Simonides, an ancient Greek poet, said, “the city teaches the man.” How true. It is equally true that the times teach the man. No one will deny the effect upon character of the environment and time in which a man was born, the circumstances in which he was reared. Eugene […]
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City: Memphis BARRET, James H., real estate dealer; born Shelby Co., Tenn., July 28, 1861; English descent; son of Anthony R. and Rebecca (Hill) BARRET; educated in local schools of Shelby and Wilson Counties, Tenn.; began his career as a merchant at Barretville, Tenn., in which business he continued twenty […]