Charles Francis Barnard

Background

Barnard, Charles Francis was born on April 17, 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles and Sarah (Bent) Barnard.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1828, attended Divinity School.

Career

Ordained to ministry Unitarian Church, 1834. Founder Warren Street Chapel (school and church for children), Boston, 1836. Financed greenhouse which eventually became Boston’s Public Gardens.

During Civil War his church used as recruiting center for Union Army.

Centered the attention of his church on underprivileged children in Boston, tried to feed and educate them.

Achievements

• Charles Francis Barnard has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Adeline M. Russell, May 1834. Married second, Sarah Holmes, January 1837.

Father:

Charles Barnard

Mother:

Sarah (Bent) Barnard

Spouse:

Adeline M. Russell

Spouse:

Sarah Holmes