A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
From the New York Times, 10 Sep 1925: F. S. Barnum Dies, Lawyer 43 Years. Had Been District Attorney of Putnam County and President of White Plains. Director in Several Banks. Began His Career Here After Graduation From Columbia in 1882. Funeral Tomorrow. Frederick Stone Barnum, lawyer and former President of the Town of White Plains, died there Yesterday at the home of his son, Ray Foster Barnum, 63 Greenridge Avenue. He was born In Putnam County sixty-seven years ago. After attending school there he entered Columbia University, from which he was graduated in 1879. After graduation from the Columbia Law School In 1882, he opened law offices in New York City and in Brewster, N. Y. Subsequently he became District Attorney of Putnam County. Mr. Barnum moved to White Plains thirty-five years ago, discontinuing his New York office. In 1909 he was made Village President of White Plains. He was a director In several banks and had been in active practice until a short time before his death. He is survived by his son. Ray Foster Barnum. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 P. M. in Grace Episcopal Church in White Plains.
From the Putnam County Republican, 12 September 1925 (page 1): Well Known Lawyer Dead. Frederic S. Barnum Passed Away at White Plains on Wednesday. Frederic Stone Barnum, a native of Putnam County and a well known lawyer, died at his home, White Plains, on Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, 1925, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis sustained some days previous.
He was in his sixty-eighth year, having been born in Southeast on June 17, 1858. His father was Le Ray Barnum, of Southeast, and his mother a daughter of the late Judge Stone of Patterson. In his boyhood days he attended a school at Redding, Conn., the Chappaqua Mountain Institute, Amenia Seminary and the Selleck School, Norwalk, Conn., and at the age of seventeen entered Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1870 with the degree of A.B. He entered Columbia Law School in the fall of 1879, graduated in 1881, was admitted to the Bar at Poughkeepsie in May, 1881, and continued his studies in Close & Robertson’s law office, White Plains, until March 1882 when he opened a law office in Brewster and has practiced continuously ever since, in late years being in partnership with his son, Ray Barnum, and having offices at White Plains and Brewster.
In 1887 Mr. Barnum was appointed by Gov. Cleveland as district attorney of Putnam County to fill a vacancy and held the office one year. In 1884 he was the Democratic candidate for that office, but was beaten by the late Abram J. Miller, Republican candidate.
He was a widower, but had been twice married. His first wife was Miss Rebecca Hayt, of Patterson, who died about a year after they were married. Some years afterward he married Miss Emma Foster, daughter of the late Francis E. Foster of Southeast, who is also dead. He is survived by one son, Ray Barnum, of White Plains.
The funeral services were held on Friday at Grace Episcopal Church, White Plains, at 2 P.M.
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