included in this one minute video are pictures of Annie Barthel, John Barry, and the house John built for his family. In 1894 my grandmother, Ruth (Annie's first child) was born. She had two sisters: Mable and Alvina, and one brother: Erwin, who was always called "Brother" by my grandmother and her sisters.
When my grandmother Ruth married she still lived with her family so my mother was also born in the Barry house. It has since been torn down, probably to make way for some hamburger stand or something.
Also in this slideshow you will see a picture of Barry's mill from the distance and another photo of the owners with their dark-skinned workers standing behind them. The man seated third from the left is John Barry, my great-grandfather
John and a partner named Montgomery became developers in Clarksville, and published a paper that praised their town for its banks, churches, schools and businesses. The paper claimed that there was not a saloon in the county. (Red River County on the Oklahoma line.)
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