Mr. Barrett built a handsome residence on the northeast corner of Cary and Fifth Streets, then a fashionable locality, as was the whole street from Cary to Grace. Across Cary from Mr. Barrett's was the meat mansion of Joseph Marx, a wealthy and highly esteemed Jewish merchant from London. The home of Mr. Marx was filled with attractive daughters, who made elaborate matches. His son, Sam, died while cashier of the Bank of Virginia, and another son, Frederick, was a physician of high repute and prominent social life. It is related of Frederick that a prominent and attractive young lady made a wager that she would make Mr. Marx address her. He did address her, but was discarded, which so wounded his pride he immediately withdrew from society and ever after devoted himself to his profession. 