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59: i Atr’yerssry Ar\ '5 o?Mr. e.r c Mrs. C. Z. 3er*y, S~ h: fe.c.MR. ANO MAI CARLtTON C. BERRYfe*nnhc£an. Me.. March 9—(Spec 1*1) 1 —The oldest married couple In Smlih-flcJd. Mr and Mrs Carletoa C. Berry, will on April 15 observe their 5$th wedding annlveraarj Mr Berry la the second oldest man In the town, be-nl 9* y«.ar» old They are graat-..rundpurvnts to 10 and grandparents ■o 23 childrenMr and Mrs. Berry 11%e with their son. Cobum Berr. and hla wife on Pine atreet They are both In good fcenlth and have been #11 their Uvea. Mr Berr does not advocate the uae of tobacco, but he says that he haa been a habitual user of It all hla Ufa. He bflfeves that It haa nothing to do with making life longer but he doea believe that where it might not hurt one person it would hurt other*Mr. Berry wma bora in Brighton. The flrat Berrya fettled in thla State near Brighton, coming from Barn-atead. N. H. Hla grandfather. Ben-larom Berry, aarvad in the Revolutionary War and he Uved to be 101 year* old. Mr. Berry cornea from a long-lived stock.1 He haa been amillwright all bis Ufa and^ worked hard. He U a veteran of the Civil War. enliatlog when the war broke out and after* he had bean lit camp for a time he received an injury to hla leg and waa honorably discharged from the war on account of thla wound and haa borne the marks of the war since that tlcna. Besides Brighton. Mr. Berry haa lived In Athena sad Bingham. He became acquainted with Mias Sarah Horne of Smlthfleld and on April 15. 1I5B, they were married. Her parents were j I c ha bod and Rosas (Rowe) Horae and 1 her mother's relatives'^ wre the flrat families of Smlthfield^feier father waa s farmer and ahe ^gbrought up to do Hard work. She haa done a great deal of knitting and aewing and spinning. When ahe waa a small girl ahe moved to Bingham.Five children have been born to thla couple, foar now living; Ephraim Berry. Cornvllle: Mrs. Viola Taylor. Mercer; William Berry. Pittsfield, and Coburn Berry. Skowhegan. Both Mr. and Mra. Berry atm have many of their- natural teeth ana Mra perry(1though ahe la 7*-ye*ra old ftlU retains the natdral color of her hair.
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Tue, Mar 10, 1914
Page 12
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