Cassius M. C. Berry (abt. 1845 - abt. 1865)

Born about 1845 in Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Cassius Berry is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1865-1865
29th REGT Infantry Maine Vols

Biography

Cassius M.C. Berry was born in 1845 in Carthage, Maine, son and youngest child of Thomas Berry Jr. and Caroline White. The 1850 census report dated September 1850 shows him being five years old and attending school.

Cassius M.C. Berry served in the Union Army during the Civil War, enlisting at Weld, Maine as a Private in the 29th REGT, Maine Infantry, ME VOLS, mustered at Portland, Maine on 11 Apr 1865. He was discharged on 10 May 1865 in Massachusetts. His military records describe him as a being a farmer, aged 19 as of his enlistment on 5 Apr 1865, 5'8" tall with a dark complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.

Cassius appears to have died the same year he was discharged from the INF Civil War duty.

He is buried at the family plot at the Berry Mills Cemetery, Berry Mills, Carthage, Maine. It should be noted that the cemetery records show his name as "Orrin M.C. Berry" while the family stone is clearly engraved as "Cassius M.C.".

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-ZVC : 4 April 2020), Cassius M C Berry in household of Thomas Berry, Carthage, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family 51, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-CCW : 30 December 2015), Cassius M C Berry in entry for Thomas Berry, 1860.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RQ-STR : 4 December 2014), Cassius M. Berry, Private, Company , 29th Regiment, Maine Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M543 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 881,848

• "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:246N-S7X : 11 March 2018), Cassius M Berry, 05 Apr 1865; citing Military Service, , State Archives, Augusta.

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQC-FZ4 : 4 December 2014), Cassius M Berry, 1865; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,826

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Cassius Berry (1845–1865), Find a Grave Memorial no. 76330739, citing Berry Mills Cemetery, Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, USA

• Berry Family history and gravestone Carthage Maine ( Berry's Mill) cemetery.