Ruth (Todd) Barnum (1813 - 1870)

Born Jan 1813 in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Wife of Aurelius Barnum — married 27 Nov 1833 in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1870 at age 57 in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

In the 1860 US Census for Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut the family of Ruth Barnum (widow) was enumerated as follows: Dwelling #80; Family #92. Ruth Barnum, 47, F, Real property $1,200, Personal property $300, b. Connecticut. Mary Barnum, 18, F, b. Connecticut. Caroline Barnum, 16, F, School teacher, b. Connecticut. Ruth's son Bethel, his wife and small daughter were also living in her home.

Died 20 NOV 1870. ^[1]

Buried Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[2]

Marriage Husband Aurelius Barnum. Wife Ruth Todd. Child: Edmund Romine Barnum. Child: Bethel Starr Barnum. Child: Edward Todd Barnum. Child: Mary Barnum. Child: Caroline Barnum. Marriage 27 NOV 1833. Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S394
2. ↑ Source: #S1452
3. ↑ Source: #S1175 Page

• Eleanor Munson Carey's Carey family book, Lexington, KY 1980
• Source: S1452 Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com)
• Source: S181 Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912)
• Source: S394 Gravestone in Center Cemetery, Bethel, Connecticut
• Source: S58 US Census of 1860
• Jessup, Harlan R., Marriages and Deaths From P. T. Barnum's Herald of Freedom, 1832-1833, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2002) Vol. 45, No. 2, Page 99. Marriage record.