Lloyd C. Berry was born March 7, 1902 in Woods County, Oklahoma, eldest child of 
  Henry C. and Madge Wolgamott Berry.
     Lloyd lived with his grandparents, aunts and uncles, after his mother's death in
  1910, receiving his schooling in the rural and Alva public schools. He also attended
  the Normal School for a short time, and was privileged to play baseball with that
  school.
     During his school years, Lloyd worked at many jobs to help support his two sisters
  and brother. One job was as a telegram boy.
     At seventeen Lloyd came to Barber County. He was first employed at the Dell
  Brownback Ranch near Hardtner. Later, he worked for Sam and Robert Ishmael at Kiowa.
     Minnie Berry was born June 27, 1907, in Woods County, twelfth of the thirteen
  children of Clarence E. and Libbie Jonas Carey. The Carey family moved to Kiowa in
  1922. Minnie attended high school there, concentrating on a Commercial Couce, and
  later receiving a two year State Normal Training Teacher's Certificate.
     The Teacher's Certificate was never used - cupid intervened, and Lloyd and Minnie
  were married September 16, 1925, at Cherokee, Oklahoma. Born in the same county,
  raised not too many miles apart, they did not meet until both came to Barber County.
     Three daughters were born to Minnie and Lloyd: Verla Dee, deceased; Verda Lee, and
  Delores Madge. Verda Lee and Delores attended the North Star and Medicine Lodge schools.
  Verda Lee also attended college at Alva, and taught one year at Eagle School in Barber
  County. She married Milton Thomas, a former Medicine Lode resident, they reside in
  Garden City, Kansas. Delores married Bob D. Wills, from Narka, Kansas. They live in
  Wichita, where Delores is employed as an oil secretary.
     There are also four granddaughters, one deceased; two great granddaughters; and
  one great grandson.
     Lloyd's lifework was in farming and ranching, and all except one year in Barber
  County. In 1929 Lloyd and Minnie farmed a small acreage near Wichita, where the
  Boeing plant is now located. Lloyd also worked for Steerman Aircraft during that
  year.
    In 1935 the Berry family moved to the McClure Rance, five and one-half miles
  southeast of Medicine Lodge. Lloyd was the ranch manager for twenty-six years, with
  a life estate. After Lloyd's death, the ranch became the property of the Andrew
  Drumm Institute (a boys ranch) in Kansas City, Missouri.
     Berry family activities in the community included being local PTA leaders, members
  of the Methodist Church; Masonic Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star; Circle Eight
  and Do-Si-Do Square Dance Clubs; and Pleasant Hill EHU. Lloyd also served as a Deputy
  Sheriff from 1965 until his death, September 21, 1969.
     Lloyd spent many enjoyable hours breaking horses for the Peach Treaty Pageants and
  working with the square dancers on horseback. He was an avid baseball fan, and drew
  immense pleasure from helping 4-H boys and girls, Boy Scouts, and working with other
  youth programs.
     Berrys moved into Medicine Lodge in 1961.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 103 
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