. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ry, a nativeof Barren county, Kentucky, born October The grandfather, Richard Barry, wasborn in Wythe county, Virginia, in January,L785, and there resided until eighteen yearsof age, when he removed to Kentucky. In thatstate he married Nancy Smith, whose birthoccurred in North Carolina in 1789. Theywere the parents of nine children, five sons andfour daughters: Nellie. Joseph, Polly, Alford,Michael S., Nancy, Emily, .lames T. and JohnW. The last named, the father of A. SumnerBarry, was brought by his parents to Mont-gomery county in 1


. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ry, a nativeof Barren county, Kentucky, born October The grandfather, Richard Barry, wasborn in Wythe county, Virginia, in January,L785, and there resided until eighteen yearsof age, when he removed to Kentucky. In thatstate he married Nancy Smith, whose birthoccurred in North Carolina in 1789. Theywere the parents of nine children, five sons andfour daughters: Nellie. Joseph, Polly, Alford,Michael S., Nancy, Emily, .lames T. and JohnW. The last named, the father of A. SumnerBarry, was brought by his parents to Mont-gomery county in 1831, the journey being madeby team and wagon m accordance with theprimitive methods of travel of that daw Thegrandfather entered from the government onehundred and sixty acres of land, by purchasinga squatters right to a claim on which a smallrude cabin had been built. To the developmentand improvement of this property devoted his energies until his deathwhich occurred June 30, 1S48. His wife died LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. ME. AND MBS. A. SUMNER BAEEY


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