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R         Berry family.

239                  Papers, 1851-1911.

                                    Three folders.

 

 

 

These are papers of the Berry family of Maries and Osage counties in Missouri.  They in­clude cor­re­spondence from family members in California, Missouri, and Tennessee, tax re­ceipts, promis­sory notes, and land papers.

 

Folders 1 and 2 consist of correspondence among members of the family of John Berry and Matilda Carline Berry.  Although most of the correspondence originated in Mis­souri, the earliest item in the collection is a letter written by John Berry to his family from the California gold fields in 1851.  Berry complained of hard work and low yield, and hoped to re­turn to Missouri as soon as possible.  By 1855 Berry was living in Osage County, Missouri.  The re­mainder of the corre­spon­dence is later in date, and is addressed to Berry’s sons and their de­scendants.

 

Folder 3 contains miscellaneous tax papers, receipts, and promissory notes, mostly pertain­ing to Nancy Giesler, a friend of the Berry family’s.  The Rowden family is represented in the col­lec­tion by a quit-claim deed to land in Maries County, given by the heirs of James E. Rowden to Nancy Jane Healey, 1889.

 

 

 

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