Berrien County

Berrien County is the name of two counties in the United States, both named for John M. Berrien:

  • Berrien County, Georgia
  • Berrien County, Michigan

Famous quotes containing the words berrien and/or county:

    “Especially with our first child, we tend to take too much responsibility—both credit and blame—for everything. The more we want to be good parents, the more we tend to see ourselves as making or breaking our children.”
    —Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)

    “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)