BIO: Prof. H. J. BARRETT, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 580 & 581.
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  PROF. H. J. BARRETT, principal of the public schools of Curwensville, Pa., and 
a candidate for the office of county superintendent of Clearfield county, Pa., 
is well known as an educator in different sections and enjoys the confidence and 
esteem of the people of this borough to a large degree.  He was born at 
Portsmouth, O., January 7, 1870, and is a son of John H. and Ruby G. Barrett, 
both of whom are deceased.
  H. J. Barrett was educated at Ironton, O., Wooster University and the 
University of Chicago, after which he became principal of the schools of 
Toronto, O., where he remained for three years.  In 1902 he was called to 
Curwensville and has been remarkably successful in raising the public school 
standards and in increasing efficiency.  He has thirteen teachers under his 
charge and has succeeded in inspiring them with his own ambitions.
  Prof. Barrett was married to Miss Lucinda Lamb, who died in April, 1905, and 
was buried at Wheelersburg, O., her birthplace.  She is survived by two 
children:  Elise May, who is with her father, and Katherine Marcia, who is with 
her grandfather, Willard Lamb, at Wheelersburg.  Prof. Barrett is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal church.  In politics he is an independent voter.