Mrs. Ulrich had been an earnest worker in many of Springfield's charitable enterprises. For the last three years she had been a director in the Home for the Friendless, in which position she spent much effort toward the prosperity of the institution. She was a member of the Shakespeare club and was a prominent factor in all its proceedings. Mrs. Ulrich was a woman of considerable talent and charm of personality. Beside her club and institution affiliations she was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
Born in Newport, Ky., Mrs. Ulrich lived in the south until after the close of the war of the rebellion. She was a daughter of Andrew Jackson and Portia Barry, and a granddaughter of William T. Barry, postmaster general under President Andrew Jackson.
Miss Barry came to this city with her mother and aunt and left Springfield later to reside for a time at Normal, returning here again. On April 30, 1881, she was married to A. L. Ulrich. The couple went to Chicago, remaining there until the spring of 1887. For ten years after that date they lived at Rice Lake, Wisconsin. in 1898 they came to Springfield again and since had made this city their home.
Mrs. Ulrich is survived by her husband; two sons, Barry Stribling and Edward von R. Ulrich; one daughter, Miss Portia Margaret Ulrich; her mother, Mrs. Portia Barry; one sister, Mrs. K. M. Lebaron; and two brothers, Armistead Mason Barry and Dr. William Taylor Barry.
IL State Journal, Springfield, Il 7-10-1902
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note: her husband Augustus L. Ulrich has a large monument in Block 10 but he is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Ulrich had been an earnest worker in many of Springfield's charitable enterprises. For the last three years she had been a director in the Home for the Friendless, in which position she spent much effort toward the prosperity of the institution. She was a member of the Shakespeare club and was a prominent factor in all its proceedings. Mrs. Ulrich was a woman of considerable talent and charm of personality. Beside her club and institution affiliations she was a member of the First Presbyterian church.
Born in Newport, Ky., Mrs. Ulrich lived in the south until after the close of the war of the rebellion. She was a daughter of Andrew Jackson and Portia Barry, and a granddaughter of William T. Barry, postmaster general under President Andrew Jackson.
Miss Barry came to this city with her mother and aunt and left Springfield later to reside for a time at Normal, returning here again. On April 30, 1881, she was married to A. L. Ulrich. The couple went to Chicago, remaining there until the spring of 1887. For ten years after that date they lived at Rice Lake, Wisconsin. in 1898 they came to Springfield again and since had made this city their home.
Mrs. Ulrich is survived by her husband; two sons, Barry Stribling and Edward von R. Ulrich; one daughter, Miss Portia Margaret Ulrich; her mother, Mrs. Portia Barry; one sister, Mrs. K. M. Lebaron; and two brothers, Armistead Mason Barry and Dr. William Taylor Barry.
IL State Journal, Springfield, Il 7-10-1902
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note: her husband Augustus L. Ulrich has a large monument in Block 10 but he is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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