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Notes for Milo BARNUM

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Record about Milo Barnum. Name: Milo Barnum; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 14 Jun 1808; Birth Location: Danbury; Parent Name: Benjamin Jr.; Parent Name: Naomi.

In the 1850 US Census for Black Rock, Erie County, New York the family of Milo Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #326; FAmily #351
Milo Barnum, 42, M, Milling, Real property $12,000, b. Connecticut
Rebecca Barnum, 42, F, b. Connecticut
Mary C. Barnum, 17, F, b. New York, Attended school within the year
Ezra B. Barnum, 16, M, No occupation, b. New York, Attended school within the year
Theodore L.. Barnum, 6, M, b. New York, Attended school within the year
Gertrude Barnum, 4, F, b. New York
Frederic Barnum, 1, M, b. New York
Catherine Collins, 15, F, b. Ireland
Mary Mason, 20, F, b. Ireland
He is Find A Grave memorial #146962563.

From the Troy Daily Times, Troy, NY, January 7, 1890: Milo Barnum died suddenly yesterday morning, aged eighty-three years, at the residence of his son, Theodore F. Barnum, at Washington Park. Mr. Barnum was formerly engaged in the flour-mill business at Black Rock, near Buffalo, but for many years past had resided in Troy. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Rebecca Barnum, who is a sister of E. W. and E. M. Boughton and by three sons and two daughters: Theodore F. and Fred. W. Barnum, of this city, and Ezra Barnum of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Sarah Gertrude Thompson, widow of the late I. Grant Thompson, formerly editor of the Albany Law Journal and Mrs. Mary Frazer, a resident of Brooklyn. Mr. Barnum early in life united with the Presbyterian Church and gave unmistakable evidence of his preparation for another and better life. The interment will be at Oakwood.

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