Notes for Andrew Albert Barrett: Biographical Sketch in Biographical Record of Jasper County Missouri; Page 360-361
"A.A. Barrett was born in Addison County, Vermont, in 1842, a son of John H. and Salona (Angier) Barrett. The father was born in New Hampshire, and after farming for some time in Vermont removed to Tazewell county, Illinois about 1857. From there he went to Woodford county, Illinois, thence to Normal, that state, and afterward to Oklahoma Territory, where he died at about the age of eighty years. The immediate family of Barrett of which he was a representative, is of English extraction. Salona Angier was born and reared in New Hampshire, and died at about the age of forty-eight years. She, too, was of English descent. She bore her husband two children, of whom A.A. was the elder. When the family removed to Tazewell county, Illinois, the subject of this sketch was about fifteen years of age. He had already acquired a considerable education in Vermont, and he finished his studies at Metamora, Woodford county, Illinois. In 1861, when he was nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company B, Fremonts body guard, with which he served four months until General Fremont was superseded. Returning to Illinois, he farmed in Madison county until 1866, when he removed to Neosho county, Kansas, whence he went to Newton county, Missouri, locating on a farm about four miles south of the present site of Joplin, there being no town at that point in time. There he remained twelve years, and removed thence to Jasper county, located on section 14, Jasper township, where he successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising, and where he lived until he removed to his present farm. He still owns the original farm in Jasper township, and by subsequent purchases has come to be the proprietor of nine hundred and sixty acres of good land, on which he has seven residences. He is also the owner of real estate at Joplin and of valuable mining property in Colorado. At one time he was an extensive stock raiser, but he now gives his attention principally to buying and shipping hay, which he bales. He handles many carloads annually, being the heaviest dealer in this product in the vicinity. Mr. Barrett has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Martha E. Johnson, and they were married in Illinois. She bore him three sons named Charles W, Frank F., and John H. Barrett. His present wife was Miss Myrtle Gould. Politically Mr. Barrett is a staunch Republican. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has voted for every Republican candidate for the presidency since that time. He takes just pride in the fact that he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
More About Andrew Albert Barrett: Burial: Unknown, Nashville, Missouri.
Andrew Albert Barrett (b. February 18, 1842, d. March 15, 1917)
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