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A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname


Husband: Caleb SHELDON 1
   Born: 1787             at: Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States  
Married: BET 1805 AND 1808at:   
   Died: 1836             at:   
 Father:Caleb SHELDON
 Mother:Mary ROOTS
        Other Spouses: 
   Wife: Anna BARNUM 2
   Born: 11 MAY 1790      at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 3  
   Died: 5 APR 1876       at: New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  
 Father:Amos BARNUM
 Mother:Sarah GEER
        Other Spouses: 
NOTES  
CHILDREN
   Name: Amos Barnum SHELDON 4
   Born: 1809             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  
Married: 30 MAY 1830      at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  
   Died: 12 FEB 1888      at: New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut  
Spouses: Laura M. CRITTENDEN  
NOTES  
   Name: Eliza Ann SHELDON 5
   Born: 1814             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married: 6 JUN 1830       at:   
   Died: 27 JAN 1883      at: New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Spouses: Stephen BENNETT  
NOTES  
   Name: Mary SHELDON 1
   Born: 1816             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married: 8 SEP 1822       at:   
   Died: 26 AUG 1896      at: Neponset, Bureau, Illinois 6  
Spouses: Seeley CLARK  
NOTES  
   Name: Sarah SHELDON 1
   Born: 1816             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married:                  at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: Albert BEMAN  
NOTES  
   Name: Homer SHELDON 1
   Born: 1820             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married: 8 NOV 1846       at:   
   Died: 1891             at:  4  
Spouses: Melinda WHITNEY  
   Name: Emma SHELDON 1
   Born: 1823             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married:                  at:   
   Died: 14 FEB 1864      at: New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Spouses: William FRENCH  
   Name: Mercy SHELDON 1
   Born: 1825             at: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States 4  
Married:                  at:   
   Died:                  at:   
Spouses: William MARVIN  
SOURCES
1) Research by Sawyer, Frederick W. III
2) Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
3) Vital Records of Kent, Connecticut
4) Research by The Sheldon Family Association
5) Barbour Collection of Vital Records
6) Research by Kender, Laurel Clark

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