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A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname


Husband: Zenus BARNUM 1
   Born: 13 FEB 1783      at: Pittston Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Colony  
Married: 8 JUN 1815       at:   2  
   Died: 13 DEC 1864      at: Pittston Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  3  
 Father:Stephen BARNUM
 Mother:Ruth STRONG
        Other Spouses: Mercy FELL  
NOTES  
   Wife: Elizabeth SLOCUM 1
   Born: 3 OCT 1788       at: Pittston Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States 2  
   Died: AUG 1869         at:   
 Father:William SLOCUM
 Mother:Sarah SAWYER
        Other Spouses: William JENKINS  
CHILDREN
   Name: Mercy Fell BARNUM 2
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Spouses: 
   Name: Merritt BARNUM 1
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Spouses: 
   Name: William J. BARNUM 2
   Born: 25 FEB 1816      at: Pennsylvania, United States 4  
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   Died: 26 APR 1850      at: Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States 5  
Spouses: 
   Name: Elizabeth Slocum BARNUM 2
   Born: 14 AUG 1821      at: La Grange, Wyoming, Pennsylvania 6  
Married: 1844             at: La Grange, Wyoming, Pennsylvania 7  
   Died: 3 JUL 1909       at: La Grange, Wyoming, Pennsylvania 6  
Spouses: David Robert OSTERHOUT  
NOTES  
   Name: Zenus BARNUM 1
   Born: 29 APR 1823      at: Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States 2  
Married: 26 OCT 1852      at:   
   Died: 31 OCT 1876      at: Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States 2  
Spouses: Maria CLARK  Caroline E. FULLER  
NOTES  
   Name: Ruth Strong BARNUM 2
   Born: ABT JUL 1829     at: Pittston Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States 8  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 30 APR 1903      at: Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States  
Spouses: John Hall SUTPHIN  
SOURCES
1) Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family
2) Research by Wolford, Diane
3) Research by Wilson, Charlee
4) Find A Grave Index
5) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
6) Gravestone in La Grange or Jackson Cemetery
7) Research by Osterhout, Phyllis
8) US Federal Census of 1850

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