Born: July 25, 1826, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England.
Died: July 16, 1921, Woodbine, Iowa.
Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Iowa.
Derry was the husband of Elizabeth Herbert.
He emigrated to America with his family in 1854.
He joined the Reorganized Church on March 3, 1861, and was ordained an elder the same day. He became a seventy
(a priesthood office) August 3, 1861; an apostle April 8, 1965, serving in that office five years; president of the High Priests’ Quorum (1874–1901); a High Councilor (1890–1903); an evangelical minister, June 8, 1902, an office he held until his death.
On December 6, 1862, he was sent to England as a missionary and was abroad two years.
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