William Lawson Barry1

#21306, (16 April 1779 - 23 November 1874)
Father*____ Barry2
Mother*____ _____2 (s 1750 - )

Family 1

Nancy _____ b. c 1787, d. 1856
Children 1.Mary H Barry+14 (c 1822 - )
 2.Harriet A Barry+9 (c 1823 - 1906)
 3.Sarah H Barry+14 (c 1832 - b 1870)

Family 2
Child 1.Richard Henry Barry+15 (c 1821 - 1872)
Evidence for William and John being brothers.3,4,5,6 
"undoubtedly the oldest printer in the country, and, for a period of almost seventy years had stood almost daily at the case, and when advancing years came upon him, to remind him that there was a limit to labor and a time for rest, his love for the craft was such that he still held on and refused to succumb to time. Up to a period within a few days of his death he was remarkably active, both physically and mentally, and his decline into the grave was a most happy close to a well-spent life."7 
Birth*16 April 1779He was born on 16 April 1779 at VirginiaG.7,8 
Marriage*say 1807He married Nancy _____ say 1807.9 
28 August 1850He appeared on the census of 28 August 1850 in the household of John G Barry and Mary Z _____ at Nashville, Davidson Co., TennesseeG, age 66, b. VA, printer.10 
30 July 1860He appeared on the census of 30 July 1860 in the household of Richard Henry Barry and Elizabeth J Haynes at 10th Civil Dist., Davidson Co., TennesseeG, age 78, b. TN, printer.11 
16 August 1860He appeared on the census of 16 August 1860 at 3rd Ward, Nashville, Davidson Co., TennesseeG.12 
20 June 1870He appeared on the census of 20 June 1870 in the household of Richard Henry Barry and Elizabeth J Haynes at 10th Ward, Nashville, Davidson Co., TennesseeG, age 90, b. VA, at home.13 
Death*23 November 1874He died on 23 November 1874 at 2825 Thomas Street, St. Louis, Missouri, at age 95.7

Citations

  1. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S520] VWH.
  3. [S1905] Republican Banner, Nashville, Tennessee.
  4. [S1906] Clarksville Chronicle, Clarksville, Tennessee.
  5. [S1907] Nashville Union and American, Nashville, Tennessee.
  6. [S1908] Vicksburg Whig, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  7. [S1887] The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee. Tuesday, 1 Dec 1874, p. 3, from the St. Louis Democrat. "The Oldest Typo," report on the death of William L Barry. Viewed online Newspapers.com.
  8. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. B. VA (but b. TN in 1860 census).
  9. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  10. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. John G (65), b. VA, printer; Mary Z (54), b. SC.
  11. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Richard (38), b. TN, printer; Elizabeth (36), b. TN.
  12. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. William L (80), b. VA, printer. Apparently a hotel or rooming house as others named include a planter, a civil engineer, a physician, a clerk and a servant.
  13. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. R H (51), b. TN, printer.
  14. [S1887] The Tennessean.
  15. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. in household of Richard Barry in 1860 and 1870.