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F.J. Barrett

Flavius Josepheus Barrett

Full Name: Flavius Josepheus Barrett
Date of birth: October 22, 1835
Date of death: December 27, 1924

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 105 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Henrietta / Clay   Clay, Jack
H 105 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Henrietta / Clay   Clay, Jack
H 46 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1)     Decatur / Wise   Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Lucius J. Barrett, District 46, Cook, Montague, Wise, Jack, Young, Clay, Wichita, Archer, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Hardeman, Knox, and Haskell. Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
26th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henrietta / Clay
Counties in district:
Clay, Jack

Legislatures:
25th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Henrietta / Clay
Counties in district:
Clay, Jack

Legislatures:
11th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Decatur / Wise
Counties in district:
Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

Terms of service notes


(1) Lucius J. Barrett, District 46, Cook, Montague, Wise, Jack, Young, Clay, Wichita, Archer, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Hardeman, Knox, and Haskell. Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Information

  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of father, Thomas (C.) Barrett, pp. 50-51. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
  • BARRETT, FLAVIUS JOSEPHEUS (1835-after 1901). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • "Information of the sad news of the injury of our beloved brother, Capt. F.J. Barrett, coming to our knowledge, this Sunday morning, Oct. 12, 1924." "Resolutions of the First Baptist Church of Vinita, Oklahoma," The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), 10/16/1924, p. 1.
    Obituary, "The Blue and Gray Answer Death Taps: Captain F.J. Barrett and David Meridith Pass Way," The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), 1/1/1925, p. 1. Capt. F.J. Barrett, birth date 10/22/1825 at Giles, Tennessee, death date 12/27/1924. Enlisted in Confederate Army November 1861 and elected Captain of Company B, 15th Texas Cavalry, U.C.V., in April 1862. "In Texas he filled with distinction the offices of Mayor, City Marshal, county school superintendent, member of the state legislature, county judge. He was a representative in the legislature of the Lone Star State two terms. He came to Vinita in 1902 . . . "
    "In Memorium," memorial resolution of First Baptist Church committee dated 1/10/1925, The Craig County Gazette (Vinita, Oklahoma), 1/15/1925, p. 1. Newspapers.com.
  • Biographical sketch, Flavius J. Barrett, pp. 95-96. Born 10/22/1835 in Giles County, Tennessee, married Sophronia Crutchfield 8/18/1865. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

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