Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ?V. 4 OHN STEWARD BARRY,Governor of Michigan fromJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,and from Jan. 7, 1850, to , was born at Amherst,N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-ents, John and Ellen (Steward)Barry, early removed to Rocking-liam, Vt., where he remained untillie became of age, working on hisfathers farm,
Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . ?V. 4 OHN STEWARD BARRY,Governor of Michigan fromJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,and from Jan. 7, 1850, to , was born at Amherst,N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-ents, John and Ellen (Steward)Barry, early removed to Rocking-liam, Vt., where he remained untillie 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 (ieorgia, 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 the Peace at White Pigeon, 1831, and h
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