Person:George Berry (47)

From Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769–1923: Volume 2

Mr. Berry was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on the 21st of March, 1846, and was a son of Dr. Marvell L. and Elizabeth (Huckstep) Berry. The father was also a Virginian by birth and became a well known and prominent member of the medical profession. He and his wife had a family of thirteen children, so that George H. Berry was reared in a large household, where one must learn to give and take and where each individual necessarily masters many of life's important lessons at an early period. His educational training was completed in the Higginbottom Academy of Virginia and following his graduation he became identified with the lumber trade, thus acquainting himself with a line of business to which he was to devote many years at a later period. He continued active in that field at Nashville, Tennessee, until 1883, when he removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and there became a partner in the firm of Berry & Matthews, under which style he was for some time extensively engaged in the manufacture of chewing gum. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion because of his strong purpose and reliable business methods. He remained in the manufacturing field until the year 1920, when he retired from business, spending his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest.

1. ↑ Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. , in Ancestry.com.