ohio, and removed with his parents to Magnolia, Iowa, where they spent about four years, and then removed to Missouri Valley, but located in Woodbine in 1882. He attended the private and public schools, and when sixteen years of age was engaged as a clerk in a dry-goods establishment at Missouri Valley, where he remained two years, and then entered the employ of C. D. STEVENS, of Woodbine, with whom he was associated for seven years. November 1, 1889, in company with Dr. BUXTON, he purchased the GIDDINGS drug store, under the firm name of S. L. BERKLEY & Co., who carry a full line of drugs, paints, wall paper and school supplies. They carry a stock of $3,500, and the first year of their business they sold over $6,000 worth of goods, and their trade is constantly increasing under their careful management. Mr. BERKLEY has passed an examination and become a registered pharmacist.

Mr. BERKLEY was united in marriage, April 26, 1888, to Ruby A. Kling of Woodbine, who is the daughter of J. R. and Emily (BLISS) KLING. She was born February 12, 1864, in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. BERKLEY are the parents of two children; Hugh K., born September 6, 1889; Lawrence J., September 18, 1891. They are both members of the Baptist Church, and he is the present Superintendent of the Sabbath-school.

Politically, he is identified with the Republican Party, and is the present City Recorder of Woodbine. He is one of the leading young business men of Eastern Harrison County' is active in church and Sabbath-school work, and was President of the Harrison County Sabbath-school Association for two years.

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