James Mercer Barnett was a “conspicuous figure” in the business, civic, and patriotic affairs of Birmingham Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920, p. 300). He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, in 1902 (VMI, 2013) and married Ethel Cuddy of Cincinnati, Ohio on January 5, 1909. Miss Cuddy was the daughter of Loftus and Helena Grace Brookman Cuddy.
Mr. Barnett was the president, treasurer, and owner of the Barnett Lumber Company in Birmingham, Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920). He was the first governor of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, February 1917 – June 1919 (Kiwanis, 2005) and he was the third president of Kiwanis International, 1920-1921 (Kiwanis, 2013). In 1918, he was elected the president of the Patriotic League of Jefferson County (Cruikshank, 1920). He was a member of the American Olympic Committee for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France (American Sports Publishing Company, 1821).
Mr. Barnett was a supporter of public improvement projects and erected many of the important building in Birmingham (Cruikshank, 1920). In 1915, he built the Hanover Court Apartments (#36), which in 2003 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service, 2003)
Bio by Rcc, Greatnephew
Sources:
American Sports Publishing Company. (1921). Olympic Games Handbook. New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/5/items/olympicgameshand00newy/olympicgameshand00newy.pdf
Cruikshank, George M. (1920). A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests, Volume 2. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Retrieved November 3, 2014 from http://books.google.com/books?id=ifAxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=James+Mercer+Barnett,+president,+international&source=bl&ots=zW-AtGwWdD&sig=sFMVYnVanNfsDeuuKoatwaMZnsM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lJRXVNGKA87hoASzoYHwAg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=James%20Mercer%20Barnett%2C%20president%2C%20international&f=false
Kiwanis International. (2005, March). The Original Thenty-Nine Districts of Kiwanis International. History Bulletin on Kiwanis
Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=Kiwanis+International%2C+President%2C+1921&area=earthlink-ws&abtli=1&abtcgid=170
Kiwanis International. (2013). Past Kiwanis International Presidents. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www.kiwanis.org/kiwanisone/about-us/connect-with-kiwanis/kiwanis-international-leadership/meet-the-kiwanis-international-board/meet-the-kiwanis-international-president/past-kiwanis-international-presidents#.VL6nTY3naos
National Park Service. (2003, November 17). Hanover Place Historic District. National Registry of Historic Places.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001132.pdf
Virginia Military Institute (VMI). (2013). Historical Rosters Database. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www9.vmi.edu/archiverosters/show.asp?page=list#=709
Mr. Barnett was the president, treasurer, and owner of the Barnett Lumber Company in Birmingham, Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920). He was the first governor of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, February 1917 – June 1919 (Kiwanis, 2005) and he was the third president of Kiwanis International, 1920-1921 (Kiwanis, 2013). In 1918, he was elected the president of the Patriotic League of Jefferson County (Cruikshank, 1920). He was a member of the American Olympic Committee for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France (American Sports Publishing Company, 1821).
Mr. Barnett was a supporter of public improvement projects and erected many of the important building in Birmingham (Cruikshank, 1920). In 1915, he built the Hanover Court Apartments (#36), which in 2003 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service, 2003)
Bio by Rcc, Greatnephew
Sources:
American Sports Publishing Company. (1921). Olympic Games Handbook. New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/5/items/olympicgameshand00newy/olympicgameshand00newy.pdf
Cruikshank, George M. (1920). A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests, Volume 2. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Retrieved November 3, 2014 from http://books.google.com/books?id=ifAxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=James+Mercer+Barnett,+president,+international&source=bl&ots=zW-AtGwWdD&sig=sFMVYnVanNfsDeuuKoatwaMZnsM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lJRXVNGKA87hoASzoYHwAg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=James%20Mercer%20Barnett%2C%20president%2C%20international&f=false
Kiwanis International. (2005, March). The Original Thenty-Nine Districts of Kiwanis International. History Bulletin on Kiwanis
Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=Kiwanis+International%2C+President%2C+1921&area=earthlink-ws&abtli=1&abtcgid=170
Kiwanis International. (2013). Past Kiwanis International Presidents. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www.kiwanis.org/kiwanisone/about-us/connect-with-kiwanis/kiwanis-international-leadership/meet-the-kiwanis-international-board/meet-the-kiwanis-international-president/past-kiwanis-international-presidents#.VL6nTY3naos
National Park Service. (2003, November 17). Hanover Place Historic District. National Registry of Historic Places.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001132.pdf
Virginia Military Institute (VMI). (2013). Historical Rosters Database. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www9.vmi.edu/archiverosters/show.asp?page=list#=709
James Mercer Barnett was a “conspicuous figure” in the business, civic, and patriotic affairs of Birmingham Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920, p. 300). He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, in 1902 (VMI, 2013) and married Ethel Cuddy of Cincinnati, Ohio on January 5, 1909. Miss Cuddy was the daughter of Loftus and Helena Grace Brookman Cuddy.
Mr. Barnett was the president, treasurer, and owner of the Barnett Lumber Company in Birmingham, Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920). He was the first governor of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, February 1917 – June 1919 (Kiwanis, 2005) and he was the third president of Kiwanis International, 1920-1921 (Kiwanis, 2013). In 1918, he was elected the president of the Patriotic League of Jefferson County (Cruikshank, 1920). He was a member of the American Olympic Committee for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France (American Sports Publishing Company, 1821).
Mr. Barnett was a supporter of public improvement projects and erected many of the important building in Birmingham (Cruikshank, 1920). In 1915, he built the Hanover Court Apartments (#36), which in 2003 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service, 2003)
Bio by Rcc, Greatnephew
Sources:
American Sports Publishing Company. (1921). Olympic Games Handbook. New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/5/items/olympicgameshand00newy/olympicgameshand00newy.pdf
Cruikshank, George M. (1920). A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests, Volume 2. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Retrieved November 3, 2014 from http://books.google.com/books?id=ifAxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=James+Mercer+Barnett,+president,+international&source=bl&ots=zW-AtGwWdD&sig=sFMVYnVanNfsDeuuKoatwaMZnsM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lJRXVNGKA87hoASzoYHwAg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=James%20Mercer%20Barnett%2C%20president%2C%20international&f=false
Kiwanis International. (2005, March). The Original Thenty-Nine Districts of Kiwanis International. History Bulletin on Kiwanis
Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=Kiwanis+International%2C+President%2C+1921&area=earthlink-ws&abtli=1&abtcgid=170
Kiwanis International. (2013). Past Kiwanis International Presidents. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www.kiwanis.org/kiwanisone/about-us/connect-with-kiwanis/kiwanis-international-leadership/meet-the-kiwanis-international-board/meet-the-kiwanis-international-president/past-kiwanis-international-presidents#.VL6nTY3naos
National Park Service. (2003, November 17). Hanover Place Historic District. National Registry of Historic Places.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001132.pdf
Virginia Military Institute (VMI). (2013). Historical Rosters Database. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www9.vmi.edu/archiverosters/show.asp?page=list#=709
Mr. Barnett was the president, treasurer, and owner of the Barnett Lumber Company in Birmingham, Alabama (Cruikshank, 1920). He was the first governor of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club, February 1917 – June 1919 (Kiwanis, 2005) and he was the third president of Kiwanis International, 1920-1921 (Kiwanis, 2013). In 1918, he was elected the president of the Patriotic League of Jefferson County (Cruikshank, 1920). He was a member of the American Olympic Committee for the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, France (American Sports Publishing Company, 1821).
Mr. Barnett was a supporter of public improvement projects and erected many of the important building in Birmingham (Cruikshank, 1920). In 1915, he built the Hanover Court Apartments (#36), which in 2003 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service, 2003)
Bio by Rcc, Greatnephew
Sources:
American Sports Publishing Company. (1921). Olympic Games Handbook. New York: American Sports Publishing Co.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from https://ia600500.us.archive.org/5/items/olympicgameshand00newy/olympicgameshand00newy.pdf
Cruikshank, George M. (1920). A History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests, Volume 2. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Retrieved November 3, 2014 from http://books.google.com/books?id=ifAxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=James+Mercer+Barnett,+president,+international&source=bl&ots=zW-AtGwWdD&sig=sFMVYnVanNfsDeuuKoatwaMZnsM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lJRXVNGKA87hoASzoYHwAg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=James%20Mercer%20Barnett%2C%20president%2C%20international&f=false
Kiwanis International. (2005, March). The Original Thenty-Nine Districts of Kiwanis International. History Bulletin on Kiwanis
Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=Kiwanis+International%2C+President%2C+1921&area=earthlink-ws&abtli=1&abtcgid=170
Kiwanis International. (2013). Past Kiwanis International Presidents. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www.kiwanis.org/kiwanisone/about-us/connect-with-kiwanis/kiwanis-international-leadership/meet-the-kiwanis-international-board/meet-the-kiwanis-international-president/past-kiwanis-international-presidents#.VL6nTY3naos
National Park Service. (2003, November 17). Hanover Place Historic District. National Registry of Historic Places.
Retrieved January 18, 2015 from http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/03001132.pdf
Virginia Military Institute (VMI). (2013). Historical Rosters Database. Retrieved January 20, 2015 from http://www9.vmi.edu/archiverosters/show.asp?page=list#=709
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