Dr. D. Morrow Barrere
1850-Unknown

DR. D. MORROW BARRERE, physician, New Antioch, was born in Highland County, near New Market, April 22, 1850; is a son of Hazard P. and Eliza (Morrow) Barrere, natives of Highland County.

The grandfather, George W. Barrere, it is believed, was born in France, emigrating to America with his parents when a child, locating in Kentucky among the early settlers of that State. In 1801, he became a pioneer settler of Highland County, Ohio, where he resided the balance of his life. He was a practical surveyor, and surveyed a great amount of land in this then new country. In the war of 1812 he took an active part; was Captain of a company and served through the war. He was a leading, prominent man in the organization, growth and progress of Highland County, and was the first, or one of the first Judges of the county.

Of his children, John, the eldest, was a very active and prominent man in his county; was a member of the Masonic Fraternity of high standing, having taken all the degrees of the order. In the war of the rebellion, he was Adjutant in the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and at the battle of Harper's Ferry lost his left arm. After the war, he received the appointment of Postmaster at Hillsboro, Ohio, which office he held till his death May 17, 1880.

Nelson, the third son, became a prominent lawyer, and in the last effort of the Whig party, as a political organization, was their candidate for Governor of Ohio, but of course was, under the waning powers of the party, defeated. He was elected to Congress and served his constituents with honor and ability.

Benjamin, the fourth son, is President of the First National Bank of Hillsboro, having held that office for many years.

Hazard P., the father of our subject, was the fifth and youngest son; was a merchant in New Market, and a general business man in that town for many years, but was attacked with typhoid fever, and though his life was spared, it left him a confirmed cripple for the balance of his days, since which he has lived retired from all active business. He is the father of six children; three now survive - Marietta, Magnolia and D. Morrow. Of the deceased, Hazard P. enlisted in the late war, in Company H, First Ohio Cavalry, and was killed in battle at Cleveland, Tenn., in November, 1864.

Our subject was the youngest son of his father. At the age of seventeen years, he commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed five years; thence in 1875 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Whisler, of New Market, and graduated from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, in the spring of 1878, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Sardinia, Brown Co., Ohio. In October, 1879, he removed to New Antioch, Clinton Co., where he has since continued his profession, and has a good and growing practice. The Doctor is a congenial gentleman, well qualified for his profession, and of his future success as a practitioner, there is no doubt.

The History of Clinton County, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Beers & Co., pages 976-977.

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