The Portland daily press., 1894-01-05
OBITUARY,
Charles L. Barrett.

Charles Il. Barrett.
Mr.. Charles E. Barrett. one of the old
est and most beloved citizens of Port
land, died last evening at the home of
his son, Franklin r. Barrett, ESQ.,, No.
Z Deering street. His death was due to
troubles incident to his great age He
had been failing for number of weeks.
Mr.. Barrett had almost reached his nine
tieth birthday, which was to have oc-
CURED tomorrow That he was the last
surviving corporator of the old Atlantic
d. st. Lawrence railroad, and the oldest
or next to the oldest living graduate of
Bowdoin college, are facts which indi-
cate much as to his life. He was man
of education and culture who occupied
prominent and successful place IN the
world of business.
Mr.. Barrett was born in Mortified,
Mass, the most northerly town of Mass
chusetts. January 6, 1904. His father
was graduate of Harvard College in
the class of 1880. AT the early age of
IA he came to Maine and entered Bow
dom College in the class of 1922 Among
his classmates were Joseph Hale Alb
bolt, afterwards prominent as a profess
sor; James Bell. later the old Wing Unit
ed States Senator from New Hampshire :;
John Appleton, for many years the dis
tinguished Chief Justice of the Maine
Supreme Court; William Smyth, Bow.
doin's celebrated professor of mathemat-
les; David Humphrey Storer, long pro-
fessor of medical jurisprudence in Har-
ward College; Judge Noah Tebbets, of
New Hampshire, and Jabez G. Wood
man, of Portland, most of whom re-
ceived the fatal asterisk in the Bowdoin
general catalogue several years ago.
After graduating, Mr.. Barrett read
law with Woodbury. Storer, and was adj
mitted to Cumberland bar in 1925. He
was probably the oldest member of this
bar But Mr.. Barrett never practised
that profession extensively, preferring a
business life. Portland has seen great
changes since those early days. The
canal boats were then passing to and fro
| on the old canal between Portland and
Bridgton; and one of the first positions
of trust which Mr.. Barrett held was
that of treasurer of the Cumberland and
Oxford canal.
When Portland, in 1916, made her first
memorable effort for railroad connec-
tons, Mr.. Barrett was active in the eff
forts which resulted in the building of
the Atlantic & ST. Lawrence railroad
He was one of the original corporators,
and was its treasurer at the time it was
leased to the Grand Trunk. The office
was practically continued under the title
of accountant, and Mr.. Barrett retained
it until 1888, when he was compelled to
lay aside the duties.
In the monied institutions of Portland
Mr.. Barrett has been prominent For
ten years he was president of the Canal
Bank. He was also president Of the
Bank of Portland. He was also con-
nected with the Savings Institution
Mr.. Barrett never cared much for DO
litical preferment, but in earlier DAYS
was an alderman from Ward 8, in 1915.
1916. 1885, and in 1910 president of the
common council. He was member of
the council in 1889 also.
Early in life, in 1926 Mr.. Barrett mar
ried Miss Eliza Mary Baker, daughter of
Mr.. Joseph Baker, of the firm of Bartol
& Baker, who did business on Fore
street. He and his young wife began
housekeeping in a three-story house of
wood, on the corner where now stands
the Second Parish church. They had
five children, among whom were John
Henry, who died while senior at Yale.
Charles w, who became a railroad engin-
eer; franklin R., prominent citizen of
Portland today; George P. and daugh
ter. A brother, Dr.. John Barrett, was
long a practicing physician in Portland.
Elizabeth p. Peabody
Boston, January elizabeth P. Pea
body died yesterday at her home in Ja-
macia Plain, in her Oath year. She was
one of the advanced educators of the
country. Her sister Sophia married
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the novelist, and
another sister, Mary, became the wife of
Horace Mann.
Union Veteran Legion.
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