A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
The publication 'Past and Present of Eaton County' states: On October 3, 1868, Mr. (Deloss) Bishop consummated a second marriage, to Miss Ruby Barnum. She was born in Michigan on June 12, 1838, and is a daughter of Daniel and Betsey (Merritt) Barnum, the former of whom was born in Vermont and the latter in the state of New York while both died in Eaton County, Michigan where the father (Daniel) passed away at the age of forty-nine years and the mother (Betsey) at the age of seventy-nine. Daniel Barnum removed from Lenawee County, this state, to Eaton County in 1845, and purchased eighty acres of wild land, of which the present homestead of Mr. Bishop is a part, reclaiming the same to cultivation and here continuing to reside until his death. Concerning his eight children the following brief data are entered: Margaret, who now resides in the home of the subject of this sketch (Deloss Bishop), is the widow of George Poole, who was a farmer of Sunfield Township; Julia died in infancy; Ruby M. is the wife of Deloss Bishop; Charles resides in the city of Charlotte; Hattie is a resident of the state of Florida; Polly is the wife of Abraham Bair, of Oklahoma; Marilla resides in Grayling, Michigan; and Harrison, who was a member of a Michigan regiment in the Civil War, was killed while looking over the breastworks in the midst of a severe battle. Deloss and Ruby Bishop became parents of four children: Daniel D. is deceased; Bessie is wife of Sherman Meyers of Sherman City, Michigan; Reuben Dexter is deceased; and Joseph E. is a resident of Mecosta County, Michigan.
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