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Rh from 1850 to 1853. He was again a candidate in 1860, but was defeated. In his successful campaigns he sustained the "Wilinot Proviso," intended to prohibit slavery in the territories. During the civil war he was in sympathy with the ultra wing of the democratic party, and was a member of the Chicago convention of August, 1864, which nominated Gen. McClellan to the presidency.

BARRY, Patrick, horticulturist, b. near Belfast, Ireland, in May, 1816 ; d. in Rochester, N. Y., 28 June, 1890. He was employed as a teacher in Ireland, and on his arrival in America in 1836 became a clerk for Prince & Co., nurserymen, of Flushing, L. I. In 1840 he entered into the nursery business in partnership with George EUwanger. at Rochester, N. Y. The firm took the lead in the importation of the dwarf varieties of pears, grafted on quince roots, from France, and extended their business until their nurseries were the largest in the country. Through their enterprise, various wild species of shade-trees have been introduced into cultivation, hardy exotics acclimatized, and improved varieties of fruits and flowering plants developed by culture or introduced from abroad. Mr. Barry edited the "Genesee Farmer" from 1844 to 1852, and from 1852 to 1854 the "Horticulturalist." He published a "Treatise on the Fruit Garden" (New York, 1851: new ed., 1872), and wrote extensively on subjects connected with pomology and flower-gardening. He also prepared the complete and valuable "Catalogue of the American Pomological Society."

BARRY, William, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 10 Jan., 1805; d. in Chicago, Ill., 17 Jan., 1885. He was graduated at Brown in 1822 and studied law, but entered Cambridge divinity school in 1826, and after two years there spent two more in study in Gottingen and Paris. He was ordained pastor of the South Congregational church, Lowell, Mass., in 1830, and in 1835 took charge of the 1st church at Framingham. Failing health forced him to give up his charge in 1844, and he travelled in Europe and Asia till 1847, when he returned and took charge of another church in Lowell. In 1853 his health compelled him to cease work again, and he removed to Chicago. Here he organized the Chicago historical society in 1856, and was its secretary and librarian till 1868. Mr. Barry was one of the most accomplished scholars and ablest writers in the west. It was in his office that President Lincoln obtained the data for his memorable address in Cooper institute. New York. Among his publications are "Rights and Duties of Neighboring Churches"; "Thoughts on Christian Doctrine" (Lowell, Mass., 1845); "History of Framingham" (Boston, 1847); "Antiquities of Wisconsin" (in Wisconsin Historical Collections, vol. iii.); and "Letters from the East."—His brother, John Stetson, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 26 March, 1819, d. in St. Louis, Mo., 11 Dec, 1872, was educated in his native city, and was ordained pastor of the Universalist church in West Amesbury, Mass., in 1838. He preached at Weymouth, Mass., from 1839 to 1841, at West Scituate, Mass., from 1841 to 1844, and subsequently, for a brief period, until the failure of his health, at Pawtucket, R. I. He published "Stetson Genealogy" (Boston, 1847); "History of Hanover, Mass." (1853); and "History of Massachusetts" (3 vols., 1855-7). From 1858 till 1860 he was pastor of the church at Needham, Mass., and editor of "The Universalist," in Boston.

BARRY, William Farquhar, soldier, b. in New York citv, 8 Aug., 1818 ; d. in Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md., 18 July, 1879. He was graduated at West Point in 1838, and in that year assisted Maj. Ringgold to organize the first battery of light artillery formed in the U. S. army. After doing garrison duty at different stations, he went with the army to Mexico, remaining there from 1846 to 1848. He was in the battle of Tampico, and served in Gen. Patterson's division, and also as aide-de-camp to Gen. Worth. From 1849 to 1851 he was stationed at Fort McHenry, and was made a captain in the 2d artillery on 1 July, 1852. He served in the war against the Seminoles in Florida in 1852-'3, and during the Kansas disturbances of 1857-'8 was stationed at Fort Leavenworth. During 1858 he was a member of the board to revise the system of light artillery practice, and the revision was adopted on 6 March, 1860. On the breaking out of the civil war, he went into active service, assisting in the defence of Fort Pickens, Fla., as major of the 5th artillery. He was chief of artillery in the Army of the Potomac from 27 July, 1861, to 27 Aug., 1862, and organized its artillery. On 20 Aug., 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, took a leading part in the Virginia peninsular campaign until August, 1862, being in the siege of Yorktown, at the battle of Gaines's Mill, the skirmish of Mechanicsville, the battle of Charles City Cross-Roads, the Malvern Hill contest, and at Harrison's Landing. From the end of that campaign until 1864 he was chief of artillery of the defences of Washington, D. C, having been appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st artillery on 1 Aug., 1863. He was assigned to the command at Pittsburg, Pa., and Wheeling, W. Va., against a threatened cavalry raid in May, 1863, and was next appointed chief of artillery on Gen. Sherman's staff, commanding the military division of the Mississippi from March, 1864, to June, 1866. From May to September, 1864, he was with the army in Georgia, and took part in the siege of Atlanta, and also in the northern Georgia, Alabama, and Carolina campaigns. On 1 Sept., 1864, he was made brevet major-general of volunteers, and colonel by brevet for gallant conduct at Rocky-Faced Ridge. On 13 March, 1865, he was made brevet brigadier-general, U. S. army, for his services in the campaign ending with the surrender of the army under Gen. J. E. Johnston, and on the same day was made brevet major-general for gallant conduct in the field. On 11 Dec, 1865, he was appointed colonel in the 2d artillery, and was in command of the northern frontier pending the Fenian raids of 1866. On 15 Jan. of that year he was mustered out of the volunteer service. He served on the northern frontier to September, 1867, and then commanded the artillery school of practice at Fortress Monroe to 5 March, 1877, when he was appointed to the command at Fort McHenry. During the labor riots of 1877 he rendered valuable service at Camden Station. He was the author, in conjunction with Gen. Barnard, of "Reports of the Engineer and Artillery Operations of the Army of the Potomac from its Organization to the Close of the Peninsular Campaign" (New York, 1863).

BARRY, William Taylor, statesman, b. in Lunenburg, Va., 5 Feb.. 1785; d. in Liverpool, England, 30 Aug., 1835. He went to Kentucky in 1796, was graduated at William and Mary college in 1807, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised at Lexington, Ky., where his eloquence soon brought him into notice. He served in both branches of the Kentucky legislature, and, in December, 1810, was elected to congress to fill a vacancy, serving until 3 March, 1811. In the war of 1812" he was aide to Gov. Shelby, and was present at the battle of the Thames, 5 Oct., 1813. He was appointed to the U. S. senate, in February, 1815, to