[3] He attended Bridgton Academy, and studied law with Judge Stephen Emery (who also served as Maine's Attorney General).

[3] Gerry's father served in the Maine House of Representatives and in local offices including selectman and town meeting moderator.

[1] He was clerk of the Maine House of Representatives in 1840, and was appointed a United States commissioner in bankruptcy in 1841.

[3] Alice Gerry (1850-1921) was the wife of Arthur Melville Patterson of Baltimore, Maryland.

[8] He practiced law in Maine and New York City before accepting appointment as vice consul in Le Havre, France, in 1885.