Nathaniel Barrett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1861
Place of Birth: Lawrence County, Alabama, United States
Profession: physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Nathaniel Barrett
- Nathaniel A.
- Barrett (1861-?) was an American doctor and politician. He was born on January 16, 1861 in Lawrence County, Alabama to David B.
- Barrett and Charlotte Wilson Aldridge Barrett.
- His father was a carpenter and contractor.
- Barrett attended public schools in Lawrence County and a private school run by C.G.
- Lynch.
- He began to study medicine under Dr.
- C.A.
- Crow at Moulton, then spent one year in the medical department of the University of Alabama and later attended the medical department of Vanderbilt University, where he earned an M.D.
- in 1886.Upon getting his degree, Barrett began practicing in Danville, Alabama.
- There, he served as president as the Morgan County Medical Society and also as chairman of the county democratic executive committee.
- In 1891, he moved to East Lake, which was at that time not a part of Birmingham.
- There, he built a large and lucrative practice.Barrett was active in the incorporation of East Lake as a municipality and served as its first and last mayor.
- East Lake adopted the code form of municipal government in 1910 during Barrett's last term as mayor.
- Barrett was elected president of the Birmingham Commission (a position equivalent to that of a mayor) in 1917 after a hotly contested race against George B.
- Ward, the incumbent.
- As head of the city's finance department, he brought the city's expenditures within its income.
- He also served as a member of the Jefferson County democratic committee.He was a member of the Knights Templar, the Shrine, Knights of Pythias, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
- He was a Baptist and was active in church affairs.
- He married Annie P.
- Troup of Danville on May 5, 1891.
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