Barritt, Oliver L. (1848-1923)

BARRITT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 9/26/2019 at 22:40:49

Oliver Lindsey Barritt
Aug 3, 1848 - Nov 26, 1923

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.115, Hazel Dell T
O. L. Barrett
Council Bluffs, was born in Delaware County, Iowa, August 3, 1848, son of Lemuel and Mary Ann (Blue) Barrett; he, born August 10, 1821, in Green Castle, Ind, died December 7, 1855, and was a farmer by occupation; she, born in Ohio June 20, 1822, lives with our subject. The parents had ten children, seven of whom - four boys and three girls - are living. The father of our subject left Indiana when eighteen years of age, and settled in De Kalb County, Ill., in 1839, There he followed farming with his father till after marriage, which occurred in Pontiac, Ill,, February 12, 1836, He then bought a farm in Delaware County, Iowa, where he remained about five years, thence moved to Pottawattamie County and located on the farm where he died, and where our subject now lives. Mr. Barrett was educated in the common schools of this township, and has always been a close reader, He takes pride in assisting in every good work, and is a strong temperance man. He carries on his farm in a thorough, scientific manner, having all the late appliances with which to work. His maternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving his time in full and being honorably discharged. Mr. Barrett was married, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 31, 1872, to Emma Caroline Stoffanson, born in Sweden October 19, 1851, daughter of Peter and Cecelia (Strickerson) Stoffanson, natives of Sweden, he born November 22, 1823, she born January 8, 1827, Mr. and Mrs. Barrett have six children - William Oliver, Benjamin Franklin, Burlie Clayton, Lulu May, Isaac Everett and C. Mr. Barrett has been Road Supervisor, Constable, School Director, President of the School Board, and is now Secretary of the board, which office he has held three years. He belongs to the Independent Order of Good Templars, and is a Republican.