CHARLES H. BERRY
Charles H. Berry, born at Boston, Mass., March 4, 1827, died at Wheeling February 4, 1889, was one of the prominent business men of the latter city. Of it he became a resident when a small boy, coming in company with his parents, John Berry, a native of England, and his wife, Alice M. Cook, of Boston, Mass.
Throughout his business career, Mr. Berry was engaged as a rope merchant, and was successful in his enterprises. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was in politics a republican. He was twice married, first in October, 1856, to Grace McMechen, who died June 20, 1857, and second to Agnes McMechen, a sister of his first wife, on November 3, 1859. The latter survives. She and her sister were daughters of William McMechen, a native of Marshall county, born March 2, 1807, the son of Benjamin McMechen, a highly respected citizen of the early times, who lived just below Benwood, until his death, April 2, 1855. He was the son of William McMechen, a native of Wilmington, Dela., who emigrated to Western Virginia in 1777. William McMechen, the father of Mrs. Berry, died September 22, 1888. His wife, Mary Blake, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3, 18l2, and died at Wheeling, July 3, 1855, accompanied her parents, James and Grace Blake, to America, when she was five years old. By her marriage, Mrs. Agnes Berry has had four children: Charles Henry, Alice Virginia, Jesse Curtis and Frank McMechen Berry, of whom the third died in his eighteenth year. Alice Virginia was married October 26, 1882, to William D. Cushing, an architect by profession, who was born at Wheeling, in August, 1858, the son of Daniel Cushing, an old citizen who died in 1888. William D. was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F., and the time of his death, which occurred March 26, 1885, was paymaster of the Belmont Iron works. He left two children, Mamie P., born November 27, 1883, and William C., born December 5, 1885.
(Linda Fluharty) From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, page 222. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
Charles H. Berry, born at Boston, Mass., March 4, 1827, died at Wheeling February 4, 1889, was one of the prominent business men of the latter city. Of it he became a resident when a small boy, coming in company with his parents, John Berry, a native of England, and his wife, Alice M. Cook, of Boston, Mass.
Throughout his business career, Mr. Berry was engaged as a rope merchant, and was successful in his enterprises. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was in politics a republican. He was twice married, first in October, 1856, to Grace McMechen, who died June 20, 1857, and second to Agnes McMechen, a sister of his first wife, on November 3, 1859. The latter survives. She and her sister were daughters of William McMechen, a native of Marshall county, born March 2, 1807, the son of Benjamin McMechen, a highly respected citizen of the early times, who lived just below Benwood, until his death, April 2, 1855. He was the son of William McMechen, a native of Wilmington, Dela., who emigrated to Western Virginia in 1777. William McMechen, the father of Mrs. Berry, died September 22, 1888. His wife, Mary Blake, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3, 18l2, and died at Wheeling, July 3, 1855, accompanied her parents, James and Grace Blake, to America, when she was five years old. By her marriage, Mrs. Agnes Berry has had four children: Charles Henry, Alice Virginia, Jesse Curtis and Frank McMechen Berry, of whom the third died in his eighteenth year. Alice Virginia was married October 26, 1882, to William D. Cushing, an architect by profession, who was born at Wheeling, in August, 1858, the son of Daniel Cushing, an old citizen who died in 1888. William D. was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F., and the time of his death, which occurred March 26, 1885, was paymaster of the Belmont Iron works. He left two children, Mamie P., born November 27, 1883, and William C., born December 5, 1885.
(Linda Fluharty) From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, page 222. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
CHARLES H. BERRY
Charles H. Berry, born at Boston, Mass., March 4, 1827, died at Wheeling February 4, 1889, was one of the prominent business men of the latter city. Of it he became a resident when a small boy, coming in company with his parents, John Berry, a native of England, and his wife, Alice M. Cook, of Boston, Mass.
Throughout his business career, Mr. Berry was engaged as a rope merchant, and was successful in his enterprises. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was in politics a republican. He was twice married, first in October, 1856, to Grace McMechen, who died June 20, 1857, and second to Agnes McMechen, a sister of his first wife, on November 3, 1859. The latter survives. She and her sister were daughters of William McMechen, a native of Marshall county, born March 2, 1807, the son of Benjamin McMechen, a highly respected citizen of the early times, who lived just below Benwood, until his death, April 2, 1855. He was the son of William McMechen, a native of Wilmington, Dela., who emigrated to Western Virginia in 1777. William McMechen, the father of Mrs. Berry, died September 22, 1888. His wife, Mary Blake, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3, 18l2, and died at Wheeling, July 3, 1855, accompanied her parents, James and Grace Blake, to America, when she was five years old. By her marriage, Mrs. Agnes Berry has had four children: Charles Henry, Alice Virginia, Jesse Curtis and Frank McMechen Berry, of whom the third died in his eighteenth year. Alice Virginia was married October 26, 1882, to William D. Cushing, an architect by profession, who was born at Wheeling, in August, 1858, the son of Daniel Cushing, an old citizen who died in 1888. William D. was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F., and the time of his death, which occurred March 26, 1885, was paymaster of the Belmont Iron works. He left two children, Mamie P., born November 27, 1883, and William C., born December 5, 1885.
(Linda Fluharty) From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, page 222. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
Charles H. Berry, born at Boston, Mass., March 4, 1827, died at Wheeling February 4, 1889, was one of the prominent business men of the latter city. Of it he became a resident when a small boy, coming in company with his parents, John Berry, a native of England, and his wife, Alice M. Cook, of Boston, Mass.
Throughout his business career, Mr. Berry was engaged as a rope merchant, and was successful in his enterprises. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, and was in politics a republican. He was twice married, first in October, 1856, to Grace McMechen, who died June 20, 1857, and second to Agnes McMechen, a sister of his first wife, on November 3, 1859. The latter survives. She and her sister were daughters of William McMechen, a native of Marshall county, born March 2, 1807, the son of Benjamin McMechen, a highly respected citizen of the early times, who lived just below Benwood, until his death, April 2, 1855. He was the son of William McMechen, a native of Wilmington, Dela., who emigrated to Western Virginia in 1777. William McMechen, the father of Mrs. Berry, died September 22, 1888. His wife, Mary Blake, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3, 18l2, and died at Wheeling, July 3, 1855, accompanied her parents, James and Grace Blake, to America, when she was five years old. By her marriage, Mrs. Agnes Berry has had four children: Charles Henry, Alice Virginia, Jesse Curtis and Frank McMechen Berry, of whom the third died in his eighteenth year. Alice Virginia was married October 26, 1882, to William D. Cushing, an architect by profession, who was born at Wheeling, in August, 1858, the son of Daniel Cushing, an old citizen who died in 1888. William D. was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F., and the time of his death, which occurred March 26, 1885, was paymaster of the Belmont Iron works. He left two children, Mamie P., born November 27, 1883, and William C., born December 5, 1885.
(Linda Fluharty) From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY," Vol. I, page 222. Brant & Fuller, 1890.
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