A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
Frederick was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was graduated from Wesleyan University in 185-; admitted to the New York Conference, on trial, in May 1859; in full connection May 1861; ordained deacon in May 1861; elder in May 1863; assigned to Peekskill, New York, 1859; Carmel, New York, 1860; Lake Mahopac, New York, 1861; Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1862-3; Pine Plains, New York, 1864-6; Saugerties, New York, 1867-9; Shrub Oak, New York, 1870-1; and Central Church, Yonkers, New York, 1872-3. He was preaching for the Presbyterian Church at Thompsonville, Connecticut in October 1875.
In the 1880 US Census for District 31, Enfield; Hartford County; Connecticut the family of Frederick S. Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #285; Family #538
Barnum; Frederick S.; W; M; 43; Married; Presbyterian minister; b. Connecticut; Both parents b. Connecticut
Barnum, Esther; W; F; 43; Married; Keeping house; b. New York; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. New York
Barnum, Willie; W,; M; 19; Son; Single; Clerk in store; b. New York; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. New York
Barnum, Frederick; W,; M; 18; Son; Single; Student; Attended school within the year; b. Massachusetts; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. New York
Barnum, Lewis; W,; M; 15; Son; Single; Student; Attended school within the year; b. New York; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. New York
Barnum, Oliver; W,; M; 13; Son; Single; At school; Attended school within the year; b. New York; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. New York
Fowler, Belle; W; F; 8; Boarder; Single; At school; Attended school within the year; b. Connecticut; Father b. Connecticut; Mother b. Pennsylvania
The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 mistakenly gives him a birth date of 1842.
From the Middletown (NY) Daily Herald, Wednesday, March 29, 1911: Obituary Notes. The Rev. Frederick Shepard Barnum died Tuesday in Kingston, N. Y. at the age of seventy-four. He was born in Bethel, Conn. In 1859 he was graduated fro Wesleyan University and was licensed to preach in the New York Conference. In 1899 he retired and moved to Kingston. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Dr. Fred Barnum, of Brooklyn, Lawrence Barnum, a banker of New York, and Dr. Oliver S. Barnum of California.
From the New York Times, 30 March 1911: The Rev. Frederck Shepard Barnum died Tuesday in Kingston, N.Y. He was born 74 years ago in Bethel, Conn. Mr. Barnum was graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859 and was licensed to preach in the New York Conference. He retired in 1899 and moved to Kingston, N.Y. He leaves a widow and three sons, Dr. Frederick Barnum of Brooklyn, Lawrence Barnum, a banker of New York, and Dr. Oliver S. Barnum, of California.
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