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==Biography==
[[File:Frank A. Barrett (WY).png|140px|thumb|left|Barrett as governor.]]
Barrett was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], to a family of eight. His parents were Patrick J. Barrett and Elizabeth A. Curran Barrett. His mother and his paternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from [[Ireland]].<ref>
{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4C-ZG3 |title= United States Census, 1910 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=April 24, 2018 }}</ref> He studied [[Bachelor of Laws|law]] and [[Bachelor of Sciences|science]] at [[Creighton University]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_wyoming/col2-content/main-content-list/title_barrett_frank.htmll|title= Wyoming Governor Frank A. Barrett|publisher= National Governors Association|access-date= November 15, 2012}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and worked as a postal employee at the same time. During [[World War I]], Barrett joined the Balloon Corps of the [[United States Army]] for a two-year enlistment. He married Alice Catherine Donoghue on May 21, 1919, and they moved to [[Lusk, Wyoming|Lusk]], [[Wyoming]].
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