He died without issue.
Death: Mar. 26, 1849. Inscription: Son of Richard & Electa Barnum - Age 13y 5m. Burial: Brighton Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA. The Brighton Cemetery is located at the end of Hoyt Place in the City of Rochester. This cemetery was in the Village of Brighton until 1905, when the whole village was annexed by the City of Rochester. The early records of the cemetery burned in a fire at the Presbyterian Church.