John Gilpin Barret

Birth Date

1829-08-27

Death Date

1890-05-14

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney and banker. Greensburg, Kentucky, native. Married to Ann E. Rodes Barret. Father of Amanda Barret, Rhodes Barret, and Henrie W. Barret. Graduated from law school at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Cashier of the Louisville Branch of the Southern Bank of Kentucky from 1861 to 1865. Partner in the law firm of Pope & Barret in partnership with Hamilton Pope in Louisville in 1861.

Barret Family Collection, 1877-1926, Special Collections and Archives, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.
"Eminent Citizens Dead," Louisville Courier-Journal, (Louisville, KY), May 15, 1890, p. 6.
"John G. Barret (1825-1890)," Find A Grave, Memorial #76514408, accessed October 20, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76514408/john-g-barret.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1861 (Louisville: Henry Tanner, 1861), 196.
The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1863 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1863), 21.
The Merchants' Bankers' Almanac for 1864 (New York: J. Smith Homans, Jr., Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1864), 19.
KYR-0001-019-0020.

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