Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Barrett, Thomas O., 1921 

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THOMAS OSWALD BARRETT

DEATH OF T.O. BARRETT

   Thomas Oswald Barrett, member of a prominent Southampton family and the 
town’s oldest native citizen, died at Raiford’s Hospital here Tuesday night in 
the 76th year of his life.  Mr. Barrett had been a semi-invalid for several 
years and had practically lost his sight.  He was the son of the late Richard 
Barrett and Mrs. Mary Murfee Barrett of this town, the first family to settle 
in the town of Franklin, their home, which was burned during the War Between 
the States, occupying the same site as the present Barrett residence in South 
Main Street.  Among his sisters and brothers, all of whom are dead, were: Mrs. 
James Fenton Bryant, Mrs. John H. Bogart, a brother who died many years ago, 
and Richard Crawford Barrett who died on February 15, 1928.  Surviving him are 
four nephews, W.O. Bogart, J.F. Bryant, Jr. and R. Sidney Barrett of Franklin 
and R.C. Barrett, Jr., of Suffolk, and several nieces including Mrs. R.A. 
Pretlow, Mrs. F.E. Howell, Mrs. C.S. Rawls and Miss Claudia Barrett of 
Franklin, Mrs. V.A. Brinkley, Mrs. L.D. Holland and Mrs. P.S. Hill of Suffolk.

   Mr. Barrett had served as a telegraph operator here for some time during 
his young manhood, and for a number of years was associated with the late Dr. 
W.H.L. Goodman in the Drug firm of Goodman and Barrett.  He was a versatile 
man in many ways being a musician of unusual ability, a great reader, well-
informed and an authority on local history second only to his brother, Mr. 
Crawford Barrett.  The writer has gone to him, as well as to his brother, on 
many occasions for the correct information as to dates and incidents in 
Franklin’s history and we always found them accurate.  He was also with 
Albemarle Steam Navigation Company as an official on one of their steamers and 
was possessed of an interesting store of information on rivers of the 
Albemarle territory, old families living thereon and the glamour of river life 
when it was practically the only means of transportation in Eastern Virginia 
and North Carolina.

   The body was taken to the home of his nephew, W.O. Bogart, and funeral 
services were conducted yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the family plot in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery, the burial service being read by the Rev. J.S. Watt, 
rector of Emmanuel Church.  A favorite hymn of Mr. Barrett’s "Silent Night, 
Holy Night," was sung, and the body bearers were: W.O. Bogart, R. Sidney 
Barrett, E. Frank Story, M.H. Moore, J. Edgar Weede, G.M Whitley, W.J.M. 
Holland and Willie Rawls.


Thomas Oswald BARRETT, retired Franklin businessman & local historian, 
b. 21 Sep 1854, d. 5 Nov 1929, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 40B*), Franklin, 
   7 Nov 1929, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 8, 1929, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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