Gorham Barnum (1797 - 1839)

Born 17 Aug 1797 in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 May 1839 at age 41 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Barnum Name Study.

Name

Gorham Barnum or Goreham Barnum^[1]

Goreham Barnum^[2]

Birth

1797 Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^[1][3]

August 17, 1797 Calculated from epitaph^[2]

Death

29 MAY 1839 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^[1][4]

Sources

• Barnum, Eben Lewis. & Barnum, Francis. Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum, 1625-1695 (Meals Printing Company, Gardner, Mass., 1912) Page 68
• Union Cemetery, New Fairfield, Connecticut

"In memory of / Goreham Barnum / who died / May 29, 1839 / aged 41 yrs 8 mos. & 25ds."

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934

Goreham Barnum Birth Date: abt 1798 Age at Death: 41 Death Date: 29 May 1839 Death Place: Connecticut Gender: Male FHL Film Number: 3349

• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA

Gorham Barnum Birthplace: Connecticut Volume: 09 Page Number: 503 Reference: Gen. Column of the Boston Evening Transcript. 1906-1941.: Apr 14, 1930, 9947

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls: SAR Membership Number: 98614
• The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1897) Vol. 3. Union Cemetery at Ball's Pond, New Fairfield.

• Page 236: "Barnum, Gorham, d. May 29, 1839, aet 42 yrs 8 mos. and 25 das."

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Sons of the American Revolution
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Union Cemetery
3. ↑ AGBI
4. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials