Background
Barrett, Joseph Hartwell was born on April 15, 1824 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of Edward and Abi (Bassett) Barrett.
Barrett, Joseph Hartwell was born on April 15, 1824 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of Edward and Abi (Bassett) Barrett.
Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, 1845, Master of Arts, 1848. Read law with Horatio Seymour and admitted to Vermont bar, 1851. (Doctor of Laws, Howard, 1903).
Editor Middlebury Galaxy, 1848. Member Vermont House of Representatives, 1851-1852. Secretary Vermont Senate, 1853-1854.
Removed to Cincinnati, 1857.
Political editor Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1857-1861. United States commissioner of pensions, 1861-1868.
Editor Cincinnati Daily Chronicle and Times, 1868-1879. Delaware Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1860, and member of platform committee for Ohio.
Author: Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1860, 1864, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, 1904. Home: Loveland, O.
Member Vt; member of platform committee
Married Harriet Whiting Lowell, March 31, 1853.