G. Barrett Rich
G. Barrett Rich (August 11, 1875[1] – August 18, 1961)[2] was the inspiration behind the G. Barrett Rich Mansion[3] and winner of the Silver Buffalo Award – the highest commendation from the Boy Scouts of America.[4]
He was a businessman[5] who held numerous executive roles including:
- president of the Bank of Attica (later known as The Buffalo Commercial Bank),[6]
- an incorporator and director of the Commonwealth Trust Company[7]
- a trustee of the Erie County Savings Bank;[8]
- Buffalo Public Library executive committee member;[9]
- YMCA life member;[10]
- North Presbyterian Church trustee;[11]
- Buffalo Club President;[12]
- a member of the Buffalo Historical Society Board of Managers.[13]
Barrett was also national executive board member of Boys Life, Camp Chief of the World Jamboree[14] and head of the Buffalo Jamboree.[15] He was a first lieutenant on the brigade staff of the National Guard of the State of New York in 1871[16]
From 1883 to 1886, he held the role of high office of Paymaster-General[17] of the State on the staff of Governor Grover Cleveland.
In 1910, he helped organize the Buffalo Council of the Boy Scouts.[18]
References
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- "Application for Landmark Site Status Saint Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum". buffaloah.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- "Scouting magazine: List of Silver Buffalo recipients". Scouting magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- Macleod, David I. (September 2004). Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-09404-1.
- Poor, Henry Varnum (1892). Poor's Hand Book of Investment Securities; for the Use of Bankers, Investors, Trust Institutions and Railroad Officials: Supplementing Poor's Manual of Railroads. H.V. & H.W. Poor.
- Rand McNally International Bankers Directory. Rand McNally & Company. July 1905.
- "Gaius Barrett Rich (1849-1923) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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- International, Rotary (September 1913). The Rotarian. Rotary International.
- Severance, Frank H. (Frank Hayward); Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N. Y. ) (1879). Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society. Harold B. Lee Library. Buffalo : Bigelow Bros.
- Samuelsen, W. David. "BIO: Rich Family; Buffalo, Erie co., NY". usgwarchives.
- Inc, Boy Scouts of America (November 1930). Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.
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- Sanford, Laura. "History of Erie County" (PDF). Niagara Edu.
- "G. Barrett Rich House". buffaloah.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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