Son of Alfred Constantine Barry and Adelia Robinson, of East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.Y. He was born in about 1840 in New York. His mother Adelia died at Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in May, 1877.
According to his military service records, Barry served as a private in Co. F, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, part of the famed Iron Brigade. He enlisted from Racine on 23 April 1861 and was discharged due to disability on 9 October 1861. On 19 January 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He was discharged 26 April 1864 to accept a commission as second lieutenant of Company E, 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, dated from 7 March 1864. He resigned his commission on 24 August 1864. He had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall. His pension file is not at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., but either at NARA-St. Louis or the Department of Veterans Administration.
According to the Wisconsin Genealogical Index, Melville married Esther Fox on May 6, 1872, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
"Veteran of Civil War Answers Final Summons," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 21 May 1925, page 1.
Death claimed another Civil War veteran, the fourth to go within a few months, on Tuesday afternoon when Melville A. Barry passed away. He had been in feeble health all winter, and when he was taken sick with the flu, he was unable to regain his strength even though he recovered from the disease itself.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home, the Rev. E. J. Jeffrey having charge of the service. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mr. Barry was born in Victor, Ontario county, N. Y., on Feb. 12, 1840. In 1846 he came with his parents to Racine where his people continued to reside. He was one of three children, his brother, M. P. Barry, and his sister, Mrs. Belle Tubbs, having preceded him in death.
His war service commenced in 1861 when in the month of May he enlisted in Co. F., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., at Racine. He was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, then receiving disability discharge. He re-enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 37th Wis. Inf. Afterward he was transferred to the 4th Wis. Cavalry, of which his father was chaplain. Mr. Barry Sr. was active in public life, being state superintendent of public instruction in the early days of Wisconsin's history as a state.
After M. A. Barry's final discharge from the army in 1864, he took up the pursuit of agriculture as his life work. He was married in Fond du Lac county on May 6, 1872, to Miss Esther Fox. They made their home in that district for a few years, moving to Baraboo for two years, and coming to Lodi in 1880 where they have since made their home. They first lived on the place now owned by John Tjugum and later bought their small farm where they built their home and have since resided. Their only son, Fred, has remained at home with them.
Mr. Barry was a charter member, and, in fact, one of the organizers of the local G. A. R. The other veterans who have passed on within a year are Sidney Wells, William Cleland, James Latham. The heroes of those early days who are still here are John Morter, Charles Loper, James Fairman, Frank Tirrill, and Fred Loper.
According to his military service records, Barry served as a private in Co. F, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, part of the famed Iron Brigade. He enlisted from Racine on 23 April 1861 and was discharged due to disability on 9 October 1861. On 19 January 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He was discharged 26 April 1864 to accept a commission as second lieutenant of Company E, 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, dated from 7 March 1864. He resigned his commission on 24 August 1864. He had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall. His pension file is not at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., but either at NARA-St. Louis or the Department of Veterans Administration.
According to the Wisconsin Genealogical Index, Melville married Esther Fox on May 6, 1872, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
"Veteran of Civil War Answers Final Summons," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 21 May 1925, page 1.
Death claimed another Civil War veteran, the fourth to go within a few months, on Tuesday afternoon when Melville A. Barry passed away. He had been in feeble health all winter, and when he was taken sick with the flu, he was unable to regain his strength even though he recovered from the disease itself.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home, the Rev. E. J. Jeffrey having charge of the service. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mr. Barry was born in Victor, Ontario county, N. Y., on Feb. 12, 1840. In 1846 he came with his parents to Racine where his people continued to reside. He was one of three children, his brother, M. P. Barry, and his sister, Mrs. Belle Tubbs, having preceded him in death.
His war service commenced in 1861 when in the month of May he enlisted in Co. F., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., at Racine. He was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, then receiving disability discharge. He re-enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 37th Wis. Inf. Afterward he was transferred to the 4th Wis. Cavalry, of which his father was chaplain. Mr. Barry Sr. was active in public life, being state superintendent of public instruction in the early days of Wisconsin's history as a state.
After M. A. Barry's final discharge from the army in 1864, he took up the pursuit of agriculture as his life work. He was married in Fond du Lac county on May 6, 1872, to Miss Esther Fox. They made their home in that district for a few years, moving to Baraboo for two years, and coming to Lodi in 1880 where they have since made their home. They first lived on the place now owned by John Tjugum and later bought their small farm where they built their home and have since resided. Their only son, Fred, has remained at home with them.
Mr. Barry was a charter member, and, in fact, one of the organizers of the local G. A. R. The other veterans who have passed on within a year are Sidney Wells, William Cleland, James Latham. The heroes of those early days who are still here are John Morter, Charles Loper, James Fairman, Frank Tirrill, and Fred Loper.
Son of Alfred Constantine Barry and Adelia Robinson, of East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N.Y. He was born in about 1840 in New York. His mother Adelia died at Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in May, 1877.
According to his military service records, Barry served as a private in Co. F, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, part of the famed Iron Brigade. He enlisted from Racine on 23 April 1861 and was discharged due to disability on 9 October 1861. On 19 January 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He was discharged 26 April 1864 to accept a commission as second lieutenant of Company E, 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, dated from 7 March 1864. He resigned his commission on 24 August 1864. He had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall. His pension file is not at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., but either at NARA-St. Louis or the Department of Veterans Administration.
According to the Wisconsin Genealogical Index, Melville married Esther Fox on May 6, 1872, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
"Veteran of Civil War Answers Final Summons," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 21 May 1925, page 1.
Death claimed another Civil War veteran, the fourth to go within a few months, on Tuesday afternoon when Melville A. Barry passed away. He had been in feeble health all winter, and when he was taken sick with the flu, he was unable to regain his strength even though he recovered from the disease itself.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home, the Rev. E. J. Jeffrey having charge of the service. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mr. Barry was born in Victor, Ontario county, N. Y., on Feb. 12, 1840. In 1846 he came with his parents to Racine where his people continued to reside. He was one of three children, his brother, M. P. Barry, and his sister, Mrs. Belle Tubbs, having preceded him in death.
His war service commenced in 1861 when in the month of May he enlisted in Co. F., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., at Racine. He was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, then receiving disability discharge. He re-enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 37th Wis. Inf. Afterward he was transferred to the 4th Wis. Cavalry, of which his father was chaplain. Mr. Barry Sr. was active in public life, being state superintendent of public instruction in the early days of Wisconsin's history as a state.
After M. A. Barry's final discharge from the army in 1864, he took up the pursuit of agriculture as his life work. He was married in Fond du Lac county on May 6, 1872, to Miss Esther Fox. They made their home in that district for a few years, moving to Baraboo for two years, and coming to Lodi in 1880 where they have since made their home. They first lived on the place now owned by John Tjugum and later bought their small farm where they built their home and have since resided. Their only son, Fred, has remained at home with them.
Mr. Barry was a charter member, and, in fact, one of the organizers of the local G. A. R. The other veterans who have passed on within a year are Sidney Wells, William Cleland, James Latham. The heroes of those early days who are still here are John Morter, Charles Loper, James Fairman, Frank Tirrill, and Fred Loper.
According to his military service records, Barry served as a private in Co. F, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, part of the famed Iron Brigade. He enlisted from Racine on 23 April 1861 and was discharged due to disability on 9 October 1861. On 19 January 1864, he enlisted in Company F, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry. He was discharged 26 April 1864 to accept a commission as second lieutenant of Company E, 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, dated from 7 March 1864. He resigned his commission on 24 August 1864. He had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion. He was 5' 7 1/2" tall. His pension file is not at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., but either at NARA-St. Louis or the Department of Veterans Administration.
According to the Wisconsin Genealogical Index, Melville married Esther Fox on May 6, 1872, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
"Veteran of Civil War Answers Final Summons," The Lodi (Wisconsin) Enterprise, 21 May 1925, page 1.
Death claimed another Civil War veteran, the fourth to go within a few months, on Tuesday afternoon when Melville A. Barry passed away. He had been in feeble health all winter, and when he was taken sick with the flu, he was unable to regain his strength even though he recovered from the disease itself.
The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home, the Rev. E. J. Jeffrey having charge of the service. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Mr. Barry was born in Victor, Ontario county, N. Y., on Feb. 12, 1840. In 1846 he came with his parents to Racine where his people continued to reside. He was one of three children, his brother, M. P. Barry, and his sister, Mrs. Belle Tubbs, having preceded him in death.
His war service commenced in 1861 when in the month of May he enlisted in Co. F., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., at Racine. He was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, then receiving disability discharge. He re-enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 37th Wis. Inf. Afterward he was transferred to the 4th Wis. Cavalry, of which his father was chaplain. Mr. Barry Sr. was active in public life, being state superintendent of public instruction in the early days of Wisconsin's history as a state.
After M. A. Barry's final discharge from the army in 1864, he took up the pursuit of agriculture as his life work. He was married in Fond du Lac county on May 6, 1872, to Miss Esther Fox. They made their home in that district for a few years, moving to Baraboo for two years, and coming to Lodi in 1880 where they have since made their home. They first lived on the place now owned by John Tjugum and later bought their small farm where they built their home and have since resided. Their only son, Fred, has remained at home with them.
Mr. Barry was a charter member, and, in fact, one of the organizers of the local G. A. R. The other veterans who have passed on within a year are Sidney Wells, William Cleland, James Latham. The heroes of those early days who are still here are John Morter, Charles Loper, James Fairman, Frank Tirrill, and Fred Loper.
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