Joseph F. Berry, numbered with the leading members of the Connecticut bar practicing at New Haven, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 13, 1880, and was the second in a family of five children whose parents were Charles F. and Emily C. (Morgan) Berry. The father was born in Maine and represents one of the early families of that state, of English lineage. He is an expert accountant and is still active in business. His wife is a native of Massachusetts and belongs to one of the old families of that state.

     After attending the public and high schools of Boston, Joseph F. Berry continued his education in Tufts College, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901. His professional training was received at Harvard, where he took the LL. B. degree in 1904. He then became associated with the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart, of Boston, where he remained until October, 1907, when he came to New Haven, arriving in this city on the 1st of that month. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1904, the Connecticut bar in 1907 and the bar of the United States supreme court in 1910. He became assistant attorney for the New Haven Railroad Company, with which he continued until March, 1914, when the Connecticut company withdrew from its association with the New Haven Railroad Company and Mr. Berry remained as attorney for the Connecticut company, of which he has since been one of the chief counselors. He is thoroughly informed concerning corporation law and his practice has been of a most important character.

     On the 5th of December, 1908, in Boston, Mr. Berry was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Endicott Fowle, a native of Boston and a daughter of Horace S. and Mary (Wingate) Fowle, the latter a direct descendant of Governor Wentworth and a representative of one of the most prominent families of Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Berry have one son, Richard Francis, who was born in New Haven, January 14, 1913.

     Mr. and Mrs. Berry hold membership in Center church and his political faith is that of the republican party. He has membership with the University Club of Bridgeport, the University Club of Hartford and the New Haven Country and Graduates Clubs, of New Haven. He is also a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, while along strictly professional lines he has membership with the New Haven County Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Association. He has ever been a close and discriminating student of those complex principles which enter into corporation law. His mind is naturally analytical, logical and deductive, and he has made for himself a most creditable position among the young corporation lawyers of the state.