Henry C. Barnum (1819 - 1889)

Born 17 Sep 1819 in Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States

Husband of Fanny (Tabor) Barnum — married 4 Jul 1851 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Husband of Elvira J. (Evans) Barnum — married 16 Sep 1879 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1889 at age 69 in Sunfield, Eaton, Michigan, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

From The History of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Philadelphia: Everts and Abbott, 1880: Henry Barnum was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1819. His parents, Lewis and Margaret (Rhoda) Barnum, had a family of eight children,—six sons and two daughters. When Henry was eight years of age, his father removed with his family to Chautauqua County, where he remained until his emigration to Michigan, in 1836. He first settled in the town of Blissfield, Lenawee Co., where he remained three years, when when he removed to Washtenaw County, and from thence to Eaton County, where he died, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was a successful, energetic farmer, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Henry acquired a good common-school education, and lived with his father until he attained his seventeenth year, when he purchased "his time" and started in business for himself. He chose the occupation of his father, in which he has been highly successful. In 1842 he removed to Eaton County, where he purchased a farm of two hundred acres, in the town of Smithfield. After a residence of several years he sold his farm and came to the town of Oshtemo.

In 1851 he married Miss Fanny Tabor, of Pavilion, daughter of Abraham Tabor, one of the early settlers of that town. They were blessed with two children: Everetta, born in Texas in 1853, and William H., born in Pavilion in November, 1857. In 1878 Mrs. Barnum died. She was born in Erie Co., N. Y., in 1832. In 1879, Mr. Barnum was again married, to Mrs. Elvira J. Himebaugh, who was born in Athens, Windham Co., Vt., in 1832.

The life of Mr. Barnum has been one of industry and economy. He has won a competency and an honorable record, and is classed among the representative men of Pavilion; and while his name is not known in official circles, he has led a life of usefulness, and is among the number who have aided in the development of Kalamazoo County.

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. Name: Henry C Barnum; Residence: Pavilion, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Class: 2; Congressional District: 2nd; Age on 1 July 1863: 43; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820; Race: White; Place of Birth: New York.

Event

Event:

Type: Resided

Date: 1870

Place: Pavilion, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Sources

• FindAGrave Memorial #150899484