JOHN W. BERRY
John W. Berry came to Cass county in February, 1867, and settled on section 32, Brighton township, where he bought three hundred and five acres of land in a body. There was a house standing on the bank of Indian Creek in the northwest quarter of the section, into which he moved and lived one year. He then built his present residence, on the southwest quarter of the same section. He now owns five hundred acres of land lying in a body. He at first, engaged in raising grain, but has more recently raised a large amount of stock for market. Mr. Berry has always followed farming and has been successful in his business, being one of the well-to-do farmers of the county. He ws born in Menard county, Illinois, March 29, 1835. He is a son of James Berry, a native of Tennessee, and Jane O. (Rutledge) Berry, a native of Virginia, who were early settlers in Menard county, where they were married. John W. lived on the homestead where he was born until he came to Cass county. He was there married, January 6, 1859, to Miss Harriet Bell, a native of Menard county, Illinois. Her parents were natives of Kentucky.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 593.
