A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
'The Barnum Family, 1350-1907' calls her Betsey Nickinson. According to The Pioneer History of Clarksfield, Joseph Nickerson was born in Franklin, Putnam county, N.Y., July 4, 1793. In 1812 he married Nancy A. Ghrist, who was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1792. In 1824 they moved from Danbury, Conn., to Clarksfield, settling on a farm a half mile north of the Hollow, on the place now owned by J. N. Barnum, moving into a house which had been built by Ezra Wildman, on the east side of the river. Mr. Nickerson was a hatter by trade and used to work in Milan. At one time the family lived in Ebenezer Barnum’s log house, while Mr. Nickerson was at Milan. Mr. Barnum’s wife was a sister of Mr. Nickerson.
Birth: unknown; Death: unknown; Inscription: wife of E.M. Barnum. Burial: Clarksfield Cemetery, Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio, USA.
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