Alfred Constantine Barry (1815 – 1888) was an American

United States

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 educator, politician, and Universalist

Universalist Church of America

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 minister from Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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Born in Walton, New York

Walton (village), New York

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, Barry was ordained an Universalist minister in 1836. After pastoring churches in New York

New York

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 and Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin

Racine, Wisconsin

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, where he started a temperance magazine. He was supervisor of the public schools in Racine 1849-1853 and in 1855 was appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin

Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin

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 serving until 1858. During the American Civil War

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, he served as military chaplain. In 1864, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly

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