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Born 1850
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881)
BERRY L. F., New Castle township; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in Perry township. Coshocton county, September 9, 1850; son of Enoch and Mary E. (Buxton) Berry, and grandson of John and Elizabeth Berry and Francis and Sarah E. Buxton. He attended school and assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, after which he attended college at Delaware, Ohio, a term of six months, since which time he has been farming, excepting from November, 1876, to November, 1877. during which time he was engaged in mercantile business with his brother and Mr. McKee. He was married December 11. "1873, to Jliss Emma Lash, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Barrow) Lash, and granddaughter of Peter and Catharine Lash and William and Elizabeth Barrow. She was born May 21, 18.52. They are the parents of two children, Ralph S., Ijorn December 22, 1876, and Zella Mabel, born November 6, 1879. His father, Enoch Berry, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, May 1, 1818; son of John and Elizabeth (Yost) Berry, and grandson of John Berry and Peter Yost. He moved to this county in 1.828, with his parents, and has remained a resident ever since. He married Miss Mary Buxton, who died in February, 1877, leaving a husband and three children to mourn her loss. She was born in the village of East Union, June 9, 1824.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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