Barrows was a 23rd century Human individual who served in Starfleet as a tactical officer aboard the Federation starship USS Enterprise in the 2260s under the command of Captain James T. Kirk.
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Barrows was a gunner's assistant who kept a stock of candles.
In the year 2268, Doctors Helen Gordon or Leonard McCoy borrowed one of the candles to provide illumination for them in the machine room on deck twenty behind the shuttle bay, where they and Spock worked to rescue a "poltergeist" on the Enterprise, who in reality was the disembodied consciousness of Captain James T. Kirk. Gordon was unsure why Barrows kept so many candles. (TOS novel: Ghost-Walker)