Claim: Joseph Osgood Barrett was expelled from the Universalist ministry for his unorthodox beliefs and moved to Madison, Wisconsin in the early 1860s.
Evidence: He was eventually expelled from the Universalist ministry by the Illinois Convention in 1869 for his unorthodox beliefs. In the early 1860s, Barrett moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he became a lecturer, writer, and forestry expert, as well as an editor of the Chicago-based newspaper The Spiritual Republic.