Lucretia Jane (Whitney) Barnum (1826 - 1888)

Born 1826 in Augusta, Grenville, Upper Canada

Died 10 Jan 1888 at about age 62 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Biography

Lucretia was born around 1826.

She married Bushrod Cottin Barnum on 20 January 1848.^[1] Their children included^[2]:

• Fidelia Barnum
• Anna B. Barnum

Lucretia died in 1888^[3], and is buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ From the Frontier/Ogdensburg Sentinel, Saint Lawrence County, New York, 25 Jan 1848: Married Jan. 20, 1848 by Rev. J. A. Savage, Bushrod C. Barnum of Potsdam to Miss Lucretia Whitney of Augusta, Ont.
2. ↑ "1880 United States Federal Census", Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 725; Page: 184A; Enumeration District: 159, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #48758205 (accessed 31 August 2023), Lucretia J Barnum (50), wife, Keeping House, in household of Bushrod C. Barnum (53) in Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, USA. Born in Canada.
3. ↑ "St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., Death Records, 1850-1902", Original data: St. Louis Genealogical Society. Index to Death Records in the City of St. Louis, 1850-1902. St. Louis, MO, USA: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999; Volume: 21; Page: 71, Ancestry Record 5696 #12018 (accessed 31 August 2023), Lucretia Jane Barnum death 10 Jan 1888.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15847899/lucretia-j-barnum: accessed 31 August 2023), memorial page for Lucretia J. Whitney Barnum (1826–Jan 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15847899, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Karl Kleen (contributor 46603313).

• "1850 United States Federal Census", The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 590; Page: 15b; Line Number: 29, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #8287729 (accessed 31 August 2023), Lucretia Barnum (24) in Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York, USA. Born in Canada West.