Carter Harrison Barnett and Callie Jackson Barnett, Huntington, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Caption reads: "Mr. Barnett was one of the earliest black students to graduate from Dennison University in Granville, OH (1892) and was the second principal of Douglass High School (1897–1900). Mrs. Barnett lived to be 109 and moved for a while to Columbus, Ohio, to work and send them her two sons to college. She was a major source of history in the Huntington area."Further information on back of photo: "Carter Harrison Barnett (1867–1921) A. B. Dennison University, Granville OH (1892). Callie Jackson Barnett (1871–1980) Graduate of Granville H. S., Granville, OH (1893). Retired attendance officer, Cabell County, WV (1941)."
