Phillip Berry (1831-1915) Affidavit, Philadelphia PA 1915.04.05
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 8, 1915
SIR: Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below. The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your widow or children. Use the inclosed envelope, which requires no stamp.
Very respectfully
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Commissioner
[seal= U S PENSION OFFICE APR 7 1915]
PHILLIP BERRY
PHILADELPHIA PA
56730 ACT MAY
87TH & BARTRAM'S AVE
No.1. Date and place of birth? Answer. Aug 5 1830 Buffalo N.Y
The name of organizations in which you served? Answer.
Second Reserved Corps at Buffalo N.Y
No.2. What was your post office at enlistment? Answer.
Buffalo [N.Y.]
No.3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer. Annie Berry / Annie Harvey
No.4. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer.
St. Mark's Church 17th and Locust St Phila Pa by Whom cant remember
No.5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage? at above Church
If so, where? Answer. " " "
No.6. Were you previously married? If so, state the name of your former wife, the date of the marriage, and the date and place of her death or divorce. If there was more than one previous marriage, let your answer include all former wives. Answer.
Elmira Cook. Died - 1864 at Buffalo N.Y.
No.7. If your present wife was married before her marriage to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such marriage, and the date and place of his death or divorce, and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and, if so, give name of the organization in which he served. If she was married more than once before her marriage to you, let your answer include all former husbands. Answer.
Isac Harvey - Died - 1861 Phila Pa ~ that I know
No.8. Are you now living with your wife, or has there been a separation? Answer.
my second Wife Died 1899 at 87 and Bartram in Phila Pa
No.9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead. Answer.
William Berry [born] 1859 - Buffalo N.Y Died1903 at Phila Pa
Ida [Berry born] 1862 [Buffalo N.Y. Died] 1895 [at Phila Pa]
Joseph [Berry born] 1868 at Phila Pa
I am now living with my son Joseph Berry at 8711 Bartram in Phila Pa
Date Apr 5 15
Phillip Berry
Phillip Berry (1831-1915) Affidavit, Philadelphia PA 1915.04.05
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. January 8, 1915
SIR: Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below. The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your widow or children. Use the inclosed envelope, which requires no stamp.
Very respectfully
~
Commissioner
[seal= U S PENSION OFFICE APR 7 1915]
PHILLIP BERRY
PHILADELPHIA PA
56730 ACT MAY
87TH & BARTRAM'S AVE
No.1. Date and place of birth? Answer. Aug 5 1830 Buffalo N.Y
The name of organizations in which you served? Answer.
Second Reserved Corps at Buffalo N.Y
No.2. What was your post office at enlistment? Answer.
Buffalo [N.Y.]
No.3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name. Answer. Annie Berry / Annie Harvey
No.4. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer.
St. Mark's Church 17th and Locust St Phila Pa by Whom cant remember
No.5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage? at above Church
If so, where? Answer. " " "
No.6. Were you previously married? If so, state the name of your former wife, the date of the marriage, and the date and place of her death or divorce. If there was more than one previous marriage, let your answer include all former wives. Answer.
Elmira Cook. Died - 1864 at Buffalo N.Y.
No.7. If your present wife was married before her marriage to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such marriage, and the date and place of his death or divorce, and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and, if so, give name of the organization in which he served. If she was married more than once before her marriage to you, let your answer include all former husbands. Answer.
Isac Harvey - Died - 1861 Phila Pa ~ that I know
No.8. Are you now living with your wife, or has there been a separation? Answer.
my second Wife Died 1899 at 87 and Bartram in Phila Pa
No.9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead. Answer.
William Berry [born] 1859 - Buffalo N.Y Died1903 at Phila Pa
Ida [Berry born] 1862 [Buffalo N.Y. Died] 1895 [at Phila Pa]
Joseph [Berry born] 1868 at Phila Pa
I am now living with my son Joseph Berry at 8711 Bartram in Phila Pa
Date Apr 5 15
Phillip Berry