William W. Berry

Birth Date

1836

Death Date

1895-05-06

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, soldier. Maryland native. Married to Georgean Hewitt Berry in Franklin County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1859. Father of Mary E. Berry and Mildred Berry. Resident of Russelville, Logan County, in 1859. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from September 9, 1861 to September 14, 1864. Wounded at the Battles of Stones River, Tennessee and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. Mustered out on September 14, 1864.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Illinois, Adams County, Quincy, p. 576C.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 97-98.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0193.
"Col. William Berry Dead," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), May 7, 1895, p. 7.
Committee on Pensions, Jacob Harold Gallinger, Report on behalf of Georgia H. Berry, No. 1086 (1898) (to accompany S. 4414),_The Reports of the Committees of the Senate for the Second Session of the Fifty-fifth Congress, 1897-1899.
"William W. Berry (1836-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 156284713, accessed July 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156284713.

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