Obit: Berry, Benjamin (1808 - 1876)
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Surnames: Berry

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wis. (1881) page 555

Berry, Benjamin (9 Feb. 1808 - 17 May 1876)

BENJ. BERRY died May 17, 1876, in his sixty-ninth year. He was born in Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb. 9, 1808. While still a youth he went into lumbering. He was one of the pioneers of Marathon County, coming here in 1846. The first saw mill on Trapp River was built by him. He left a wife and five children. Was for a long time in poor health. Was buried with Masonic honors.