Asahel also appears in some sources as Asel Barnum.
Burial records of the Congregational Church Cemetery in Bethel, Connecticut refer to the death of Mrs. Asel [sic] Barnum on 26 January 1799. She was buried in plot R9-12.
'The Barnum Family, 1517-1904' gives a year of death of 1868 (age 92).
Danbury notes say he died 16 Aug 1870.
Birth: Nov. 15, 1776, Death: Aug. 16, 1870, Burial: Center Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.