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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =W. C. Barrineau
| image_name =WCBarrineau.png
| image_size =220px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[April 28]], [[1868]]
| place_of_birth =Williamsburg County, South Carolina
| date_of_death =[[July 27]], [[1942]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =Julia Katherine Dean<br/>Gamme Anderson
| parents =Charles Reed & Elizabeth Scott Britton Barrineau
| children =Anna Elizabeth, Marie Britton, William Capers and Katy Barrineau
| signature =WCBarrineauSig.png
| signaturesize =200px
}}
'''William Capers Barrineau''' ([[1868]]-[[1942]]) was a naval stores magnate turned agribusiness innovator who developed the area now known as [[Barrineau Park]]. He also served many terms on the [[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners]] and at least twice as its chairman, from 1913-1917 and again in 1929.
Born in South Carolina, Barrineau moved to southwest Georgia in 1889, where he conducted naval stores business for several years. In [[1900]] he purchased a tract of 11,000 acres (later increased) in northern Escambia County, which he used for its timber and to create turpentine. He conducted his turpentine business with his brothers, [[C. H. Barrineau]] and [[C. R. Barrineau]], and was heavily invested in the [[Williams Naval Stores Company]].
As the land was expended of trees, Barrineau redeveloped much of it as farmland. He established an estate of about 500 acres for himself and sold parcels of about 40 acres each to more than fifty immigrant families, most of them from Hungary, who sold their produce through a cooperative marketing plan. The community became known as [[Barrineau Park]].
In addition to his naval stores and farming interests, he was a stockholder in the [[T. G. Britton Mercantile Company]] in [[Molinp]] and a director of the [[Pensacola Dry Goods Company]]. He also entered into [[C. H. Barrineau|his brother's]] brickyard, the [[Build With Brick Plant]].
He was a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, and a Shriner.
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| subject_name =W. C. Barrineau
| image_name =WCBarrineau.png
| image_size =220px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[April 28]], [[1868]]
| place_of_birth =Williamsburg County, South Carolina
| date_of_death =[[July 27]], [[1942]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =Julia Katherine Dean<br/>Gamme Anderson
| parents =Charles Reed & Elizabeth Scott Britton Barrineau
| children =Anna Elizabeth, Marie Britton, William Capers and Katy Barrineau
| signature =WCBarrineauSig.png
| signaturesize =200px
}}
'''William Capers Barrineau''' ([[1868]]-[[1942]]) was a naval stores magnate turned agribusiness innovator who developed the area now known as [[Barrineau Park]]. He also served many terms on the [[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners]] and at least twice as its chairman, from 1913-1917 and again in 1929.
Born in South Carolina, Barrineau moved to southwest Georgia in 1889, where he conducted naval stores business for several years. In [[1900]] he purchased a tract of 11,000 acres (later increased) in northern Escambia County, which he used for its timber and to create turpentine. He conducted his turpentine business with his brothers, [[C. H. Barrineau]] and [[C. R. Barrineau]], and was heavily invested in the [[Williams Naval Stores Company]].
As the land was expended of trees, Barrineau redeveloped much of it as farmland. He established an estate of about 500 acres for himself and sold parcels of about 40 acres each to more than fifty immigrant families, most of them from Hungary, who sold their produce through a cooperative marketing plan. The community became known as [[Barrineau Park]].
In addition to his naval stores and farming interests, he was a stockholder in the [[T. G. Britton Mercantile Company]] in [[Molinp]] and a director of the [[Pensacola Dry Goods Company]]. He also entered into [[C. H. Barrineau|his brother's]] brickyard, the [[Build With Brick Plant]].
He was a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, and a Shriner.
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