Berry, Nathaniel S. (1796-1894)

Name:

Berry, Nathaniel S. (1796-1894)

Title:

Member, Methodist Church, 1823
Delegate, Methodist General Conference, 1872
Officer, 34th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1828, 1833, 1834, 1837
Member, New Hampshire State Senate, 1835, 1836
Justice of the Peace
Associate Justice, Court of Common Pleas, Grafton County, 1841-1850
Judge, Probate Court, Grafton County, 1856-1861
Governor, State of New Hampshire, 1861-1863
Member, Democratic Party
Member, Free Soil Party
Member, Republican Party

Other Names:

Berry, Nathaniel Springer

Born:

09/01/1796

Birthplace:

Bath, ME

Died:

09/27/1894

Death Location:

Bristol, NH

Residence:

Bath, ME 1796-1810
Lisbon, NH 1810
Bath, NH 1810-
Bristol, NH 1818, 1820-1836, 1883-1894
Littleton, NH 1819
Hebron, NH 1836-1857
Andover, MA 1863-1878
Milwaukee, WI, 1878-1883

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Tanner

Father:

Berry, Abner

Mother:

Springer, Betsey

Spouse:

(1) Smith, Ruth (1800-1857), 1821
(2) Farley, Louise, 1860

Children:

Emeline Smith, born June 17, 1823
William Augustus, born October 23, 1824

Notes:

William B. Hesseltine, Lincoln and the War Governors. (NewYork: 1948)

Richard W. Musgrove. History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire. In Two Volumes. Volume II Genealogies. (Bristol, NH: R. W. Musgrove, 1904), 36-39.

Robert Sobel and John Raimo, Editors. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Volume III. (Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978), 963-964.