The Cedar Falls Historical Society, which is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, operates five museum sites, including a Victorian era home which was built and lived in by Azel Day Barnum, married to Jane Van Dyke.
In the 1850 US Census for Lancaster, Stephenson County, Illinois the family of Azel D. Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #310; Family #337
Azel D. Barnum, 28, M, Merchant, b. Vermont
Jane Barnum, 23, F, b. Pennsylvania
Erastus [sic] D. Barnum, 1, M, b. Vermont
Margaret J. Ramsey, 19, F. b. Pennsylvania
Dwelling #310 was owned by John Van Dyke, 67, whose family of seven members also lived there.
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)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Azel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Patrick Barnum :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 36000 markers, haplogroup R-BY12211, FTDNA kit #63407, MitoYDNA ID T10988[compare] +
Y-Chromosome Test 100572 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
Dick Barnum :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #118801 +
Y-Chromosome Test 100 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
Albert Burnham :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 36000 markers, haplogroup R-BY12211, FTDNA kit #286626 +
Y-Chromosome Test 100 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Azel: