"The Poet Laureate of South Farms"
Edward Barrett was a regular contributor of poetry from his own pen to the Sentinel and Witness and the Penny Press. He was employed for many years at the foundry of the Stiles & Parker Press Company. He died at the home of his son, Robert Barrett, in Brooklyn, New York and is buried in the family plot in St. Johns Cemetery.
Edward Barrett was a regular contributor of poetry from his own pen to the Sentinel and Witness and the Penny Press. He was employed for many years at the foundry of the Stiles & Parker Press Company. He died at the home of his son, Robert Barrett, in Brooklyn, New York and is buried in the family plot in St. Johns Cemetery.
"The Poet Laureate of South Farms"
Edward Barrett was a regular contributor of poetry from his own pen to the Sentinel and Witness and the Penny Press. He was employed for many years at the foundry of the Stiles & Parker Press Company. He died at the home of his son, Robert Barrett, in Brooklyn, New York and is buried in the family plot in St. Johns Cemetery.
Edward Barrett was a regular contributor of poetry from his own pen to the Sentinel and Witness and the Penny Press. He was employed for many years at the foundry of the Stiles & Parker Press Company. He died at the home of his son, Robert Barrett, in Brooklyn, New York and is buried in the family plot in St. Johns Cemetery.
Inscription
Sarah, his wife
"Contented with her lot in life,
A stranger to all brawls and strife.
From Carlow town,in Erin's Isle,
To London came unknown to guile.
And was there married in her teens
But ne'er forgot sweet Carlow's scenes."
