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VINNIE
BARRY
Vinnie
Barry has served as assessor and collector of the Imperial Irrigation District
since March 10, 1931, with offices in the Masonic building at El Centro.
She was born in Denmark, Iowa, a daughter of William and Bertha (Edman) Barry. Her father, a native of Ireland, crossed the
Atlantic to the United States when a youth of seventeen years, making his way
to New Orleans, Louisiana. He fought with the Confederate Army in the war between the states. William Barry died in Texas, in the
faith of the Baptist Church, of which he was a devout member. In early manhood
he had married Bertha Edman, who was of Swedish
descent, and they became the parents of three children: Vinnie, of this review;
Charles William, who died in 1929; and Julia Elizabeth Andrews.
Vinnie Barry acquired her early
education in the schools of Iowa and of Texas and attended the University of
Texas during the summer sessions. She arrived in the Imperial Valley on the 11th
of February, 1912. Her present position as assessor and collector of the
Imperial Irrigation District is a very responsible one and her duties in this
connection are most efficiently and faithfully discharged. Miss Barry is a
member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club and numerous other
organizations. Reading and study claim much of her time. She has ever
manifested an active and helpful interest in all projects looking toward the
welfare and advancement of Imeprial (sic) county and
its people and is an attractive, charming woman who enjoys deserved popularity
throughout the community.
Transcribed By:
Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: California
of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Page
176, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Cecelia
M. Setty.
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