A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
In the 1850 US Census for New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut the family of Eliakim Nash Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #72; Family #81
Eliakim Barnum, 37, M, Farmer, Real property $200, b. Connecticut
Abba J. Barnum, 33, F, b. Connecticut
Amy H. Barnum, 6, F, b. Connecticut
Walter D. Barnum, 4, M, b. Connecticut, Attended school within the year
Eben Barnum, 33, M, Farmer, b. Connecticut [N.B., Eliakim's younger brother, Eben/Ebenezer]
Living next door were Samuel Barnum, b. abt. 1825, and Jane Barnum, b. abt. 1827, both b. New York, who have not yet been identified.
In the 1860 US Census for New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut the family of Eliakim Nash Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #1639; Family #1738
Eliakin Barnum, 46, M, Farmer, Real property 200; Personal property $125; b. Connecticut
Abba J. Barnum; 40, F, b. Connecticut
Amy H. Barnum, 16, F. b. Connecticut
Walter D. Barnum, 14, M, b. Connecticut
Eliakim Nash Barnum enlisted in Company "K", 11th Regiment, Connecticut
Infantry on December 4, 1861, giving his residence as Danbury, CT.
Discharged the following year, he died in New York on his way home.
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