Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) about Ira Barnum. Name: Ira Barnum; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 20 Jun 1788; Birth Location: Danbury; Parent Name: Abel; Parent Name: Annis.
1860 United States Federal Census about Ira Barnum. Name: Ira Barnum; Age in 1860: 72; Birth Year: abt 1788; Birthplace: Connecticut; Home in 1860: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; Gender: Male; Post Office: Bridgeport; Value of real estate: xx; Household Members: Ira Barnum, 72; Sarah Barnum, 71; Adelia M Carey, 36; Peter M Carey, 42; Charles P Carey, 15.
His gravestone reads: Barnum, Ira, died July 10, 1864, age 76 yrs.