[4] During his career, he also held other local offices, including justice of the peace and town meeting moderator.

[4] He joined the United States Army for World War II, and attained the rank of captain at Headquarters, Chinese Combat Command, a unit commanded by Robert B. McClure, which operated in the China Burma India Theater.

[14] As his deputy, Barber appointed Robert Stafford, who succeeded him as Attorney General.

[17][18] In 1959, Stafford, now serving as governor, appointed Barber to the Vermont Liquor Control Board.

[21] He remained active in Republican politics; in 1970, he was the Windham County chairman of Senator Winston L. Prouty’s reelection campaign.

[28] They divorced in 1946,[29] and in 1949, Barber married Harriet Frances Fairbrother of Newport, Vermont.