From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean. 

p. 576
JOSEPH BERO, who for more than a quarter of a century was connected with 
the La Belle Iron Works of Wheeling, West Virginia, received an 
appointment as guard of the penitentiary at Moundsville in April, 1897, 
went on duty May 1st of the same year, and proved a capable man for the 
place.  He was born in Essex county, New York, April 16, 1856, 
accompanied his parents to Perry county, Pennsylvania, in 1858, and in 
1868 came to Wheeling.  He is a son of Joseph and Amelia (Tromblee) 
Bero, both natives of the Empire state.  The father passed to his final 
rest in March, 1877; the mother is a resident of Wheeling, and is 
upwards of seventy-three years old.  Eleven children were born to this 
worthy couple, namely:  Delia; Julia; Louisa; Joseph; Ella; Frank; 
Adelle; Rebecca; Sarah; Anna; and Henry.  Those deceased are Julia, 
Sarah, Henry and Rebecca; the last named was the wife of George Roberts, 
now of California.  Delia married James Humes, of Wheeling, and Louisa 
married Eugene Wilson, of Martin's Ferry, Ohio.  Three daughters, Ella, 
Anna and Adelle, reside at the home place with the aged mother.  Adelle 
is the widow of William Wright.  Frank was a member of the police force 
for six years, but is now employed in the La Belle Iron Works.
	Joseph Bero attended school in Wheeling until he was thirteen 
years of age, when he followed in the footsteps of his father and began 
work in the nail factory.  He continued until May, 1896, as a workman in 
the La Belle Iron Works, of Wheeling.  He has four children living, 
namely:  Albert B.; Francis; Joseph, Jr.; and Amy.  Those deceased are 
Clarence, Margaret and Blanche.  In political belief, Mr. Bero is a 
stanch Republican.  He affiliates with the A. O. U. W.; the K. of P., 
and the Shield of Honor.