Biography of Ephraim Berry, pages 842 / 843. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Ephraim Berry was born in Champaign County, Ohio, March 19, 1823, a son of David and Catherine Berry. He was reared in his native county, receiving a good education. From boyhood he was handy with tools and early began to work with machinery, although he never learned a trade. In October , 1848, he came to Indiana and worked two years in Solomon Pence’s saw-mill in Butler Township, De Kalb County, and in the meantime built a new mill. The next two years he worked in different parts of the State, but in the spring of 1852 permanently located in Auburn. He worked at the carpenter’s trade and mill building five years, and then built an engine and lathe and engaged in repairing machinery and turning broom handles, etc., ten years, when he built an engine and machine for making moldings, to which he soon after added a planing machine, and carried on that business six years, when he sold out and retired from active business. Jan. 1, 1845 he was married to Mary Jane Jenkins, of Champaign County, Ohio. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of the city, and has served as Justice of the Peace and City Trustee several terms. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com