Young Men's Christian Association

Armistead Mason Barry 1895-1932+ (b. 1854 Woodford Co., KY - d. 1945 Nashville, TN), son of Andrew Jackson Barry (b. 1835 Mason Co., KY - d. 1866 KY) & Portia Hopkins Stribling Barry (b. 1829 Frederick Co., VA - d. 1909 Santa Barbara Co., CA).

He was the founding correspondent for the Columbus Meeting Room in Kentucky, a Tunbridge Wells (TW) exclusive assembly founded in 1895. As per his obit accessible via FindAGrave and Bloomington-Normal YMCA, as a young man, he was one of the charter members of one of the earliest YMCA chapters in the U.S., in Bloomington, Illinois, started in 1855.