THE OKLAHOMAN (Oklahoma City, OK) Thur March 7, 1918 Obituary:
"A.J. Berry, a farmer of Spencer, died yesterday in a hospital here, after an operation for appendicitis. He was 61 years old, and came to this state in 1889. The funeral will be at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Spencer."

From "The 1889 Biographical Sketches of Shelby County, IA pages 430 & 433":
"ANDREW J. BERRY, a native of the Hawk-Eye State, was born in Jasper County, October 8, 1856, and is a son of A. J. and Sarah (York) Berry. The father is a native of the State of Virginia, and the mother was born in North Carolina. Mr. Berry resided in his native county until his sixteenth year, receiving the usual training of a farmer's son, and attending the common schools of the day. When he had reached his sixteenth year his parents removed to Cook County, Texas, and he accompanied them; there they remained one year, and then went to Indian Territory; here our subject remained eight years, engaged in farming and stock-raising. In 1881 he came to Iowa, and settled in Shelby County, on a farm of 180 acres in Greeley Township; a part of this farm also lies in Jefferson Township. Here Mr. Berry has a beautiful home, surrounded with all of the comforts and conveniences of modern life. He devotes himself to general agricultural pursuits, in which he is uniformly successful. He is a staunch Democrat. Mr. Berry was united in marriage May 13, 1880, to Miss Fannie Clift, a daughter of James and Therza (Cooper) Clift, natives of Alabama and Tennessee respectively. Mrs. Berry was born in Arkansas, October 11, 1859. They are the parents of four children* -- Andrew J., Rhoda M., Albert D. and James E.. Mrs. Berry is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. "
(* At the time of this printing - there were nine in total.)