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ABRAM BERRY, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio, February 27, 1824. His father, Samuel Berry, was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to this county when a young man. He located in Pleasant Township, where he resided till his death. He was an engineer by trade, and worked at that through life. He married Catharine Sowers, also a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him ten children, six of whom are living. Our subject was reared a “farmer’s boy,” and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits through life. His educational facilities were limited; and, when quite young, he left the parental roof and went to Ripley, obtaining employment on a farm near that place. Sometime after, he purchased a farm of forty-nine acres near his present one, where he resided thirty years. He then bought his present farm of seventy-one acres, a portion of which is woodland. Mr. Berry is a firm believer in the principles set forth by the Democratic party, and has served his township as Road Supervisor. He was married, in 1847, to Elizabeth Abbott, a native of this county. Of the eight children born to them, six are living — Mary Ann, wife of Ira Hendricks, a farmer of Lewis Township; George, a farmer of Pleasant Township, who married Sarah Morrow; Belle; Alice; Mary; and Charlie. Mr. Berry, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Christian Union Church.