Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Barrett, C. A. June 21, 1852 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons

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C. A. BARRETT
	Among the representative business men and as one of the leading 
citizens of Umatilla county stands the man whose name initiates this paragraph 
and whose life of excellent achievement in the commercial realms of eastern 
Oregon has been worthy of emulation, while his unsullied reputation and 
intrinsic moral worth are quite commensurate therewith, having displayed 
characteristic uprightness and maintained a high honor throughout his long 
career in this county.
	He was born in Oxford county, Maine on June 21, 1852, to J.S. and 
Elizabeth M. (Barrows) Barrett, natives also of the Pine Tree state. His 
educational training was received in his native place except two years of 
service in the shoe shops of Massachusetts, following which, in 1872, he 
crossed the plains to California, then came to Weston, Umatilla county.  Here 
he engaged for wages with John Adams in wool growing and the horse business, 
continuing there until he acquired sufficient funds to embark in the same 
business for himself.  In the spring of 1883 he sold his sheep, retraining his 
horse business, and took up the hardware and implement business, and to the 
successful prosecution of this he has devoted himself continuously since, 
having at the present time a large and lucrative patronage, which is fully 
merited by his careful business methods and watchfulness for the interests of 
his customers and strict honesty in all his dealings.  In addition to his 
handsome Athena property he has two thousand acres of land, one-half pasture 
and timber land and the balance farmed to wheat. He is also one of the 
incorporators of the First National Bank of Athena, in which town his business 
is carried on, and on the organization of this bank he was elected its first 
president, and held that office two terms and is at the present time director 
of the same.  He was one of the incorporators of the Athena Flouring Mill 
Company and has been either president or vice-president of the company since 
its inception, and is now one of the directors. Twice have the people called 
him to act as chief executive of his home city, and he has frequently served 
as councilman, ever bringing to bear the same wisdom and faithfulness that are 
characteristic of him in all his private operations.   He has also freely 
given his time and talent to the advancement of the interests of the schools 
of the town by acting as director.  Fraternally he is associated with the W. 
of W. and the K. of P. and the K.O.T.M.
	In this county, in November 1877, the marriage of Mr. Barrett and Miss 
Jennie E. Mays was solemnized, and to them have been born two children, Areta 
and Henry A., the latter being in the store with his father and holding the 
position of secretary of the company.  Mr. Barrett is one of the most 
substantial business men of the entire section and has so demeaned himself 
that he has won and retains the confidence and esteem of the entire community.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

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