A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
From the Adrian, Michigan Daily Telegram, 22 Jan 1901: Mrs. Mary Pease Barnum was born at Charlotte, Vt., December 9, 1821. Her parents were sturdy New England people, descendants of the famous Pease family of Salem, Mass., and she retained in a remarkable degree all the solid characteristics of that family. Her parents moved when she was quite young to Potsdam, N. Y., where she grew up, was educated, married, and where her children were born. She married Royal Barnum August 31, 1843, and in September, 1856, they moved west on account of Mrs. Barnum's enfeebled health, settling in Adrian. The family almost immediately became one of the most prominent in the city and vicinity, and Mr. Barnum held many responsible positions here, being president of the school board when he died in 1866. He built the present handsome home where his widow now lies deceased, finishing and occupying it in 1864. It has been one of the meeting places of the refinement and culture of Adrian all these years, and was graced by one who knew well the needs of the important position at its head. Mr. Barnum was one of the organizers and president of the Michigan State Insurance Co. He was a strong Republican and a leader in that party. The children who are left to mourn Mrs. Barnum's death are as follows: Mrs. Louise Barnum Robbins, wife of Hon. R. B. Robbins, late judge of probate and for years holding many responsible positions under the national government. She has been a prominent worker in national women's movements and national Relief Corps circles, her life work being well known to all our people. The second child is Leslie Pease Barnum, who has spent much of his life abroad in various art literary pursuits, and who was in Paris, France, when the sad news of his mother's dying condition was cabled to him. The third and youngest child is Mrs. Jennie L. Wyman, wife of Dr. Hal O. Wyman, the eminent physician of Detroit, who has a state and national reputation. It can be seen that this family that has been so bereaved was destined for prominence, coming from such sturdy ancestry. Mrs. Mary Pease Barnum was a remarkable woman in every particular. She had a stately manner and intellectual bearing that impressed one when meeting her that you were in the presence of a superior mind. Strong in character, motherly in traits, devoted to family and friends and possessing exquisite tact and executive ability, she took the management of her husband's estate at his death and has carried it most remark-ably successful ever since. She has traveled extensively, both in America, in England and on the continent, so that her natural and acquired intellectuality was rounded out by person-al experiences among foreign peoples and scenes. She was a loyal Adrian woman, believing in her home friends and being ever true to them. Her advice was always in demand, and freely given. She will be missed perhaps more than any other of Adrian's prominent women who have lately passed over to the other shore.
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