This photograph developed from a glass negative is labeled, "Charlie Britten'" believed to be in Livingston County Michigan. A John C. Britton lived in Conway Township, 1847 - 1921; unknown if any relationship.
This is a portrait of Charles W. Barber, Howell, Livington, Michigan. Mr. Barber was born in 1830 in Washington, New York. He came with his family to Green Oak Township in 1836. Mr. Barber died at his residence in Howell in 1901.
Charles W. Barber married Janette Peebles, daughter of J. Peebles in 1860.
As an adult, he carried the mail for many years. For the last 14 years of his life, he was the Proprietor of the Barber Hotel which was also known as the Howell Hotel. The Barber Hotel was located near the Pere Marquette Depot in Howell.
Portraits of Charles Schafer a wildlife artist taken in 1976. Charles Schafer is a notable Howell, Michigan native as listed in The Howell Bicentennial History 1776-1976 Part 1. He was an artist for Michigan Department of Natural Resources Publication.
