Captain Oscar Barrett
Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 June 1888, page 4
THE BIG PARADE
The following named gentlemen have accepted appointments on the
staff of the Grand Marshall for the Centennial pageant, July 4, 188; Fred Achert,
W T Bishop, S S Alexander, Rudolph Brenner, C M Bartlett, Morris Bauer, Oscar F
Barrett.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 January 1886, page 7
The last of the Emma Graham
(unreadable) brought down yesterday the steamboat and flats used
at the sunken Emma Graham, on which was the machinery that was
recovered. Captain Oscar Barrett recovered all the freight but thirty two
hundred barrels of glassware on the boat. He recovered all the machinery of the
boat, with the exception of the (unreadable) that when the boat broke loose.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 November 1892, page 7
HIGHLANDS
Mr. and Mrs. O F Barrett returned yesterday from Frankfort Ky.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 April 1893, page 7
Mr. O F Barrett is in Cairo, Ill. on business.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 May 1898, age 12
Tuesday morning the following were added to the Committee on Naval Display: Robert McRoberts, Edw Pistner, J R Morton, Captain Oscar Barrett, Captain Robert Wise, Colonel Wiedemann of Newport, Colonel Riedlin of Covington, Dr. Thos G Herron.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 September 1900, page 8
DAYTON
The announcement that the doors of Speers Hospital will not be
closed was received by the citizens of Dayton with unqualified approval. It has
been suggested that the number of trustees of the Institution be increased from
three to five and it is the consensus of opinion that Dayton should have a
majority representation on the board.
Among the names mentioned for the position are Dr. C B Schoofield, Dr. D W Richards, Dr. William Young, Captain Oscar Barrett of the Highlands and Charles Wiedemann and William Patterson of Newport. All off these gentlemen are men of ability and prominence.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 16 March 1903, page 3
Captain Oscar Barrett has returned from San Antonio Tex. where he spent three weeks with his wife and daughter, who are spending the winter there.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 October 1907, page 5
Captain Oscar Barrett of Dayton Ky. a river man known far and wide, was one of a delegation that traveled from St Louis to Memphis on the steamboat Alton, which was one of the steamers in the Presidential fleet that descended the Mississippi last week.
Captain Barrett arrived home last evening and gave a rather humorous account of the troubles of Captain Clarence Nichols, of the towboat Fred J Hartweg, who was suspended at the suggestion of President Theodore Roosevelt, who stated that Nicholas had jocked his boat in such a manner that it might have collided with the steamboat Mississippi, and thus endangered the president's life at any time.
Captain Barrett stated that he talked to Captain Nichols just before he left Memphis on Saturday and the latter told him that his commission both as pilot and master, had been annulled for six months. "The technical charge for which Captain Nichols was suspended, said Captain Barrett, "was the violation of Rule 8 of the laws governing pilots. This rule decrees the number of blasts to be used on steamer whistles when passing or approaching each other.
"Now I can hardly see how that rule could have been violated, for every whistle was going almost all of the time, answering salutes given by steamers and by mills, factories and the people that lined the banks. Captain Nichols was not suspended by President Roosevelt but by Supervising inspector George Uhler, of Memphis. The President was undoubtedly angry at the close proximity during the trip from Cairo to Memphis of the steamer Fred J Hartweg."
"When we left St Louis there were 13 steamboats, each one of which had been assigned a place in the procession. One of them, the Columbia, got stuck on a sandbar and was lost early in the game. When we reached Cairo three other boats came into line, but were not assigned positions. Nichols kept the Hartweg close to the wheels of the steamer Mississippi and there was no change for the boat in which the Governors of the states were passengers to get near the President's boat."
"I am of the opinion, "said Captain Barrett, "that President Roosevelt and others on the Mississippi thought that there was danger where there was hardly a chance of any. The same feeling is shared by a novice who rides for the first time in an automobile. Captain Nichols knew what he could do with his boat and the others did not." concluded Captain Barrett.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 May 1910, page C4
DAYTON
Mrs. J N Ervin entertained the Monday Culture Club at her home on Terrace avenue, Monday afternoon. Officers were elected as follows:
President Mrs. W A Young
Vice Presidents; Mrs. Mathew Ryan and Mrs. Oscar Barrett
Secretary: Miss Wynn McDowell
Treasurer: Miss Lyda Casey
Press Secretary: Miss Sue Spilman
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 September 1911, page C8
LOS ANGELES CAL
Mr. and Mrs. F H Harwood, of Los Angeles gave a dinner party at Hotel Del Coronado at which Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Barrett, Slack Barrett and Miss Dorothy Barrett of Cincinnati, were guests of honor.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 January 1914, page 11
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Columbia Life Insurance Company was held yesterday at the home office of the company and the following Directors were elected to serve during the ensuing year:
A Clifford Shinkle, Captain Oscar F Barrett, W F Robertson; J S Crowell (Springfield) General J Warren Keifer, Springfield; Dr. Felix G Cross, Colonel Thomas B Paxton, Dr. Charles Weber, G W Hamilton, E S Lee, Covington; C B Matthews, Dr.Frank B Cross, Captain J A De Armond, James A Green, H H Hoffman; Sumner Nash, Akron: R E Burdick, Cleveland; Captain S W Davies, Dayton: H Klein, Captain Robert Wilson, Middletown.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, 31 August 1935
Oscar F Barrett's Will Leaves Trust in Care of Son
Bequests of $5000 each to his granddaughters, Patricia Pogue, Jean Pogue and Beatrice Barrett, are contained in the will of Oscar F Barrett, filed with Judge William H Lueders in Probate Court yesterday.
Barrett, who was head of Barrett Lines Inc. and widely known in steamboat circles, died August 12, at his home, 2303 Grandview Avenue. His will, executed February 4, 1931, bequeaths to his widow, Mary S Barrett, all his household furniture and automobile, and the income from all his preferred stock in Barrett Lines, and from one-third of the residue of his estate which is to be held in trust for her by their son, Oscar Slack Barrett, executor of the will.
At the death of the widow this trust fund and the remainder of the residuary estate is to be divided equally between the son, Oscar Slack Barrett and daughter, Mrs. Dorothy B Pogue. No estimate was given of the value of the estate.