Isaac Berry, a runaway slave from Palmyra, Missouri, and Lucy Esther Millard were married in a tiny town called Little River, Canada in 1858.  They lived in Canada for nineteen years where six or their 8 children were born.  They came to Michigan in 1877 and settled in Mecosta County, Morton Township, the area now known as School Section Lake Park  After settling in Michigan, two more children were born, Malinda and John.

 

The Berry-Millard Family History

203 miles

Mecosta, Michigan 1892

looking west