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JOSEPH L. BARBOUR
HARTFORD: Attorney-at-Law
Joseph L. Barbour was born in Barkhamsted, Litchfield county, December 18, 1846, and was educated in the Hartford High school and Williston Seminary at East Hampton, Mass. He is a son of the late Judge Barbour of Hartford, a gentlema of eminent philanthropy, and has spent the most his life in the city of Hartford. In 1864 Mr. Barbour was obliged to give up his plans for a college course, and engaged in teaching. This avocation was pursued for two years. In 1867 Mr. Barbour commenced a successful career of journalism in this city, and was associated for seven years with the Hartford Evening Post. He retired from that paper in 1874, and has since devoted his attention to the law. Mr. Barbour is one of the ablest jury lawyers in county, and has a large and steadily increasing practice. He is a republican in politics, and has held a number of important and responsible positions within the gift of his party. He was clerk of the common council board in this city for four years, and has held the house and senate clerkships proving himself a man of unusual competence in these offices. Mr. Barbour’s work in connection with the house and senate journals was of highest order. For eight years he was elected prosecuting attorney by the court of common council here, and discharged the duties of that office with marked success. Mr. Barbour has been assigned to no place of public service in which he has not shown exceptional tact and ability. His best political service has been rendered on the stump through suceessive presidential campaigns. There is not a republican speaker in the state who can surpass Mr. Barbour as a campaigner. His reputation is not limited to Connecticut. In New York and New Jersey he has been one of the most popular favorites. In other fields his oratorical efforts have been equally brilliant. Mr. Barbour’s Memorial Day orations have been models of eloquent and fascinating eulogy. He was a member of the Connecticut National Guard for six years, and is a member of the Veteran Association of the Hartford City Guard. He is also a member of St. John’s Lodge, F. and A. M., of this city, and of Charter Oak Lodge, I. O. O. F. His church relationships are with Rev. Dr. Parker’s, where he is a regular attendant. Mr. Barbour’s family consists of a wife and three children, the former being a daughter of Assistant Postmaster Oliver Woodhouse of the Hartford post-office. A daughter of Mr. Barbour is now a student at Vassar College.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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