A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
Lee C. Barnum died at the age of 26 years, 3 months and 20 days.
Washington Deaths, 1891-1907. Name: Lee C Barnum; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: abt 1878; Birth Place: Minnesota; Death Date: 15 Jan 1904; Age at Death: 26; Place of Death: Laclede, ID; County of Death: Bonner; Registration: Spokane; Residence: Laclede, ID; Father: I A Barnum; Father's Birth Place: New York; Mother: Ida A Holmes; Mother's Birth Place: Illinois.
From the Sentinel - Free Press, Sauk Rapids, Benton County, Minnesota, Vol. 49, No. 45, 22 January 1904, p. 1: Lee C. Barnum's Death. On Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Barnum, of this village, received a telegram from Spokane, Wash., bringing the sad and startling news of the accidental death of their son, Lee C. Barnum, aged about 26 years.
He was killed January 15th, 1904, at a lumber camp near Priest River, Idaho, where with others he was engaged in skidding some large logs which required the use of a block. They had anchored with a chain to a small cedar about 8 inches in diameter which uprooted when the team pulled, and in falling struck Lee who was standing in the direct path of its fall. The men called to him to look out and he looked up to see where the tree was coming from, receiving the full force of the tree across the skull and face, crushing the skull. He lived only about two hours after the accident and never regained consciousness, dying just as he was being placed in the train for Spokane. [N.B., his brother Warren Barnum, owner of W. A. Barnum Lumber Company, for which Lee worked, was accompanying him to the hospital at the time of his death and made arrangements for his body to be shipped back to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, where their parents lived]. Deceased was born Sept. 25, 1877.
The remains reached Sauk Rapids Wednesday afternoon and were at once taken to the Congregational Church where Rev. C. J. Snyder gave a short discourse and spoke words of comfort to the afflicted relatives and the large concourse of friends gathered to pay their last respects to the dead. Many beautiful flowers were placed upon the casket by friends. From the church the remains were taken to their last resting place in Sauk Rapids cemetery. The bereaved family have the deepest sympathy of the entire community in their hour of sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Smith who came up from Minneapolis to attend the funeral of Mrs. Smith's brother, Mr. Lee Barnum, returned home yesterday.
Mr. Warren Barnum accompanied the remains of his late deceased brother from Idaho back to the home of their boyhood. It was a long and lonely journey for him and the sympathy of a host of old time friends go out to him in his bereavement.
Card of Thanks. Sauk Rapids, Jan. 21, 1904. We desire hereby to tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends for their helpfulness and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our son and brother Lee. I. A. Barnum; Mrs. I. A. Barnum; Mrs. I. N. Smith; Warren A. Barnum.
From the Spokane Times, Spokane, Washington: As to Late L. C. Barnum. A Spokane Former Friend Pays Graceful Tribute to His Memory - How he was killed. Spokane, Wash., Jan. 18, 1904. Editor Tomes: The people of Sauk Rapids and vicinity were, no doubt, shocked to learn of the death of Lee C. Barnum, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Barnum, of Sauk Rapids.
It was also a great blow to the writer, who had known the unfortunate man for over ten years. He was a young man of promising future, was free from evil habits and in every way a gentleman. That his life should be terminated so suddenly and in such a sad manner is a source of keenest sorrow to his many friends. Kind friends at Priest River, where the accident occurred, were most sympathetic and extended their services in case it was needed.
The accident which caused the death of Mr. Barnum, was the falling of a tree while he was in the act of uprooting it. The team he was driving at the time became frightened, pulling the tree out by the roots before he was prepared for its fall. The tree struck him on the skull, apparently not fracturing any bone. There was a slight bruise about [the] nose and a few small scratches caused by the limbs. The tree was small and it is hard to realize that the blow could kill one. He was rendered unconscious and was at once taken to a hospital in this city, but died enroute as stated in one of our papers. He was accompanied to Spokane by his brother, Warren A Barnum and wife, who made the necessary arrangements for the shipment of the body to Sauk Rapids today.
During my visit to the undertaking rooms where the body rested prior to its departure, I met A. L. Holmes, of Wilbur, Washington, uncle of the deceased and a resident of Sauk Rapids many years ago. Also Charles F. Kahl, of that place, now of Hillyard, Washington. Warren A. Barnum left today with the remains via the Northern Coast Limited for his home. - P. M. Wood.
He was buried, with his parents, in the Benton County Cemetery, Lot 1, Block 13.
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