FATHER-IN-LAW OF NELLIE HARE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM PALMER BARRY, by Laurence Overmire, genealogist and family historian, updated Aug. 2023:
William Palmer Barry was born in 1841 in Maine. He was the son of John Barry and Sarah Palmer of Machias, Maine. The family was living in Whitneyville, ME, in 1850.
On Dec. 11, 1861, when he was 20 years old, William enlisted as a private in the Maine 3rd Light Artillery and rose to the rank of corporal. On Mar. 28, 1863, he was transferred to Co. M of the Maine 1st Heavy Artillery.
He was a railroad agent and clerk. He married Henrietta M. Dorman in 1872. They had 3 sons: Edgar Allan, Roland Longfellow, Harlan Dorman.
William died Jan. 12, 1921, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Sources:
1) Federal census records.
2) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
3) Military record of William P. Barry, posted to Find a Grave by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp 56 in MN, 25 Jul 2023.
4) Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
5) Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties.
6) Roger L. Hood, Berry Family of Maine, geocities.com.
7) Lakewood Cemetery Burial Records online.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM PALMER BARRY, by Laurence Overmire, genealogist and family historian, updated Aug. 2023:
William Palmer Barry was born in 1841 in Maine. He was the son of John Barry and Sarah Palmer of Machias, Maine. The family was living in Whitneyville, ME, in 1850.
On Dec. 11, 1861, when he was 20 years old, William enlisted as a private in the Maine 3rd Light Artillery and rose to the rank of corporal. On Mar. 28, 1863, he was transferred to Co. M of the Maine 1st Heavy Artillery.
He was a railroad agent and clerk. He married Henrietta M. Dorman in 1872. They had 3 sons: Edgar Allan, Roland Longfellow, Harlan Dorman.
William died Jan. 12, 1921, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Sources:
1) Federal census records.
2) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
3) Military record of William P. Barry, posted to Find a Grave by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp 56 in MN, 25 Jul 2023.
4) Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
5) Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties.
6) Roger L. Hood, Berry Family of Maine, geocities.com.
7) Lakewood Cemetery Burial Records online.
FATHER-IN-LAW OF NELLIE HARE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM PALMER BARRY, by Laurence Overmire, genealogist and family historian, updated Aug. 2023:
William Palmer Barry was born in 1841 in Maine. He was the son of John Barry and Sarah Palmer of Machias, Maine. The family was living in Whitneyville, ME, in 1850.
On Dec. 11, 1861, when he was 20 years old, William enlisted as a private in the Maine 3rd Light Artillery and rose to the rank of corporal. On Mar. 28, 1863, he was transferred to Co. M of the Maine 1st Heavy Artillery.
He was a railroad agent and clerk. He married Henrietta M. Dorman in 1872. They had 3 sons: Edgar Allan, Roland Longfellow, Harlan Dorman.
William died Jan. 12, 1921, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Sources:
1) Federal census records.
2) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
3) Military record of William P. Barry, posted to Find a Grave by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp 56 in MN, 25 Jul 2023.
4) Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
5) Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties.
6) Roger L. Hood, Berry Family of Maine, geocities.com.
7) Lakewood Cemetery Burial Records online.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM PALMER BARRY, by Laurence Overmire, genealogist and family historian, updated Aug. 2023:
William Palmer Barry was born in 1841 in Maine. He was the son of John Barry and Sarah Palmer of Machias, Maine. The family was living in Whitneyville, ME, in 1850.
On Dec. 11, 1861, when he was 20 years old, William enlisted as a private in the Maine 3rd Light Artillery and rose to the rank of corporal. On Mar. 28, 1863, he was transferred to Co. M of the Maine 1st Heavy Artillery.
He was a railroad agent and clerk. He married Henrietta M. Dorman in 1872. They had 3 sons: Edgar Allan, Roland Longfellow, Harlan Dorman.
William died Jan. 12, 1921, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Sources:
1) Federal census records.
2) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
3) Military record of William P. Barry, posted to Find a Grave by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp 56 in MN, 25 Jul 2023.
4) Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017
5) Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties.
6) Roger L. Hood, Berry Family of Maine, geocities.com.
7) Lakewood Cemetery Burial Records online.
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