Edward Barrett
Edward Ware Barrett (born September 4, 1866 in Augusta, Georgia1; died July 9, 1922 in Jefferson County) was publisher of The Birmingham Age-Herald.
Barrett, son of Thomas Glasscock and Grace Arrington Barrett, spent his early years in Augusta. He later took a three-year course in civil engineering at Washington and Lee University. In 1885, August Chronicle editor Patrick Walsh persuaded him to learn the newspaper business. He worked his way up at the paper from type setter to city editor.
In January 1888, Barrett became the Washington correspondent for the Atlanta Constitution. He remained in Washington until 1897, four years of which he spent as political secretary for Speaker of the House, Charles P. Crisp. In 1892, he was elected as a Georgia delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1895, he spent four months in Asia covering the Chinese-Japanese War for the Constitution and the New York World before marrying the former Janie Southerlin Smith on December 18. In 1896, he was elected as an Alabama delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
In 1897, Barrett came to Birmingham. The following year, he bought controlling interest in the Daily State Herald, returned it to The Birmingham Age-Herald name, and became editor.
Notes
- Some sources say Athens, Georgia.
References
- Owen, Thomas McAdory and Marie Bankhead Owen (1921) History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. 4 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
- RootsWeb WorldConnect entry