#1 History of Dodge and Washington Counties, pg. 918:

MRS. MARY BARRY

All of the farm land is not owned by men, for some of the most successful farmers of the country are women, and one who has achieved a gratifying success in agriculture is Mrs. Mary, Barry of section 26, Blair Township, Washington County, Nebraska. She is the widow of Michael Barry, and a daughter of James Manny, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States at an early day and settled first in New Jersey, from whence he came to Nebraska, making the trip early in 1865. As far as St. Joseph, he made the trip by water, but on account of the shallows at that point was forced to conclude the journey with wagons, to Calhoun. The first winter the family lived in a log cabin, near Calhoun fort, where the overland travelers stopped on their way to the Black Hills and further West. In the spring the family moved on a farm and at that time had an ox team and one cow. They underwent hardships, including trouble from unfriendly Indians, but in time prospered, and when the father died he owned 400 acres of land in Washington County and 320 acres in Kimball and Antelope counties. He passed away when he was fifty-five years old, his widow surviving him until she was sixty-eight years old. Mrs. Barry is the only one of their children living, as her brother, James, was shot while on duty as a watchman at Benson, and her sister, Johanna, died in 1907.

#2 July 16, 1942 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. Barry, 81, Pioneer, Died Today

Early Pioneer in this Vicinity Dead; Catholic Funeral

Mrs. Mary Barry, 81, widow of Michael Barry and one of the best-known of the Blair and Washington County pioneers, died early today at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, where she had been taken Tuesday.

Ill since suffering a stroke February 22 while visiting at Gary, Indiana, Mrs. Barry had been brought back to Blair ten weeks ago and until going to the hospital had been cared for at the home of Mrs. Hazel McBride.

The Bendorf Funeral Home, in charge of arrangements, reported at noon today that funeral services will be held at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church, but that the time was not yet certain. Those interested are asked to call the Funeral Home.

Mrs. Barry, as Mary Mancy, came to Blair vicinity in 1865 as a young girl. Following her marriage, she and Mr. Barry farmed for many years in the McCarthy district south of Blair. Mr. Barry's death occurred in 1913.

Mrs. Barry is survived by six sons, Joe and Charles of Omaha. James F. of Los Angeles, John of Blair, Paul of Fort Calhoun and Bryan of Walthill; and four daughters. Mrs. James S. Thompson (Mary) of near Blair, Mrs. Edgar Rose (Anna) of Ellensburg, Washington, Mrs. Agnes Sip of Omaha and Mrs., Howard J. Rugg (Grace) of Gary, Indiana. A son, Tom, died in March, 1940. Mrs. Barry also is survived by a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: In the Washington County book, her birth name was Manny; in the newspaper, it was Mancy. Appreciation for spelling Maney of her maiden name to FindaGrave volunteer Michael Dolan #48035262