Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Barrett, Rev. W. C., was born in Wood Co., W. Va., July 8, 1810;

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Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Barrett, Rev. W. C., was born in Wood Co., W. Va., July 8, 1810; united with Mount Zion Baptist church 1835; ordained Aug. 16, 1845; called to Mount Zion, Mount Vernon, and Stillwell churches ; was missionary of the General Association of Vir- ginia seven years; organized and built up many churches in the counties of Wood, Wirt, Jackson, and Pleasant; was moderator of the Parkersburg Association in 1854 and 1855; moved to Missouri in 1856; settled in Clay County ; appointed agent and missionary of the General Association in the same year; organized and built up most of the churches in Clinton County; built houses of wor- ship at Crooked River, Haynesville, Plattsburg, and Lawson; was eleven years pastor at Crooked River, seven at Plattsburg, two at Richmond, Ray Co., two at Liberty, Clay Co., three at Cam- eron and Missouri City, besides several country churches; was seven years moderator of North Liberty Association. Has been one of the most laborious and successful of all ‘the old ministers who have laid the foundations upon which the younger generation are now building.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave Michael Barrett