Dr. Wesley Johnson Barrett was born in Guthriesville, Pennsylvania on May 20, 1874. He graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1896, and from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia in 1901. He first turns up in Camden City Directories in 1897, working as a drug clerk and living at 217 South 6th Street. The 1898 Directory has him living at 601 Berkley Street.
Dr. Barrett appears in City Directories from 1902 to 1907 at 442 Broadway. From 1908 through the fall of 1918 his home and office was at 510 Broadway. Shortly before the 1920 Census he moved to 606 Cooper Street, where he kept his home and office through 1924. By the time the 1926 City Directory was compiled, Dr. Barrett had moved to 217 Wayne Avenue in Haddonfield, New Jersey. He kept his medical office in Camden, at 517 Cooper Street.
Dr. Barrett's primary concern was surgery. His career took him to the position of Chief of Surgery at West Jersey Hospital. Dr. Barrett was a member of the Camden County Medical Society, Camden City Medical Society, American Medical Association, West Jersey Medical Society, and the Homeopathic Society of New Jersey. He was also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Barrett was president of the Camden County Medical Society in 1930.
Dr. Barrett was also involved with the Camden Copper Works, originally on South 5th Street, at Washington Street, and later at 559–609 South Second Street. The business was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey in 1912 for $50,000 fully paid, with Bernard Ahlberg, the founder, as president and manager; Dr. Wesley J. Barrett, secretary, and Walter E. Ahlberg, the founder's son, as treasurer. These also constituted the board of directors.
Dr. Barrett was married to Sarah M. Steedle. They had three daughters, Frances, Grace, and Ruth. Dr. Barrett passed away in 1934. Mrs. Barrett was still living at the Haddonfield address as late as 1947.
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WWI Draft Registration Card
WWI Draft Registration Card: Dr. Wesley J. Barrett, 1918. Registration Card at left, Registrar's Report at right.
WWI Draft Registration Card: Dr. Wesley J. Barrett, 1918. Registration Card at left, Registrar's Report at right.View transcription
REGISTRATION CARD
SERIAL NUMBER 78[?]
ORDER NUMBER 3429
1 Wesley Johnson Barrett
[illegible]
2 [illegible]
510 Broadway Camden, N J.
[illegible]
Age in Years
3 44
Date of Birth
4 May 20th, 1874
[illegible]
RACE
White
5 ✓
Negro
6
Oriental
7
Indian
Citizen
8
Noncitizen
9
U. S. CITIZEN
Native Born
10 ✓
Naturalized
11
Citizen by Father's Naturalization [illegible]
12
ALIEN
Declarant
13
Non-declarant
14
15 [illegible]
PRESENT OCCUPATION
16 Physician
EMPLOYER'S NAME
17 Wesley Johnson Barrett
18 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS
510 Broadway Camden N.J.
[illegible]
NEAREST RELATIVE
Name
19 Sarah Morris Barrett
Address
20 510 Broadway.
[illegible]
I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE VERIFIED ABOVE ANSWERS AND THAT THEY ARE TRUE
Wesley J. Barrett
(Registrant's signature or mark)
P. M. G. O.
FORM No. 1 (R[?]d)
(OVER)
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
29-3-8-C
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT
HEIGHT
Tall
21
Medium
22 ✓
Short
23
BUILD
Slender
24
Medium
25 ✓
Stout
26
COLOR OF EYES
27 Brown
COLOR OF HAIR
28 Black
29 Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified? (Specify.)
No
30 I certify that my answers are true; that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers; that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows:
Frank J. Walsh
(Signature of Registrar)
Date of Registration [illegible]
Local Board for Division No. 2, City
of Camden, State of New Jersey
Board of Education, Room #12,
City Hall, Camden, New Jersey.
(STAMP OF LOCAL BOARD)
(The stamp of the Local Board having jurisdiction of the area in which the registrant has his permanent home shall be placed in this box.)
[illegible]
(OVER)
Registrar's Report detail, WWI Draft Registration Card of Dr. Wesley J. Barrett
Registrar's Report detail, WWI Draft Registration Card of Dr. Wesley J. BarrettView transcription
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
29-3-8-C
Description of registrant — Height: Medium ✓; Build: Medium ✓; Color of eyes: Brown; Color of hair: Black
29. Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or is he obviously physically disqualified? (Specify.)
No
30. I certify that my answers are true, that the person registered has read or has had read to him his own answers, that I have witnessed his signature or mark, and that all of his answers of which I have knowledge are true, except as follows:
Frank J. [illegible]
Date of Registration: [illegible]
Local Board for Division No. 2, City of Camden, State of New Jersey
Board of Education, Room #12, City Hall, Camden, New Jersey.
(The stamp of the Local Board having jurisdiction of the area in which the registrant has his permanent home shall be placed in this box.)
[illegible] (OVER)
Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932View transcription
DR. W.J.BARRETT SPEAKS AT CAPITAL CONVENTION
Washington, June 14.—Dr. Wesley J. Barrett, of Camden, N. J., today addressed the national convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy, meeting for its 88th session here.
Dr. Barrett, who for some years has taken a prominent part in national homeopathic affairs, read a scientific paper entitled "A Resume of One Hundred Cases of Appendicitis" before the Surgical and Gynecological Society, in which he surveyed new homeopathic developments in this field.
Also on the program at the convention is Dr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician to both President Hoover and former President Coolidge, and one of the country's leading homeopathic physicians.
Dr. Wesley J. Barrett of Camden addressed the national convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy in Washington, reading a scientific paper on appendicitis before the Surgical and Gynecological Society.
Enos B. Dellmuth, 43, civic leader, former Ninth ward councilman and foreman of the June term Camden county grand jury, died at his home at 426 Chambers street after a stroke suffered at the jury's last session. Camden Courier-Post, September 10, 1928.
