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Note: Short History of Peter1880 , Monroe Township Peter was the oldest son of Henry & Catharine Berry. Henry had purchased a small farm in the southwestern part of Monroe Township and Peter was raised on this farm. He worked on the farm till he was about 15, when he engaged to learn the carpenter trade with Chris Teeter and Isaac White. He worked with them two years, when he entered into partnership with Eli Berry, with whom he worked one year. From that time to the present, he has carried on the business himself. December 13, 1854, he was married to Miss Rebecca Teeter of his native county, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. Rebecca died at theage of 31 years; she was buried at the Hersh Graveyard.
Peter then married Miss Nancy J. Hulit, of his native township, in 1866. By this marriage, he has had seven children, three sons and four daughters. They united with the United Brethren Church in 1853. In 1855, having removed to a distance from their church into the vicinity of a Lutheran Church, they united with the Lutheran Church; they remained in this church about five years, when they re-united with the Brethren Church, in connection with which Mrs. Berry remained till her death, and to which her husband still belongs. Mrs. Nancy Berry was a member of the Baptist Church for several years before her marriage. Shortly after her marriage she united with the church to which her husband belonged. In 1864, Mr. Berry was licensed to preach by the Sandusky conferency of which he was a member till 1878, when a new conference was formed, called the Central Ohio, to which he has since belonged. He took charge of Shelby Station part of one year, the remainder of the time he has occupied a local relation. He is quite conservative in his religious views, willing, whenever he has the opportunity, to unite with his brethren of other denominations in their efforts to do good. He labors hard at his trade and at farming, to support his large family. He attends all the revivals in his section of country, and takes an active part wherever permitted to do so. He has preached at more than fifty different places.
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