Ann Isabella Barry: Appalachian Aristocracy

1797 - 1875 (78 years)

Generation: 1

Ann Isabella Barry was born 22 Jan 1797, Staunton, VA; died 27 Nov 1875, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fort Defiance Augusta Co. VA.

Notes:

City of Ann Arbor, Michigan is named after her.

Bidlack, Russel E. The Story of Ann Allen, Ann Arbor's First Lady, in Washtenaw County Historical Society.

... Ann Isabella Barry McCue Allen was born January 22, 1797. George Washington was still president, though he would give the title over to John Adams in another six weeks. She was born in Staunton, a town in Augusta County, Virginia, on the pike between Lexington and Winchester. Winchester was a famous spot during the Civil War. Seventy-eight years later, on November 27, 1875, Ann died in Augusta County about ten miles from the place she was born. Thomas Barry, her father, was born in 1767 near Londonderry, Ireland. He was not a true Irishman however. The Barry family was French. ...

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=allen&GSfn=ann&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=59146417&df=all&

Ann married Dr. William McCue 20 Jan 1813, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Ann married John ALLEN 07 Jun 1821, Augusta Co. VA. John (son of James ALLEN and Elizabeth TATE) was born 17 May 1790, Augusta Co. VA; died 11 Mar 1851. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2