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Capt David Mitchell Barrett

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Birth	:	27 Oct 1829 Highland County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	8 Oct 1909 Highland County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.2140600, -83.6035400
Description	:	Ohio Marriages Name: David M. Barrett Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Sep 1855 Event Place: Allen, Ohio, United States Spouse's Name: Sally A. Weyer Reference ID: p135 625 , GS Film Number: 901413 , Digital Folder Number: 004017072 , Image Number: 00136 American Civil War Soldiers Name: David Barrett Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 21 August 1862 at the age of 33. Commission in Company I, 89th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 Aug 1862. Mustered Out Company I, 89th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 15 May 1865. Sources: 17,188... Read More	Ohio Marriages Name: David M. Barrett Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Sep 1855 Event Place: Allen, Ohio, United States Spouse's Name: Sally A. Weyer Reference ID: p135 625 , GS Film Number: 901413 , Digital Folder Number: 004017072 , Image Number: 00136 American Civil War Soldiers Name: David Barrett Enlistment Date: 21 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Ohio Service Record: Enlisted as a Captain on 21 August 1862 at the age of 33. Commission in Company I, 89th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 26 Aug 1862. Mustered Out Company I, 89th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 15 May 1865. Sources: 17,188 Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Name: David M. Barrett State Filed: Ohio Widow: Anna B. Barrett "The Hillsboro Gazette", Hillsboro, Ohio 11/14/1902 Capt. D. M. Barrett and daughter, Miss Jessie of Hillsboro, are visiting the family of James Davis. Ohio Marriages Name: D.M. Barrett Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 18 Jun 1904 Event Place: Highland, Ohio, United States Age: 74 Birth Year (Estimated): 1830 Birthplace: Paint Township Father's Name: Richard L. Barrett Mother's Name: Sarah D. Mitchell Spouse's Name: Emma B. Fletcher Spouse's Age: 40 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1864 Spouse's Birthplace: Barretts Mills, Highland, Ohio Spouse's Father's Name: T.R. Fletcher Spouse's Mother's Name: Susan Plummun Reference ID: cn 6788 p 210 , GS Film Number: 2129843 , Digital Folder Number: 004254778 , Image Number: 00139 "The News Herald" Hillsboro, Ohio June 23, 1904 Rainsboro - It is currently reported that Capt. D. M. Barrett of Hillsboro and Miss Anna Fletcher of this place,were quietly married at Bainbridge on Saturday evening and left immediately for the World's Fair. Ohio, Deaths Name: David M Barrett Event Type: Death Event Date: 08 Oct 1909 Event Place: Paint Twp, Highland, Ohio Gender: Male Age: 79 Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Farmer Birth Date: 29 Nov 1829 Birthplace: Highland Co, Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1830 Burial Date: 11 Oct 1909 Burial Place: Hillsboro, O Father's Name: Richard Barrett Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Sarah Barrett File Number: fn 51923 , GS Film number: 1927187 , Digital Folder Number: 004020914 , Image Number: 01601 CAPT. DAVID M. BARRETT, commander of a company in the famous Eighty-ninth Ohio regiment during the civil war and quite prominent for years in politics and business, is descended from one of those sturdy pioneer families which were identified with Highland in the first years of its existence as a county. The founder was Richard Barrett who brought his family in wagons from their old home near Winchester, Va., to the Ohio and down that river on flat boats and again overland by team until they arrived in the confines of Highland county in 1807. He located in Paint township where he bought 150 acres of land at $8.00 per acre, manufactured the necessary material and built the brick house which is still standing on the place as one of the landmarks of "ye olden times." Richard Barrett was a member of the Society of Friends, that historic organization which became famous as the advocate of peace and brotherly love and the uncompromising foe of slavery. He was conspicuous as one of the workers in the Quaker community of Highland county, helped erected a building for worship and was one of the most influential leaders of his people. His death occurred Mar. 20, 1844, at the age of eighty-three, and that of his wife June 6, 1833, at the age of seventy-one years. The names and dates of birth of their children are thus recorded in the family Bible: Rebekah, 1778, Eleanora, 1779; Lydia, 1791; Phebe, 1793; Sarah, 1796; Rachel, 1798; Sydney, 1800; Amy, 1802; Richard L., 1805. The latter who was born in Virginia, was about two years old when the family arrived at their Ohio home. In early manhood he married Sarah D. Mitchell, a native of Kentucky, whose parents had settled in the neighborhood of the Barretts in Paint township. Her father, David Mitchell, served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Richard L. and Sarah D. Barrett had seven children, of whom Maria, Rosana, Eleanora and Sarah J. are dead. The three living are David M., Elizabeth A., widow of Andrew Platter, and Richard C., who lives in Clinton county, Ohio. The second wife of Richard J. Barrett was Mary J. Wiley, by whom he had six children: Henry C., the eldest, enlisted in the Twelfth regiment Ohio cavalry and was killed in the service; Lydia married William Wyer and died afterward; John is a resident of Paint township; Emma is the wife of A. B. Milner; Mary, is now Mrs. Merton Wallace of Liberty township; Edmund is a resident of Missouri. The father of these children died at his home in Paint township Nov. 23, 1877, in his seventy-second year. David M. Barrett, who was the third of the first family of children, was born in Paint township, Highland county, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1829. He was reared on the old homestead and remained there engaged in stock-dealing until his marriage to Sally A. Weyer, which occurred Sept. 25, 1855. The next three years were devoted to the management of a store at New Petersburg and in the spring of 1858 he purchased the mill property on the Rocky fork of Paint creek with which his name was so long associated. These mills, the first in Highland county, were built by Jesse Baldwin on Factory branch of Rocky fork in 1805 or 1806 and proved to be an extensive and successful undertaking. The plant comprised not only a sawmill and grist-mill, but a carding and fulling mill and, after 1820, a woolen mill. Later, MR. Baldwin abandoned the old structures and built another below the mouth of the branch on Rocky fork, where he present mills are. Subsequently the property passed into the ownership of Dr. Boyd, who enlarged and improved the saw- and grist-mills. Dr. Boyd gave them to his son, J. Milton Boyd, who sold them to Captain Barrett, who in the year 1860 tore down the old buildings and erected much better ones in their place. He remained in charge of the woolen mills, which manufactured a superior article of cloth, for more than thirty-six years. In 1862, he raised a company of soldiers for the Union army of which he was elected captain and which subsequently became part of the Eighty-ninth regiment of Ohio volunteer infantry. The first great battle in which Capt. David M. Barrett took part as commander of Company I, was the famous engagement at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. During the afternoon of the 20th, the Eighty-ninth went into the hottest of the fight; and, with the Twenty-first Ohio and Twenty-second Michigan, held its position against fearful odds until dark, when they were surrounded and all captured. Captain Barrett was now in for a round of experiences in those awful dens of starvation and torture called the "Southern prison pens." He was first taken to the notorious Libby prison at Richmond, Va., where he was held about eight months, and subsequently spent more or less time for several months at Danville, August, Macon, Charleston and Columbia. While at Charlotte, N. C., he and two companions bribed a sentinel and escaped from prison, but after five weeks were taken sick and recaptured. Captain Barrett's terms in prison at different places amounted in all to eighteen months and during much of the time he was subjected to hunger, filth and every privation calculated to make life miserable. At the close of the war he was released and returned home, where he resumed his industrious and busy life as miller, manufacturer, farmer, stockraiser and general man of affairs. In fact few men had so many "irons in the fire" as Captain Barrett, but he has managed to keep everything going and in all his multifarious activities has discharged the obligations with credit to himself and satisfaction to others. In 1865 he was elected representative from Highland county in the state legislature, was again elected in 1883 and re-elected in 1885. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the board of state asylum trustees at Athens, and served as president of the board until he resigned. In 1889 he was a member of the state board of equalization, and during the following year was superintendent of the Boys' Industrial school, which position he resumed in 1893, and held for eight years. He served three years as township assessor and was member of the board of education for about twenty years. He also held the position of township clerk. Captain Barrett has been connected with the Masonic fraternity since 1850 and holds membership in Hillsboro lodge, No. 58. He is a member of the Loyal Legion and one of the most honored comrades of Trimble post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is commander. Captain Barrett has for many years been extensively engaged in the live stock industry and owns at present seven hundred acres of land, his holdings formerly amounting to one thousand acres. He has eight children: Cora M., wife of J. B. Davis; Richard B., in the federal service at Cincinnati, O.; Horace M., in charge of his father's mill; Morgan, manager of a mill at Bainbridge; Newton R., in charge of the farm; Sarah N., wife of J. A. Head of Hillsboro; Jesse C. and Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Smith of Denver, Colorado. Captain Barrett is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has held various official positions in connection therewith. Sally A., the wife of Capt. Barrett, died July 21st, 1901. Source #1 - History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 - Page 235 Rainsboro's Barrett's Mill The foundations of Barrett's Mill and adjoining covered bridge are all that remain today. In 1980 both the mill and bridge fell victim to an arsonist. The history of a mill at this location, however, goes back into the early 19th century. According to Paul Barrett, who still resides in the Barrett home place, a mill was built in the 1820s but burned in the 1850s. An ancestor of his, Captain David Barrett, replaced the original mill in the 1860s and it remained in operation for many decades. In the 1960s the mill was purchased by Jack Hope and opened as a tourist attraction in 1968 through 1970. An economic downturn in 1970 forced its closure. In the mid-1970s the mill reopened briefly but was closed for five years prior to the 1980 fire. The Barrett family also ran a woolen mill about a quarter mile down Barrett Mill Road along Factory Branch Creek. This building was torn down many years ago but in the early 20th century a Doctor Boyd used it as a hospital for treating area victims of a world-wide flu epidemic that killed 660,000 Americans.

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Capt David Mitchell Barrett's memorial is located at: Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Highland County, USA.
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Capt David Mitchell Barrett death on 8 Oct 1909 in Highland County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.2140600
Longitude: -83.6035400

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Sarah Ann “Sallie” Weyer Barrett

(1828 - 1901)

Siblings

Rosannah Barrett Fairley

(1828 - 1878)

Elizabeth Ann Barrett Platter

(1837 - 1923)

Edgar L. Barrett

(1858 - 1922)

Children

Richard B Barrett

(1857 - 1927)

Jessie C. Barrett

(1857 - 1928)

Horace Mann Barrett

(1859 - 1929)

Sarah Nanetta “Etta” Barrett Head

(1868 - 1936)

Elizabeth Barrett Smith

(1874 - 1936)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hillsboro Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2140600, -83.6035400

2. Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2118988, -83.6108017

3. Norman V. Statzer Memorial Garden
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2046190, -83.6103330

4. Mitchell Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2166250, -83.6253960

5. Liming Family Farm Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1980130, -83.5947130

6. Fenner Cemetery #3
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2350006, -83.6389008

7. Fenner Cemetery #2
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2383003, -83.6477966

8. Fenner Cemetery #1
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1986008, -83.6549988

9. Little Rock Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2532170, -83.5796680

10. Resthaven Memory Gardens
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2574880, -83.5999450

11. Strain Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2103004, -83.6628036

12. Creek Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2016983, -83.5453033

13. Hansbrough Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2543983, -83.5693970

14. Zink Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2463989, -83.6500015

15. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1658983, -83.6274208

16. Chapman Cemetery
Hillsboro, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1741982, -83.6496964

17. Kelley Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1596985, -83.5892029

18. Highland County Infirmary Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1820100, -83.5432520

19. Glascock Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1613998, -83.6408005

20. Duckwall Cemetery
Hoagland, Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2131192, -83.6835334

21. Ambrose Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1781006, -83.6710968

22. Fall Creek Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2594660, -83.5458280

23. Hightop Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2831001, -83.6031036

24. New Light Cemetery
Highland County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2106018, -83.5102997