Joseph Hartwell Barrett
Joseph Hartwell Barrett was born on April 15, 1824, in Ludlow, Vermont. He worked as a teacher in New York and New Hampshire. He supported the Whig Party, and he became editor of the Middlebury Galaxy around 1848. He served in the Vermont legislature in the early 1850s. He married Harriet Lowell on March 31, 1853, and their son Arthur was born around 1856. They moved to Cincinnati in the 1850s, and he served as editor of the Cincinnati Gazette from 1857 until 1861.
He became a Republican in the 1850s, and he served as a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. He served as commissioner of pensions from April 15, 1861, until May 1, 1868, under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He later wrote several books about Lincoln’s life and political career. By 1880, he was living in Miami, Ohio. He died in Loveland, Ohio, on April 10, 1910.
Image: Joseph H. Barrett (The Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 April 1910)
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2752) | Barrett, Joseph Hartwell | 1824-04-15 | 1910-04-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (7768) [writer] ~ Joseph H. Barrett to Martha Holliday, 28 June 1867
People - Records: 1
- (2752) Barrett, Joseph Hartwell is the [friend of] (1530) Lincoln, Abraham
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; College Student Lists, 1763-1924, available from Ancestry.com; Joseph H. Barrett Correspondence, Online Archive of California, available from https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83f4v8c
