| Name |
Luther James Barrett [1] |
| Birth |
28 Nov 1909 |
Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
12 Jan 1920 |
Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey [2] |
- Ferris Barrett, Head, M, W, 58, M, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey, Farms own farm
Blanche Barrett, Wife, F, W, 32, M, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey
Theon Barrett, Daughter, F, W, 15, S, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey
Leona Barrett, Daughter, F, W, 14, S, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey
Frances Barrett, Daughter, F, W, 12, S, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey, In school
Luther Barrett, Son, M, W, 10, S, New Jersey, New Jersey, New Jersey, in school
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| Note |
- High Breeze Farm was maintained by Luther Barrett as a 19th century farm as it was worked by his father and his father before him back to 1850 when David Barrett bought the property. Horses pulled the tractors and tilled the fields. The property was bought by the state of NJ with the original plans that it would be developed into a working 19th century farm museum. However, as of April 1999, nothing has been done by NJ to make this a reality. The 19th century equipment lie on the fields rusting. There is a caretaker who worked for Luther before he died who still works the land but he does so with modern conveniences. After a head injury in a farm accident and a series of seizures that left Luther unable to do the things he wanted to do in life, Luther took his life in April of 1986. 'Unable to function to his own satisfaction, and no longer the owner of his own farm, Luther Barrett finally took his fate into his own hands. Throughout Luther's life, a guiding principle of animal doctoring had been that when a farm animal is permanently injured, old, in pain, and no longer able to function properly, it is not merely practical, but humane and merciful, to end that creature's suffering. On April 3, 1986, Luther J Barrett apparently decided that this principle applied as much to his own existence as to that of the creatures he had loved and cared for. Upon his death, the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry, took full and complete possession of High Breeze Farm. ' High Breeze: Portrait of a New Jersey Mountain Farm by Ronald J DuPont, Jr. James Van Dien remembers the Trotting horse Easter Morning being hit by a car. He saw it happen. The horse was badly hurt and unable to get up. Jim was told there probably was not much to do for him but to keep him comfortable. So Jim brought him a blanket and gave him some water through out the day until Luther returned later that day. Uncle Luther looked at the horse and said that he might be able to doctor him. So Luther brought him to the barn and nursed Easter Morning back to health. The horse was never quite able to do the things before the accident, however. Vivian Smith Kapsiak enjoys telling the story of her childhood of growing up in nearby Highland Lakes and having Easter Monday plow her father's field. When I [Fred Hammond] told her that Easter Monday was my uncle's horse, she was overcome with emotion of being able to connect with another person who knew the area of her childhood home. I only have a few memories of my Great Uncle Lu. The one I remember is that Uncle Lu loved to 'scare' children. In the house at High Breeze was a narrow and steep staircase going off of the kitchen into the basement. Uncle Lu liked to pick up the kids and hold them by their ankles over the stairwell upside down. We would scream and squirm, all the time secretly loving it. This ritual was much akin to throwing a kid up in the air and catching them as it was anything else. No child was safe from this ritual. My mother tells me he did this when she was growing up and all of the cousins and grandchildren faced the same fate.
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| Witness-Obituary |
3 Oct 1956 |
Warwick, Orange County, New York [3] |
- Mrs Blanche Mabee Barrett widow of Ferris E Barrett died at her home in Vernon Township on September 28. A daughter of James and Ella Williams Mabee she was . born in Vernon Township on February 16, 1888.
Surviving are three daughters, Mr- Theloa Day of Bloomingdale, N J Mrs Leona Van Dien of Branchville N J and Mrs Frances Washer of Ogdensburg. N J , a son Luther at home and a sister, Bessie wife of Seeley Barrett of Vernon. Four half sisters, Mrs. Ethel Smith and Mrs. Gladys Mabee of Warwick, Mrs. Anna Cathy of Chester and Mrs. Katherine Matthews of Florida, three half-brothers, Melvin Mabee of Edenville, Edward Mabee of Glenwood and Varney Mabee of Warwick and nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conducted at 2-30 p. m. on Sunday, September 30 at the Strong Funeral Home by the Rev. Stanley R. Jones and interment was in the Warwick Cemetery.
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| Witness-Obituary |
4 Oct 1956 |
Warwick, Orange County, New York [4] |
- Mrs Blanche M Barrett, widow of Ferris E Barrett died at the home on Ferguson Road (sic- Barrett Road) last Friday (Sept 28) afternoon. Funeral Services were held at the Strong Funeral Home at 2:30on Sunday Afternoon, conducted by Rev Stanley R Jones. Internment was in Warwick Cemetery. Mrs Barrett was a daughter of the Late James Mabee and Ella A Williams and was born in Vernon Township on February 16, 1888. Survived are three daughters, Mrs Theola Day of Bloomingdale, NJ, Mrs Leona Van Dien of Branchville, NJ, and Mrs Frances Washer of Ogdensburg, NJ; a son Luther, at home; nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; a sister, Bessie, wife of Seeley Barrett of Vernon, NJ; three half brothers, Melvin Mabee of Edenville, Edward Mabee of Glenwood and Varney Mabee of Warwick; four half sisters, Mrs Ethel Smith and Mrs Gladys Mabee of Warwick, Mrs Anna Cathy of Chester and Mrs Katherine Matthews of Florida. Blanche would churn the butter by hand in the cellar where it was cooler. She then took it upstairs into the kitchen and used a paddle to shape it into blocks. One of the first purchases after gaining electricity in 1948 was a butter churner. She would sell the butter to the neighbors. She also would sell eggs, vegetables grown in the garden across the road. The gladiolas she would sell only to her best customers. She also made home made ice cream from the rich milk the cows gave. Some of the flavors remembered were: Vanilla, Peach and the fourth of July speciality: Tutti-frutti. Phyllis B. Van Dien Hammond remembers, her Grandmother used to take the feedbags cloth which was usually a very colorful muslin fabric and make quilts and aprons from them. Rheba Van Dien McKernan and Vickie Stephens Van Dien have two of these quilts made from this material
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| Occupation |
farmer, High Breeze Farm [1] |
| Reference Number |
17448 |
| Death |
3 Apr 1986 |
Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey [1] |
| Person ID |
I17359 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Ferris Egbert Barrett, b. 21 Apr 1861, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey d. 13 Dec 1945, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey (Age 84 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Blanche Mabee, b. 16 Feb 1888, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey d. 28 Sep 1956, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey (Age 68 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
25 Oct 1903 |
Amity, Orange County, New York [5, 6] |
- A quiet wedding'-look place at the parsonage here [Amity], when Mr. Ferris E. Barrett of New Milford, was married to Miss Blanche Mabee of Vernon, on Sunday evening, Oct. 25th
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| Family ID |
F4319 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1909 - 1986 (76 years)
