Berry, John L.

Born: 1812-XX-XX Kentucky

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

Berry moved to Coles County, Illinois, with his widowed mother in 1830. In 1850, Berry was a farmer and owned $3,000 worth of real estate.

Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Coles County, ed. by Charles Edward Wilson (Chicago: Munsell, 1906), 643; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Independence, Coles County, IL, 90.