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 BARKER. BARRETT. 39 the wishes of the spoilsmen. It was in this fight that Mr. Flanaghan of Texas asked in all innocence his since famous question, " What are we here for if not for spoils ? " As a judge, at nisi prius, he has made an admirable record, and his rulings have had their full share of success upon appeal. BARKER, WILLIAM, JR., son of Wil- liam and Susannah (Potter) Barker, was born in Dartmouth, Bristol county, De- cember 25, 1820. Availing himself of the advantages of the public schools, he finished his scho- lastic training at the Friends' Boarding School, Providence, R. I. From the age of sixteen he was employed for four years as an apprentice in the tan- ning, currying and shoe business ; then worked at the shoe business till the year 185 1. That year he was chosen clerk, treas- urer and collector of taxes for the town of Dartmouth. He held these offices for six- teen consecutive years. In 1852 he was ap- pointed justice of the peace and deputy sheriff. The latter office he has held twenty-five years. His occupation at pres- ent is varied: he is employed as auctioneer and appraiser ; engaged in settling estates, or as justice of the peace, and is also inter- ested in farming. Mr. Barker is a Republican in politics, and was chosen to serve his representative district in the Legislature of 1868, '70 and '71. He was a member of the state Senate in 1882. His residence is North Dartmouth. Mr. Barker was married in Fairhaven, September 22, 1842, to Mary, daugh- ter of Caleb and Hannah M. N. (Davis) Slade. Of this union is one child, Mary E. Barker, now wife of Captain Alden T. Pot- ter of Dartmouth. BARNARD, LEWIS, son of Captain Lewis and Bathsheba (Lovell) Barnard was born in Worcester, May 15, 1 8 1 6. After the usual preliminary education, he passed through the high school in Temple- ton, and the Leicester Academy, and when twenty-three years old began business in Springfield, where he remained till 1842. In 1847 he returned to Worcester, where he has since remained, being successively connected with H. H. Chamberlain, (leorge Sumner, and Otis E. Putnam, in the dry goods business. During his residence in Worcester he has been on the board of aldermen for live years, and was in the House of Represen- tatives from 1870 to 1S73, acting upon the railroad committee in 1872, and as chair- man of the insurance committee in 1S73. He has been a director in the City Bank since 1855, and was a director in the Bay State Fire Insurance Company during its existence. For five years he was a direc- tor 111 the Manufacturers' Insurance Com- pany, a trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank for eight years, and a director in the Boston, Barre & Gardner R. R. for six years. During sixty years he has been inti- mately associated with the city of Worces- ter, his only residence away from the city being a short season in Springfield, and two years in Europe, and through the entire period his name has been identified with, and his influence felt in, every progressive movement. LEWIS BARNARD. September 2, 1839, Mr. Barnard married Mary A., daughter of Roland and Annie (Clark) Parkhurst. Their children are : John Clark, Mary Flora and Helen Jose- phine Barnard. BARRETT, LAWRENCE, was born in Boston, April 4, 1838, of Irish parentage, and his earliest connection with the stage was as call-boy in a Pittsburgh theatre. In 1853 he appeared in the "French Spy" at Detroit, Mich., remaining there one year, playing indifferent parts. The