The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barnes, Thurlow Weed

​BARNES, Thurlow Weed, journalist and publisher, was born in Albany, N.Y., June 28, 1853, son of William and Emily (Weed) Barnes. He learned the printing trade in Albany, and was graduated from Harvard college in 1876. He was active as a journalist, being connected with the Albany Evening Journal, and as chairman of the Republican county committee until 1883, when he retired from active political life in Albany, and prepared and published a life of his grandfather, Thurlow Weed. He spent two winters in India, and travelled extensively in the East. In 1857 he became a partner in the publishing firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. of Boston, residing in the city of New York, and engaging in literary work.

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