A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
In the 1850 US Census for Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island the family of Charles S. Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #276; Family #300
Charles S. Barnum, 42, M, Shoemaker, b. New York
Hannah Barnum, 32, F, b. Rhode Island
Mary Jane Barnum, 20, F, b. Rhode Island
Charles Francis Barnum, 14, M, b. Rhode Island
Daniel Turner Barnum, 11, M, b. Rhode Island; Attended school within the year
William Henry Barnum, 9, M, b. Rhode Island; Attended school within the year
Georgiana Barnum, 6, F, b. Rhode Island
Theodore Barnum, 4, M, b. Rhode Island
Louisa Barnum, 1, F, b. Rhode Island
In the 1860 US Census for Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island the family of Charles S. Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #828; Family #1065
Charles S. Barnham, 50, M, Shipping master, b. New York
Hannah Barnham, 44, F, b. Rhode Island
Charles F. Barnham, 24, M, Mariner, b. Rhode Island
Daniel Barnham, 20, M, Laborer, b. Rhode Island
William Barnham, 18, M, Laborer, b. Rhode Island
Oliver Barnham, 4, M, b. Rhode Island
Samuel Briggs, 10, M, b. Rhode Island; Attended school within the year
Georgiana Barnham, 17, F, b. Rhode Island
Louisa Barnham, 12, F, b. Rhode Island; Attended school within the year
From an obituary in the Newport Mercury newspaper: It was with feelings of deep regret we learned of the unfortunate accident in our Bay on Tuesday last, by which Mr. Charles S. Barnum, of this city, with two other companions, lost their lives. Mr. Barnum had been to Providence to ship a crew for the brig F. F. Newton, and on his passage down the river with a party of eight in a sailboat, a squall struck the sail, which was fastened, and capsized the boat.― Mr. Barnum's body did not sink, and was picked up by the Captain of the schooner Mail, who also rescued four of the party who clung to the sailors chests, which floated after the boat sunk, and one was rescued by a boat from Prudence Island.
The deceased was admirably calculated for his situation in life with a large family dependant on his exertions for their support, his happy disposition seldom allowed his spirits to falter. Thus buoyed up hew managed to maintain his family by the income derived from his agency in shipping seamen, keeping an intelligence office, supplying vessels with water from his water boat, and when all else failed to furnish employment for the moment he might be found at his cobblers bench always cheerful, never desponding; in a word, we know of no man in the community who moves in so humble a sphere as did C. S. Barnum, who would be missed so much as he is. But in the community his place will be filled by others, to his family the loss is irreparable, and we hope the widow overburdened with sorrow and care as she is, may not fail to receive the sympathy and aid which is so needful at the present moment. [Note: The Newport Mercury was established in 1758, is the oldest newspaper in the United States, and with less than half a dozen exceptions the oldest printed in the English language.]
A copy of this obituary and a photograph of Charles S. Barnum are framed and hung on a wall at the Seaman's Institute in Newport, Rhode Island.
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