Biographies from The History of Columbia County,
Wisconsin, 1880 


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From The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880,
publ. by Western Historical Company, Chicago, Page
946-947

WILLIAM BARRY, carpenter and farmer, Sec. 6; P.O.
Portage City; born May 15, 1821, in Paisley, Scotland;
son of John and Jane BARRY; came to America in 1841,
and lived in the city of New York fourteen years;
learned the carpenter's trade in New York, and
followed it while living there.  Was married in New
York in the fall of 1846 to Isabella SMITH, who was
born July 9, 1830, in McDuff, Banffshire, Scotland;
daughter of William SMITH, who came to America in
1839, and settled in New York; came to Wisconsin when
60 years of age, and died Sept. 1, 1879, aged 87
years; her mother, whose maiden name was Margaret
McINTOSH, died March 27, 1866, aged 73.  Mr. BARRY
went to Washington in the spring of 1847, and worked
on the Smithsonian Institution three years, then
returned to New York, and in June 1855, came to
Wisconsin and settled in the town of Buffalo,
Marquette Co.; lived there five years, then went to
Portage City and worked at his trade there till the
spring of 1864, then bought his present farm and has
since resided on it; has three children - Angus (lives
in Plattsmouth, Neb., married to Mary HELEY, of
Marcellon), John and Henry (both at home).  Mr. BARRY
is Supervisor, now on his second term, and has been
Clerk of the School District three years, and is a
Republican; was in the Quartermaster's Department ten
months, at Helena, Ark.; in Gen. Buford's command
during the last of the war.  While in Portage he
worked for Alexander CARNAGIE, and was employed on the
court house and jail, high-school building and Fox
House.  Has 140 acres of land.  Mrs. BARRY is a member
of the Baptist Church.

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ISAAC BEACH, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Marcellon; born
April 9, 1835, in Saratoga Co., N.Y.; son of Nathan
and Sarah BEACH, who came to Wisconsin in 1846; lived
one year in Walworth Co.; then came to Columbia Co. in
the spring of 1847; settled in Marcellon, and started
the first blacksmith-shop in the town.  Mr. BEACH was
married March 18, 1856, to Clarissa LIPE, who was born
Feb. 22, 1835, in the State of New York; daughter of
Abram LIPE, a native of New York State; her mother was
a native of Vermont; maiden name, Clarissa RICHMOND;
they came to Wisconsin in 1854, and settled in
Marcellon; he died July 20, 1871, aged 64 years, and
Mrs. LIPE died Aug. 21, 1867, aged 58; in the fall of
1872, Mr. BEACH went to California, and spent about
six months visiting friends and looking over the
country; his father, three brothers and one sister,
are living in that State, and one brother, Frank, is
railroading in Oregon; his brother, Cormi, lives in
Oakland; Tyler and his father at San Jose, and Geo.
D., in San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. BEACH have had two
children, and lost both of them - Maria was born April
22, 1859, in Marcellon, and died in January 1868;
Roland was born Oct. 31, 1866, and died in January
1872.  Mr. BEACH is a Republican, and has held the
office of Supervisor one term; has 360 acres of land.

JOHN CAMPBELL, farmer, Sec. 1 and 2; P.O. Portage;
born Jan. 29, 1848, in Dane Co., Wis.; son of John
CAMPBELL, who died when John was only about 1 year
old; his mother afterward married John BRYAN, of
Portage City, and went to Iowa; lived there seven
years; then came back to Cross Plains, Dane Co., Wis.,
and for the last eleven or twelve years has lived in
Portage.  John was married Aug. 5, 1875, to Jane
SMITH, who was born March 16, 1850, in New York City;
she was a daughter of Daniel SMITH, who came to
Wisconsin with his family in 1855, and was killed in
January, 1864, in Chicago, by a boiler explosion; her
mother is still living in the town of Buffalo,
Marquette Co.  Mr. and Mrs. CAMPBELL have two children
- John, born Dec. 20, 1876, and Nina Belle, born Nov.
4, 1877.  Has 80 acres of land; is a Republican.

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