Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Barren County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, pages 587-588. JAMES RUSSELL BARRICK, A native of Kentucky, was born at Glasgow, Barren co., April 9, 1829; was liberally educated; was a merchant in the town of his birth, and a farmer near by; represented Barren county in the Kentucky legislature for four years, 1859-63; was a favorite contributor to the Louisville Journal, and to several Philadelphia magagines. [Note: Poem shown: "The Forest Stream."] Barrick = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/barrick.jr4.txt