A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
From: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Chapman Brothers Publishing Co., Chicago, 1885., Page 521. Henry M. Barnum of Montmorency Township, Whiteside Co IL. Henry M. Barnum, farmer, section 16, Montmorency Township, was born January 18, 1843, in Greene Co. N. Y. His parents, Abraham and Sarah (Ingraham) Barnum, were natives respectively of Connecticut and New York, and in the latter State they were married and made their life-long residence. Their children numbered 11, and were named as follows: George, Amanda, Watson, Mary, Angeline, Henry M., Sarah, William, Adelia A., Dexter, and Georgiana.
The death of the father while the children were yet small, left the support of the family on Mr. Barnum and his brother, a duty which they fulfilled until its various members were able to care for themselves. Consequently, Mr. Barnum was deprived of the opportunity of obtaining much education beyond the ordinary English rudiments. He was 18 years old when the war broke out, and within the first year of the conflict he enlisted in the 20th N.Y. Inf. for three months. He re-enlisted at the expiration of the time in the same regiment for three years, but was discharged in February, 1863, for disability. Soon after, he came to Whiteside County, and for two years after his arrival he operated as a farm laborer. He then rented land and continued that method of operation until 1878, when he bought 80 acres of land and established a homestead. His place is all under tillage. Politically he is a Democrat, and has discharged the duties of the positions of Collector, Assessor and Township Clerk three years respectively.
Mr. Barnum was united in marriage, Feb. 19, 1865, in Greene County in his native State , to Emmeline, daughter of Simeon and Julia (Middaugh) Reynolds. The parents of Mrs. Barnum live in Ulster County, N. Y. They had eight children, - Mary J., Gideon B., Emmeline, Elizabeth, Willard H., George H. Oscar and Henry E. Mrs. Barnum was born Aug. 11, 1845 in Greene County. To her and her husband seven children have been born, - Ermina, Rena, Julia, Dora, Mary A., Wilbur H., and Daisy E. The oldest child died when 16 months old. The mother is a memeber of the Baptist Church of Sterling, having united with it in December, 1878.
Veterans Administration pension records show him as a private in Company "G" 80th New York Infantry. his widow received a pension as an Army Widow.
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