. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella county, Mich., containing portraits and biographical sketches of ... citizens ... also containing a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time . xJOHN S. BARRY ^.r^ .-i .-i-;i,.^i)t^sgi^^t^.v■: ■ • -: .. Vi^t^c^ OHN STEWARD BARRY, ■ Governor of Michigan fromJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,md from Jan. 7, 1850, to , 1852, was born at Amherst,N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-ents, John and Ellen (Steward)Barry, early removed to Rocking-ham, Vt., where he remained until% he became of age, working on hisfat
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella county, Mich., containing portraits and biographical sketches of ... citizens ... also containing a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time . xJOHN S. BARRY ^.r^ .-i .-i-;i,.^i)t^sgi^^t^.v■: ■ • -: .. Vi^t^c^ OHN STEWARD BARRY, ■ Governor of Michigan fromJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,md from Jan. 7, 1850, to , 1852, was born at Amherst,N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-ents, John and Ellen (Steward)Barry, early removed to Rocking-ham, Vt., where he remained until% he became of age, working on hisfathers farm, and pursuing hisstudies at the same time. He mar-ried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,and in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt.,where he had charge of an academyfor two years, meanwhile studyinglaw. He afterward practiced law inthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for sometime a member of the Governors staff, with the titleof Governors Aid, and at a somewhat earlier periodwas Captain of a company of State militia. In 1831he removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,where he engaged in mercantile business with I. Four years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con- stantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. Hebecame Justice of tlie Peace at White Pigeon, ;in 18
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