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BERRY, Frank Allen

FRANK ALLEN BERRY, lawyer, and member of the bar of Nashville, Tennessee, was born on October 13, 1885, in Nashville, and is the son of William Wells and Alice (Allen) BERRY, both natives of the state of Tennessee, born respectively in Davidson and Sumner county.

Concerning the early education of Mr. BERRY, of this review, it may be said that he attended Wallace’s University School at Nashville, after which he entered Vanderbilt University, where he remained for two years, and then entered Princeton College, from which he was graduated in 1906, receiving the degree of A. B. He then entered the Harvard Law School and concluded his collegiate work in 1909 with the LL. B. degree, was admitted to the bar soon thereafter and took up the active practice of his profession in Nashville.

On November 22, 1911, Mr. BERRY married Miss Eleanor REDWAY of Boston, Massachusetts.


Source: Hale, Will T, and Dixon L. Merritt. A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Company, 1913. Volume 4, pg. 859-860.