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'''John Alexander Barry''' (
==Biography==
John was a successful merchant in Nova Scotia, carrying on part of the family business started by his father and uncle. He was a member of the [[13th General Assembly of Nova Scotia]] for Shelburne, which ran from 1826
His gained notoriety when an unprecedented [[divorce]] suit was brought by his second wife Eliza Ann Mercein Barry in the 1840s for the custody of her infant daughter, since the court would not have committed her son to her under the law ==References==
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