Person:Peter Beery (1)

Information on Peter Beery

George Mericle, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in Hocking county, Ohio, March 14, 1833, and was married in the same county, September 25, 1855, to Miss Barbara Beery, who was born in Fairfield county, May 18, 1838, a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Pulce) Beery. Peter Beery was of German descent and was a son of Joseph (), who was a native of Rockingham county, Va., and was the father of Jacob, Samuel, Joseph, Peter, Franz and Barbara, and died on his farm before the outbreak of the Civil war. Peter Beery, the father of Mrs. Mericle, was born in Rockingham county, Va., January 11, 1807, was married in that county to Margaret Pulce, and by that union became the father of eight children, viz: Elizabeth A., Sarah, Henry, Barbara, Abraham, Mary, Peter and Margaret.

Source: http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/vanwert/vanwertco_bios_m.htm

Note: A Familysearch submission has Peter Beery as a son of Abraham Beery and Magdalena Rife. More research may be necessary.

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