George C. Barrett
George C. Barrett | |
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Born | George Carter Barrett July 28, 1838 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | June 7, 1906 Saratoga, New York | (aged 67)
Burial place | Woodlawn Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, judge |
Spouse |
Gertrude F. Vingut (m. 1866) |
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George Carter Barrett (July 28, 1838 – June 7, 1906) was an Irish-American lawyer and judge from New York.
Life
Barrett was born on July 28, 1838, in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of English Rev. Gilbert Carter Barrett of the Church of England and Irish Jane M. Brown.[1]
In 1847, after his mother's death, Barrett moved to Canada with his father, who was assigned a missionary among the Muncey, and they settled in the Thames River. His father lost his voice to a cold shortly afterwards, and as he became proficient in the Muncey language he translated and read his father's writings to the people. He developed close ties with an old chief, who for many years would send him presents for Christmas.[2] He also attended school in London, Ontario.[3]
After his father finished his missionary activities, Barrett immigrated to America and moved to
Barrett was president of the Young Men's Municipal Reform Association while they were fighting the
In 1871, Barrett was elected Justice of the
Barrett was a founder of the New York City Bar Association.[2] He was a member of the Century Club, the Metropolitan Club, the Manhattan Club, and the Mendelssohn Glee Club. In 1866, he married Gertrude F. Vingut, widow of Professor Francisco Javier Vingut and daughter of writer and poet Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. They had a daughter, Angela Carter Barrett, who was dead by 1900.[1]
Barrett died of tuberculosis in his summer cottage in Saratoga on June 7, 1906.[8] He was cremated in Fresh Pond,[9] and the ashes were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b Harrison, Mitchell C. (1900). New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men. Vol. I. New York, N.Y.: New-York Tribune. pp. 27–28 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c Association of the Bar of the City of New York: Annual Reports and Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Names of Officers, Committees, and Members. New York, N.Y.: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1907. pp. 122–132 – via Google Books.
- ^ History of the Bench and Bar of New York. Vol. II. New York, N.Y.: New York History Company. 1897. pp. 36–37 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "George C. Barrett". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- ^ "Judge Barrett". Harper's Weekly. XXXIV (1738): 292. April 12, 1890 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brooks, James Wilton (1896). History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York. New York, N.Y.: subscription. pp. 97–98 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brown, John Howard, ed. (1897). The Cyclopaedia of American Biographies. Vol. I. Boston, M.A.: The Cyclopaedia Publishing Company. p. 202 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ex-Justice Barrett Dies in Saratoga". The New York Times. Vol. LV, no. 17667. New York, N.Y. June 8, 1906. p. 9 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Honor Ex-Justice Barrett". The New York Times. Vol. LV, no. 17671. New York, N.Y. June 12, 1906. p. 9 – via Internet Archive.