A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
From the Luzerne County 'Federalist' of 13 October 1804: Estate of Theron Barnum, late of Tunkhannock Twp. request payments. Stephen Barnum and Elijah Barnum, Exec. Will be sold on Oct. 30th at Public Vendue, the personal property of the deceased, consisting of a small assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Salt, rum, brandy, wife [sic], leather. Wheat, Rye, Horses, Oxen, Cows, a Sleigh and Harness, Waggon, with sundry other Framing Utensils. Also a quantity of Boards and Sundry Household Furniture. Terms of Sale will be Cash and no Credit. Tunkhannock.
Calculated from his age at death.
The inscription on his gravestone reads: 'The sweet remembrance of the just May Flourish while they sleep in dust.'
Gravestone inscription: The sweet remembrance of the just / May flourish while they sleep in dust.
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