Kings County Biographies

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler


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BRIGHT EARL BARNETT
 
Born in Kings county, Cal., October 15, 1886, Bright Earl Barnett attended 
public schools near his boyhood home until he was sixteen years old. After that 
he was employed by his father on the latter's ranch until he attained his 
majority, when he took up the battle of life for himself and met with much 
success. He is managing, at this time, three hundred and twenty acres of well 
improved land, which he devotes to the purposes of stock-raising and dairying. 
He has a vineyard of fifteen acres, keeps forty mulch cows and raises many hogs. 
One hundred and fifty acres of his land is used for pasturage and for the 
production of alfalfa, of which he harvests from four to six crops annually.
Fraternally Mr. Barnett affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He 
takes intelligent interest in public affairs from the point of view of his party 
and is ready at all times to respond with prompt generosity to any call on 
behalf of the community at large, and there is no proposition which in his 
judgment promises to benefit his community that does not have his cordial 
encouragement and support. On December 23, 1907, he married Miss Vera Russell, a 
native of Pike county, Illinois, born November 27, 1884, and she bore him a son, 
Glenn Ray Barnett, who was born May 8, 1911.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
pp. 702-703