Clarke County GaArchives Biographies.....Barnett, John William 1868 - living in 1923
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Author: H. J. Rowe

JOHN WILLIAM BARNETT

   John William Barnett, city engineer of Athens, Ga., was born in Oglethorpe
County, Georgia, August 17, 1868, son of Benjamin Harrison Barnett and Irene
Yancey Barnett. He received his elementary education in the common schools,
entered the University of Georgia, and was graduatd with the Engineering degree
in the class of 1889.

   Mr. Barnett has been engaged in the practice of his profession with marked
success since graduation. For thirty years he has been engineer of the city of
Athens, Ga., and in addition thereto has acted as consulting engineer for a
number of engineering projects, including paving, waterworks and sewerage
construction, and the design of a number of buildings of considerable magnitude.
He has acted as consulting engineer for the United States government in sewage
and drainage systems for Hot Springs, Ark. During the World War he was Chief
Engineer for Fuel Conservation for the State of Georgia.

   He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

   February 19, 1891, Mr. Barnett was united in marriage with Miss India Hunter.
Their daughters are Mrs. Artie Small and Mrs. Sterling Hubbard, both of Atlanta,
Ga.

   Mr. Barnett's residence address is 340 Milledge Avenue, Athens, Ga.


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From:

HISTORY OF ATHENS and CLARKE COUNTY
1923

H. J. ROWE, Publisher

THE McGREGOR CO., PRINTERS, ATHENS, GA.




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