Tom Barrett was an entrepreneur.

T.M. Barrett owned produce businesses, He was born in Europe. served in the Union Cavalry for Wisconsin in the civil war, living at the time in the Pelican Lake

Pelican Lake

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 area. After the war, he moved to California. Along with Cameron E. Thom

Cameron E. Thom

Cameron E. Thom who came to California during the gold rush, was a lawyer, a Confederate officer in the Civil War, and the 16th Mayor of Los Angeles .-California:...

 , He was a founder of Glendale, California

Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...

, a NE suburb of Los Angeles, California.
His seamstess sister Isabel made dresses for Republican President Herbert Hoover's wife and 1920's actresses in Hollywood .he is buried at Forest Lawn

Forest Lawn

-Cemeteries:Forest Lawn is a name for two major cemetery chains in the United States. The majority of these are old, elaborate cemeteries that historically had a secondary use as a public park:...

in Los Angeles.