Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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THOMAS N. BERRY

Thomas N. BERRY, present Recorder of Harrison County, is a native of the Hawkeye State, and was born in Pottawattamie County, February 8, 1855, and came to Harrison County when one year of age. He is the son of Milton and Margaret (DAVIS) BERRY, natives of North Carolina and now residents of Missouri Valley. Our subject is the youngest of eight children in his father's family, seven of whom are living. His early life was spent on a farm, receiving his education in the common schools, and when twenty years of age began teaching; he spent one year in the Western States, and in 1880 engaged in the livery business at Missouri Valley, but after a few months dropped that and took up the grocery business, which he followed six years, and in the spring of 1887, was appointed Deputy County Recorder, under O. L. FRENCH, with whom he remained three and a half years, and at the general election of 1890, was elected to the office of Recorder, by a majority of sixty-six, he being the Republican nominee, and running two hundred and thirty votes ahead of his ticket. He was elected Recorder of the corporation of Logan, 1890, serving one year.

Politically, Mr. BERRY is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to Odd Fellows' Lodge, No. 170, at Missouri Valley.

January 1, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie GUMP, the daughter of J. B. and Rachel (ERNEST) GUMP, now living in Calhoun Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. BERRY are the parents of two sons, now living; George P. born May 2, 1886, and Fred T., November 23, 1887.

In his official duties, Mr. BERRY acquits himself in a very satisfactory manner to the people of Harrison County; he is ever obliging, well posted in that which pertains to his office, and executes a fine set of records, which will be more highly prized as the years shall, one by one, roll away.

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