Samuel J. Barrows

Samuel June Barrows
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
Preceded by	Harrison H. Atwood
Succeeded by	Henry F. Naphen
Personal details
Born	May 26, 1845 New York, New York
Died	New York, New York April 21, 1909 (aged 63)
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Katherine Isabel Hayes Chapin
Children	Mabel Hay Barrows, (m. Henry Raymond Mussey).
Alma mater	Harvard Divinity School, B.D. 1874
Religion	Baptist, Unitarian

Samuel June Barrows (May 26, 1845 – April 21, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Barrows was born in New York City to a strict Baptist family. After his father's death, Barrows was sent to school until he became ill around the age of 7 or 8. Barrows' doctor recommended that he leave school. After leaving school, Barrows' mother, Jane Weekes Barrow, sent him to work for a printing press owned by Richard Hoe, a cousin of Barrows' late father. There he learned to be a messenger and telegrapher, as well as shorthand. He tried to enlist in the United States Navy during the American Civil War but was rejected because of poor health. Barrows then went to a hydropathic sanitarium for treatment and became the personal secretary of the presiding doctor. There he met his future wife, Isabel C. Barrows, who was a medical student at the sanitarium at the time. During his stay at the sanitarium, Samuel picked up the nickname "June" because it was an apt description of his sunny personality. He then used "June" as his middle name or "J" as his middle initial for the rest of his life.

Finding a calling to be a minister, he attended the Harvard Divinity School in 1871. While there, he was the Boston correspondent of the New York Tribune. After graduating, he served for four years as minister of the First Parish on Meeting House Hill in Dorchester, Massachusetts and then became editor of the Unitarian publication, the Christian Register for the next sixteen.

Barrows went with the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, under the command of General Stanley, and with the Black Hills Expedition in 1874, commanded by General Custer. In 1873 he took part in the Battle of the Tongue River.

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