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John Joseph Barry

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John Joseph Barry

Birth
Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
4 Mar 1924 (aged 73)
Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Smith Family Plots
Memorial ID
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SMITH, Cecilia (John F. & Olivier GUILBEAUX) m. 25 May 1871 Joseph G. BARRE (GC Ch.:v.4,p.23)

SMITH, Ann Elisabeth (John F. & Olivia GUILBEAUX) m.22 Dec. 1888 Joseph J. BARRE (GC Ch.:v.4,p.116)
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BARRY, Jean Joseph (Silvestre & Emerite GUIDRY) b. 3 Sept. 1850 (GC Ch. : v. 2, p. 9)
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Note: Children of John and Annie that are still missing.

BARRE, Mary Cecilia (John Joseph & Anne Elizabeth SMITH) b. 28 Oct. 1889 (GC
Ch.: v.3, p.226
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Source: Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 – 1900) CD by Rev. Donald J. Hébert

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JOSEPH BARRY DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Prominent Grand Coteau Citizen Succumbs from Serious Attack  Pneumonia

GRAND COTEAU, La, March 6,-
John Joseph Barry, seventy-three years old, a native of this place died at his residence near here Tuesday night after a five days illness with pneumonia. He was President of the local unit, Catholic Laymen Association of Louisiana and always took an active part in religious and civic matters. He is survived by his widow, ten children: Carroll of Los Angeles, Calif., Marcy, Rupert, Redmond, of Beaumont, Texas, J. S. of Grand Coteau, Thomas of Lafayette, La., Emeritte (Mrs. John T. Doherty) of Port Arthur, Texas, Cecilia of Grand Coteau, Gertrude (Mrs. W. N. Chapman) of Houston, Texas and Johanna (Mrs. Aloysius Castille) of Shreveport, La., and twenty-five grand-children one of whom, Wallace Barry, a Jesuit studying for the priest-hood in Hillyard, Washington one brother, Mayor E. V. Barry of Grand Coteau, and one sister Marie (Mrs. Fred Mouton) of Grand Coteau. The funeral services were held Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church before a large concourse of people. Rev. Emile J. Baehr, S.J., Pastor officiated and also preached. He said he lost a very valuable parishioner and a personal friend. He beseeched his congregation to follow in the footsteps of the deceased as his life was an example to be followed. The pallbearers were: Marcy, Rupert, Redmond, J. S. and Thomas Barry and Ben Olivier. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery.
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Clarion-Progress. Opelousas, La.,
Saturday, March 8, 1924. Page 1, Column 4.
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.

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Grand Coteau
Mr. J. J. Barry and Judge J. A. Smith were in Opelousas Monday.
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The St. Landry Clarion. Opelousas, La.,
Saturday, June 8, 1907. Page 8, Column 4.
SMITH, Cecilia (John F. & Olivier GUILBEAUX) m. 25 May 1871 Joseph G. BARRE (GC Ch.:v.4,p.23)

SMITH, Ann Elisabeth (John F. & Olivia GUILBEAUX) m.22 Dec. 1888 Joseph J. BARRE (GC Ch.:v.4,p.116)
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BARRY, Jean Joseph (Silvestre & Emerite GUIDRY) b. 3 Sept. 1850 (GC Ch. : v. 2, p. 9)
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Note: Children of John and Annie that are still missing.

BARRE, Mary Cecilia (John Joseph & Anne Elizabeth SMITH) b. 28 Oct. 1889 (GC
Ch.: v.3, p.226
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Source: Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 – 1900) CD by Rev. Donald J. Hébert

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JOSEPH BARRY DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Prominent Grand Coteau Citizen Succumbs from Serious Attack  Pneumonia

GRAND COTEAU, La, March 6,-
John Joseph Barry, seventy-three years old, a native of this place died at his residence near here Tuesday night after a five days illness with pneumonia. He was President of the local unit, Catholic Laymen Association of Louisiana and always took an active part in religious and civic matters. He is survived by his widow, ten children: Carroll of Los Angeles, Calif., Marcy, Rupert, Redmond, of Beaumont, Texas, J. S. of Grand Coteau, Thomas of Lafayette, La., Emeritte (Mrs. John T. Doherty) of Port Arthur, Texas, Cecilia of Grand Coteau, Gertrude (Mrs. W. N. Chapman) of Houston, Texas and Johanna (Mrs. Aloysius Castille) of Shreveport, La., and twenty-five grand-children one of whom, Wallace Barry, a Jesuit studying for the priest-hood in Hillyard, Washington one brother, Mayor E. V. Barry of Grand Coteau, and one sister Marie (Mrs. Fred Mouton) of Grand Coteau. The funeral services were held Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church before a large concourse of people. Rev. Emile J. Baehr, S.J., Pastor officiated and also preached. He said he lost a very valuable parishioner and a personal friend. He beseeched his congregation to follow in the footsteps of the deceased as his life was an example to be followed. The pallbearers were: Marcy, Rupert, Redmond, J. S. and Thomas Barry and Ben Olivier. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery.
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Clarion-Progress. Opelousas, La.,
Saturday, March 8, 1924. Page 1, Column 4.
Edith Garland Dupré Library, UL Lafayette.

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Grand Coteau
Mr. J. J. Barry and Judge J. A. Smith were in Opelousas Monday.
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The St. Landry Clarion. Opelousas, La.,
Saturday, June 8, 1907. Page 8, Column 4.


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