Ms. Mary Reilly

Ms. Mary Reilly KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR Mary (Reilly) Barnes was the third child of 17 born to William and Kit Reilly. She would help raise at least a dozen of her siblings before she became a local teacher at the Burroughs and Cleveland schools in northern Ashford Township. Mary’s experiences illustrate the importance of a rural upbringing, the necessary path to become a teacher in the