SAMUEL F. BERRYHILL, senior member of the firm of S. P. Berryhill & Son, dealers in poultry, eggs, produce and coal at Covington, was born on a farm in Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, May 29, 1860, and is a son of A.M. and Catherine (Brelsford) Berryhill. The parents of Mr. Berryhill are both deceased The father was a farmer and well-known stock dealer and trader, passing the larger portion of his life in the neighborhood of Fletcher, Ohio.

Samuel F. Berryhill was educated in the schools of Brown Township and engaged in farming until 1887, when he started in the poultry business at Fletcher, where he continued until he came to Covington, in 1906. For three years he was engaged in the clothing business at Enid, Oklahoma in partnership with his son. Mr. Berryhill purchased a farm of 140 acres in Brown Township, on which he raises cattle and hogs and has the land under rental. He has been in his present business for twenty-two years and has associated his son Carl with him, under the firm name of S. F. Berryhill & Son.

In March, 1909, a stock company was formed for the manufacture of ice, known as The Covington Artificial Ice Company, with a capital stock of $15,000 and with the following officers: S. F. Berryhill, president; J. W. Ruhl, vice-president; C. C. Shuman, secretary and treasurer. The plant will have a capacity of fifteen tons per day.

Mr. Berryhill was married in 1880 to Miss Jennie E. Smith, who was reared at St. Mary's, Ohio, a daughter of James B. Smith. They have one son, Carl A., who married Miss Cora Shaw, of Oklahoma. Carl A. Berryhill belongs to the Elks and both he and father are members of the Knights of Pythias. The firm of S. F. Berryhill & Son is a representative one in Covington business circles.