A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 calls her Hepseba.
In the 1850 US Census for Carlton, Barry County, Michigan the widow Hepsibah Barnum was living next door to her son Mason and her deceased husband's first cousin, Israel Harrison Barnum, and her family was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #771; Family #790
Epsida Barnum [sic], 50, F, Real property $200, b. New York
Almena, 17, F, b. New York
Marrion P., 16, M, Labourer, b. New York
Philo, 14, M, b. New York, Attended school within the year
Amelia, 9, F, b. Michigan
Stephen P., 6, M, b. Michigan
In the 1860 US Census for Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan Hepsibah Barnum and her youngest son were enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #853; Family #753
Henjibah Barnum, 60, F, b. New York
Stephen F. Barnum, 16, M, Laborer, b. Michigan, Attended school within the census year,
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