John Beery1

M, b. 4 November 1765, d. 31 May 1850
FatherNicholas Beery II b. 16 Jun 1739, d. 16 Feb 1811
MotherMary Elizabeth Keller b. c 1742, d. 1788
     John was born on Monday, 4 November 1765 in Springettsbury Manor, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. John married Margaret Shafer on 15 March 1788 in Rockingham County, Virginia. John & Margaret had children: Nicolas [3/08/1789], Elizabeth [7/04/1791], Henry [10/02/1793-11/02/1793], John [7/19/1795], David [7/31/1797], Abraham W. [12/12/1799], Katharine [4/15/1802], Margaret [9/26/1804], & Noah W. [9/14//1806]. John's wife, Margaret, died on 31 March 1845 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, leaving him a widower. John departed this life on Friday, 31 May 1850 in Bremen, Rush Creek Township at age 84 years, 6 months and 27 days., and he was buried there, in the family plot on his farm.

Citations

  1. [S51] Joseph H. Wenger, History of the Descendants of Nicholas Beery Born 1707. Immigrated from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1727, page 19 - John Beery was born in Rockingham Co., Va., Nov. 4, 1765, and died in Fairfield Co., Ohio, May 31, 1850. Margaret Shafer, born in Rockingham Co., Va., Dec. 10, 1765; died March 31, 1845; married March 15, 1788. They were buried in a small family graveyard on the farm now owned by Isaiah Driver, a short distance north of North Berne, Fairfield Co., Ohio. In 1805 they, with hundreds of others, at different dates, emigrated to Fairfield Co., Ohio, which at that time was the only West, and abounded in timber, Indians and wild beasts. The popular and only mode of travel of these emigrants was team, covered wagons, and camping outfit. Mr. Beery and his brothers and ancestors were a stout, robust set of people. He was a kind-hearted man and was said to never have given a cross word to any one, not even to his enemies. He owned a fine farm on Upper Raccoon Creek in Fairfield Co., now owned by the heirs of Lewis Beery.
    At the age of 80 years and during the same year that his first wife died, he married a Mrs. Blosser, of Bremen, Ohio, with whom he lived about four years until his death. They were members of the Mennonite church. For distinction Mr. Beery was called Red John.
    Children: Nicolas [March 8, 1789]; Elizabeth [July 4, 1791]; Henry [October 2, 1793-November 2, 1793]; John [July 19, 1795]; David [July 31, 1797]; Abraham W. [December 12, 1799]; Katharine [April 15, 1802]; Margaret [September 26, 1804]; Noah W. [September 14, 1806].