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 HEI'.RINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Barrett, Joseph Hartwell, journalist, statesman, author was born April 15, 1824, in Ludlow, Vt. In 1845 he graduated from the Middlebury college. In 1851-53 he served as a representative in the

Vermont

state legislature; in 1853-54 he was secretary of the Vermont state senate

and

1861-68

in

was

commissioner of pensions. In 1857-61 he was editor of the Cincinnati Gazette; and

Barrett,

Barrett, Lawrence, soldier, actor, author, 4, 1838, in Paterson, N.J. His first appearance was in 1853. On the outbreak of the civil war ^.ii^BSallL. in 1861, he accepted a captaincy in the

was born April

F

twenty-eighth regiment Massachusetts infantry and served with distinction.

Afterward

he acted

.at

phia,

Washington,

at

Philadel-

and then at the Winter Garden in New York City where he was engaged by Mr. Booth to play Othello to his lago. He was one of the most popular actors of the country. He was the author of a Life of Edwin Forrest. 1891, in

New York

He

died

March

30,

City.

Barrett, Luther Gustavus, clergyman, educollege president, was bom Dec. 5, 1838, in Watertown, Mass. He received his education at Harvard college; and at Newton theological institution. He has held pastorates in various cities of the United States. He has been professor in Shaw university of Raleigh, N.C.; and is now president of Jackson college of Mississippi. cator,

Barrett, Otis Warren, botanist, entomologist, author, was bom April 18, 1872, in Clarendon, Vt. He was educated at the university of Vermont. Since 1901 he has been

entomologist and botanist in the Porto Rico agricultural experiment station. He is the author of The Changa or Mole Cricket in Porto Rico; The Yautias or Taniers of Porto Rico; and other works. Barrett, Reginald, organist, composer, was Jan. 12, 1861, in London, England. He was the composer of The Lights Beyond;

bom

The Holy Gates; Round the Year; and The Song of the Jester.

was

gadier-general of volunteers. Barrett, Richard Cornelius, educator, author, was born Oct. 1, 1858, in Waverly, Iowa. In 1895 he received the degree of A.M. from Cornell college of Iowa; and in 1904 received the degree of LL.B. from Drake university. Since 1879 he

has been engaged in educational work; and for twelve years county superintendent of

Chronicle

Cincinnati

soldier,

New

York. In 1862 he became captain in the ninth regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted bri-

born in

and was editor of the and Times in 1868-79. He has contributed to reviews and other periodicals from 1846 to the present time. He is the author of Biography of Abraham Lincoln.

Theodore Harvey,

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Mitchell county, Iowa. In 1898-1903 inclusive he was state superintendent of public instruction of Iowa; in 1895 was president of the Iowa state teachediers' association; and in 1893-98 was also tor of the Iowa Teacher. He was elected professor of civics in Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanic arts in '1904. In 1907 he traveled throughout Europe studying educational and governmental systems. He issued the Iowa Biennial Reports for of 1898, 1901 and 1903; and is the author The Government of Iowa. Barrett, Wallace W., soldier,

was bom

in

York. In 1861 he became captain in the forty-fourth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died July 1, 1879 in Michigan.

New

Barrett, William E., journalist, congressman, was born on Dec. 29, 1850, in Melrose, Alass. In 1888 he became chief proprietor and manager of the Boston Daily Advertiser and the Boston Evening Record. He was a mem-

ber of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1887-92; and a candidate for congress in 1893. In 1895-99 he was a representative to the fifty -fourth and fifty -fifth congresses. He became publisher of the Boston Daily Advertiser. He died in 1906 in Melrose, Mass. Barricklow, Joseph P., soldier, lawyer statesman, was born Feb. 7, 1867, in Rising Sun. Ind. In 1871 he moved to Areola, 111.

there practiced law until 1899; when he moved to Spokane, Wash., and there attained the front rank in his profession of law. In 1895-97 he served as a member of the thirty-ninth and fortieth general as-

He

semblies of the Illinois state legislature. He returned to Areola, 111.; and in 1898-99 saw active service in Cuba, as captain in the fourth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry, commanding company A. Barringer, Daniel L., lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1788, in Mecklenburg county, N.C. He served in the state legislature of North Carolina in 1813 and in 1819-32. In 1825-35 he was a representative from