Alfred Barrett, farmer, P.O. Elkport, was a son of William and Mariah (Ball) Barrett, natives of London, Eng. They came to the United States in 1851, and in 1855 located in Mallory Township, Ia., where William died. Alfred was born in London in 1848, and was educated in America. In 1870 he married Sarah Jane, daughter of William and Rhoda Foote, natives of Ohio. By this marriage there are five children-- William born in 1871; Rosa in 1873; George in 1876; Lester in 1878, and Grace in 1880. Mr. Barrett votes the Republican ticket. He owns ninety acres of fine land on section 6, mostly under excellent improvement. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 910-913 |