BARRY, E. S., M. D.; St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** E. S. BARRY, M.D., GRAND COTEAU.--Dr. Barry was born in the town in which he resides, in 1853. He is a son of S. J. and Emerite (Guidry) Barry, both natives of Louisiana. They became the parents of six children. S. J. Barry was for twenty-five years a member of the town council, and was one of the prominent citizens of the place. He died in 1882. Mrs. Barry died in 1881. Both were members of the Catholic church. The Doctor had good educational facilities when a boy, having been a student in the best schools in the State from the time when he was old enough to attend school. He is a graduate of the St. Charles College at this place. In 1875 he matriculated in the medical department of what is now the Tulane University, New Orleans, graduating in 1878. He began the practice of his profession during the same year, choosing as his location his native town. The Doctor has succeeded in building up a large practice; and being a hard student, and of the strictest moral integrity, he bids fair to be one of the leading physicians of this section. He has a fine plantation of about one thousand acres of land near Opelousas. He also owns some valuable property in Grand Coteau. He conducts a drug and general mercantile business here in connection with his practice. The Doctor is a liberal contributor to all public enterprises, and takes a lead in any move for the advancement of the community. He was married, in 1882, to Miss Cordelia Arceneaux, daughter of Francois and Amelia (Thibodeaux) Arceneaux. To them have been born four children: Isabella, Sylvester J., Lilian, and Lawrence. Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp. 5-6. Edited by William Henry Perrin. Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing Company.