Attorney, writer, lecturer, and the editor and founder of Chicago's first black newspaper, the Chicago Conservator; Husband of Ida B. Wells.
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Ferdinand L. Barnett Dies; Veteran Chicago Attorney
Funeral services for Ferdinand Lee Barnett, 77 years old, colored attorney, who died Wednesday in the home of his daughter at 3239 Prairie Avenue, will be held tomorrow morning at the Chapel at 3800 South Michigan Avenue. Burial will be in Oak Woods Cemetery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Law, Mr. Barnett began the practice of law here in 1884.
He served three successive terms as an assistant state's attorney in charge of extradition matters, having been first appointed in 1896 under Charles D. Deneen. Attorney Barnett is survived by six children and ten grandchildren.
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1936 Page 20
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Ferdinand L. Barnett Dies; Veteran Chicago Attorney
Funeral services for Ferdinand Lee Barnett, 77 years old, colored attorney, who died Wednesday in the home of his daughter at 3239 Prairie Avenue, will be held tomorrow morning at the Chapel at 3800 South Michigan Avenue. Burial will be in Oak Woods Cemetery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Law, Mr. Barnett began the practice of law here in 1884.
He served three successive terms as an assistant state's attorney in charge of extradition matters, having been first appointed in 1896 under Charles D. Deneen. Attorney Barnett is survived by six children and ten grandchildren.
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1936 Page 20
Attorney, writer, lecturer, and the editor and founder of Chicago's first black newspaper, the Chicago Conservator; Husband of Ida B. Wells.
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Ferdinand L. Barnett Dies; Veteran Chicago Attorney
Funeral services for Ferdinand Lee Barnett, 77 years old, colored attorney, who died Wednesday in the home of his daughter at 3239 Prairie Avenue, will be held tomorrow morning at the Chapel at 3800 South Michigan Avenue. Burial will be in Oak Woods Cemetery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Law, Mr. Barnett began the practice of law here in 1884.
He served three successive terms as an assistant state's attorney in charge of extradition matters, having been first appointed in 1896 under Charles D. Deneen. Attorney Barnett is survived by six children and ten grandchildren.
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1936 Page 20
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Ferdinand L. Barnett Dies; Veteran Chicago Attorney
Funeral services for Ferdinand Lee Barnett, 77 years old, colored attorney, who died Wednesday in the home of his daughter at 3239 Prairie Avenue, will be held tomorrow morning at the Chapel at 3800 South Michigan Avenue. Burial will be in Oak Woods Cemetery. A graduate of the Chicago College of Law, Mr. Barnett began the practice of law here in 1884.
He served three successive terms as an assistant state's attorney in charge of extradition matters, having been first appointed in 1896 under Charles D. Deneen. Attorney Barnett is survived by six children and ten grandchildren.
Chicago Daily Tribune March 13, 1936 Page 20
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