Evening star., 1942-04-19

the church. especially before the death
of Mrs Barry in 1911.
Capt. Barry came to this city soon
after the selection Of this locality for
the seat of government After leaving
Ireland he lived in London and on the
continent at Bombay, India. He spent
a few years in New York and Baltimore,
where he had business interests: indeed
for several years after settling here he y
described himself as of New York and
of Baltimore He acquired considerable
property in Carrollsburg and vicinity
among other pieces being lots in square
east of 7o8, extending to the channel of =
the Eastern Branch. between @ and r.
streets southeast, and lot /, square south
of 667, the extreme southernmost lot in
the city. The consideration in the pur-
chase of the latter was $4,000 and q
covenant to build brick building
Mrs Barry died about 1911, leaving
two wills very similar In provision. one
made In August, 1910. and the other in
November, 1911. In these she directs
that her body be buried under the altar
Va NNs khdAy SidASAAs NAbAA AlVA itbnpdAta
James and daughters Ann and Mary:
leaves specific sums to her sisters and to
James D.. David and Robert Barry; $500
to Bishop Carroll: 500 each to Rev. 4
Fathers Plunket. Young. Hurley of Phila-
delphia and Moranville Of Baltimore: =
directs that her picture of the Redeener
be placed in front of the gallery facing
the altar of St. Mary'S; leaves the house
to her husbands nephew, James d.
Barry: $4,000 70 enlarge the church. and
directs that a fund be set apart to
produce $3.50 annually for the priests
officiating there, and 81 900 for weekly
masses for the souls of James, Joanna,
Ann and Mary Barry"
In time the chapel was abandoned,
though the interior is said to have been
fairly well preserved for many years.
though the trapdoor had been removed
by an intruder or desecrator of the dead.
A pair of steps. we are told. led down to
the tomb where the door had been re-
moved and the bones were found floating
In the water, which had seeped through
the walls, or otherwise strewn over the
pavement.
OF Capt. Joseph Johnson. before re-
ferred to, little is known except that he
was born in Bladensburg, Md, from
where he came into the District of CO.
lunbia at about the time he built the
house on Buzzard Point, from which he
had most beautiful outlook uopn the
surrounding waters and the hills beyond
the Eastern Branch, up which an unob-
Structed view, no doubt, could be had
for several miles at least.
When he moved to this city Can't.
johnson was surveyor and farmer and
continued in these occupations for some
time. This was about the year 1900, and
1t was at this time that he bought the
property south of the Capitol. where he
built the old brick residence still stand
ing. At an early date he established
sailboat ferry, and later a steamboat
ferry, between Washington and Alexan-
dria. employing in the service the Joe
johnson, the Essex and the Dandy. He
was one OF the pioneer steamboat cap
tains on the Potomac River and was re-
garded as a charitable man and was Of
much value to the city.
He never permitted his married slaves
to be separated when sold When he
passed away he was buried In the burial
plot adjacent to ST. Peters Church, and
his remains were finally transferred to
Mount Olivet Cemetery, on the Bladens.
burg road, where his epitaph reads:
Here hes an honest man, the noblest
work of God"