The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 calls him Edwin P. Barnum. He was an officer in the District Court of Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota.
E.P. BARNUM b. 1831, Stonington, New London County, CT. Migration Steps: Married 1852 to Irene E. Barnum of Michigan; three children, only Francis E. is living. Source: History of Upper Mississippi Valley (pub. 1881) at the Seattle Public Library qR977.6H629. To Rutland County, VT in abt. 1846; to Hastings, Dakota County, MN in 1856; to Fort Abercrombie, Richland County, ND in 1864; to Sauk Centre, Stearns County, MN in 1867.
He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.