Elbridge Gerry Berry (1821 - 1909)

Born 21 Sep 1821 in Buckfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Diana (Bunker) Berry — married 19 Dec 1850 in Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States

Died 21 Oct 1909 at age 88 in Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Elbridge Berry is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1862-1865
Co H, 10th Regt INFTRY and Co. A & K, 29th INFTRY Maine VOLS

Biography

Elbridge Gerry Berry was born in 1821 in Buckfield, Maine, the son of Thomas Berry and Sally Morton. He married Diana Bunker on 19 Dec 1850 in Carthage, Maine where they raised six known children..

Elbridge served in the Union Army during the Civil War, enlisting as a Private in Co H, 10th Infantry, Maine VOLS on 25 Aug 1865 and being honorably discharged on 31 May 1865 near Washington, D.C. He also served in Companies A & K, 29th Infantry ME VOLS.

He passed away in 1909 in Carthage, Maine where he is buried at the Berry Mills Cemetery.

Sources

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F7-9JS : 14 January 2020), Elbridge Berry, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-ZVR : 18 March 2020), Elbridge Berry, 1860

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DF-L29 : 19 March 2020), Elbridge Berry, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF32-VHG : 15 August 2017), Elbridge G Berry, Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 380D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,479.

• "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246N-SW8 : 11 March 2018), Elbridge G Berry, 09 Sep 1862; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLN-6JF : accessed 30 September 2020), Elbridge G Berry in household of Dexter D Berry, Carthage town, Perkins Plantation, Wasthington Township, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87, sheet 3A, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,592.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ3C-1HS : 4 April 2020), Elbridge Berry in entry for Diana Berry, 12 Oct 1904; citing Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WR-J4C : 20 August 2019), Elbridge G Berry, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,197

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24X-B5LZ : 13 March 2018), Elbridge G Berry, 21 Oct 1909; citing Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQC-FZ1 : 13 March 2018), Elbridge G Berry, 21 Oct 1909; citing Death, Carthage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,826

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for George W Berry (1843–1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 66205981, citing Berry Mills Cemetery, Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, USA

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elbridge Gerry Berry (21 Sep 1821–21 Oct 1909), Find a Grave Memorial no. 76330348, citing Berry Mills Cemetery, Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, USA

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-3DN3 : 16 March 2018), Elbridge G Berry, ; citing Berrys Mills-Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States, Berrys Mills Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,029
• Berry Family history and gravestone Carthage Maine ( Berry's Mill) cemetery.

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