Joseph Alexander Berry (1827)

Born 1827 in Kentucky, USA

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Died [date unknown] in Illinois, United States

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On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports Joseph A Berry household in between James Towery and John B Wright households.^[1]
Joseph A Berry 43 (1827, male, white) b. Kentucky; Joseph is a farmer with Real Estate valued at $38,ooo and personal property valued at $7,000.
Elizabeth C Berry 43 (1827, female, white) b. New Jersey. Elizabeth is keeping house.
John S Berry 21 (1849, male, white) b. Indiana; John was a farm laborer.
Joseph W Berry 19 (1851, male, white) b. Kentucky; Joseph was attending school. and working as a farm laborer
William B Berry 14 (1856, male, white) b. Illinois; William was attending school.
George Berry 9 (1861, male, white) b. Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln Berry 5 (1865, male, white) b. Illinois.
Henry F Berry 2 (1868, male, white) b. Illinois.
Rose Brantner 20 (1850, female, white) b. Illinois; Rose was a domestic servant.
Frank Fox 23 (1847, male, white) b. Illinois; Frank was a farm Laborer.
Harper Alston 17 (1853, male, white) b. Illinois; Harper was a farm laborer.
James Colby 18 (1852, male, white) b. Massachusetts; James was a farm laborer.
Lelia Berry 20 (1850, female, white) b. Louisiana; Lelia was a school Teacher.

On 10 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the Joseph A Berry household in between the John R Enos and Harrison McDaniel households.^[2]
Joseph A Berry 53 (1827, self, married) b. Kentucky; father born in Tennessee and mother born in Kentucky.
Elizabeth C Berry 53 (1827, wife, married) she and both parents born in New Jersey.
Joseph W Berry 29 (1851, son, single) b. Kentucky; father born in Kentucky and mother born in New Jersey.
William B Berry 24 (1856, son, single) b. Illinois; father born in Kentucky and mother born in New Jersey.
George Berry 18 (1862, son, single) b. Illinois; father born in Kentucky and mother born in New Jersey.
Abraham Lincoln Berry 15 (1865, son, single) b. Illinois; father born in Kentucky and mother born in New Jersey.
Henry F Berry 12 (1868, son, single) b. Illinois; father born in Kentucky and mother born in New Jersey.
Margaret Kinnihan 18 (1862, boarder, single) b. Australia; father born in Ireland and mother born in Scotland.
Olof Pahlson 38 (1842, boarder, single) he and both parents born in Sweden.
Henry M Cole 25 (1855, boarder, single) he and both parents born in Indiana.

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1. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 2 and 3 (written), dwelling 11, family 11, James Towery household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-DRP : accessed 17 June 2015), and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2015); citing p. 2 and 3, family 11, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-JGR : accessed 19 May 2015), Joseph A Berry, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 211C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.

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