Charles J. Barrett

biography

Barrett, Charles J., of the firm of Barrett ∓ Bros., of the Crawford County Iron Works, manufacturers of mill furnishing machinery, steam engines, etc., was born in Minnesota, July 25, 1849, and is a son of Samuel and Jeanet (Osborn) Barrett, natives of England, and who emigrated in 1834, settling in Erie City, Penn., where they now are. His father was a cabinetmaker. There are three brothers engaged in the Crawford County Iron Works (of which they are making a success)—C. J., J. O., and W. N. One brother, George, is a resident of Erie City, and all the brothers are practical mechanics.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 710.