The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III, 1900Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III, 1900
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
Born in Palmer, Mass., Feb. 20, 1864; studied for two years at the
University of Vermont; was graduated in medicine from the University of
New York in 1886; took a post-graduate course, and then located in
Pawtucket, R. I.; was appointed medical examiner for Pawtucket and
Lincoln, R. I., by Governor Davis in 1890, for a term of six years; was
elected to the Pawtucket school board for three years; was a member of
the Rhode Island Medical Society; died in Pawtucket, Oct. 31, 1900.
Very Rev. John E. Barry, V. G.
Born in Eastport, Me., August, 1836; educated at Holy Cross College,
Worcester, Mass., and the Grand Seminary, Montreal; ordained to the
Catholic priesthood at Portland, Me., in 1864, by Bishop Bacon; was made
pastor of the Catholics of Concord, N. H., in 1865. Under his direction
St. John’s church, that city, was built, he remaining rector of the same
until his death. He visited Europe in 1874, and was a personal attendant
of Bishop Bacon of Maine on the return voyage of that dignitary, who
died in New York soon after he reached this country. From Bishop Bacon’s
death, Nov. 5, 1874, until June, 1875, Father Barry administered the
affairs of the diocese of Portland until Bishop Healey was appointed.
Father Barry was for a number of years a member of the school board of
Concord; was three times appointed a trustee of the New Hampshire asylum
for the insane, and bore a prominent part in the advancement of the
interests of the New Hampshire Historical Society. At the time of his
death he was vicar-general of the diocese of Manchester, N. H. He was
accidentally killed by a cable car while crossing Broadway, New York
city, Nov. 14, 1900.
Hon. James D. Brady.
Born in Portsmouth, Va., in 1843; resided there until 1859, when he
removed to New York; entered the Union army in July, 1861, as a private;
commanded Company B of the Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers in the famous
charge of the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg, where he was wounded.
Subsequently, he was promoted to the ranks of major and
lieutenant-colonel. After the war he returned to Virginia, and for more
than a quarter of a century took a leading part in public affairs. For
ten years he was the secretary and chairman of the Republican State
Committee, and was a delegate from Virginia to many of the National
Republican Conventions. He was representative in the Forty-ninth
Congress from the Fourth Virginia District. Later, he was appointed
collector of internal revenue for the Second Virginia District. He died
at Petersburg, Va., Nov. 30, 1900.
James W. O’Brien.
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