A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
From the New York Times, 27 Jun 1928: Ray Foster Barnum, Lawyer, Dies at 38. Prominent Member of Bar in Westchester is a Victim of Heart and Lung Disease. Noted as a Sportsman. 1910 Columbia Graduate Eulogized at Memorial Service in White Plains Supreme Court. Special to The New York Times. Greenwich, Conn., June 26.--Ray Foster Barnum of White Plains, N. Y., and Greenwich, a well known attorney and sportsman of Westchester County, who was a partner of Robert P. Smith and formerly clerk of the Surrogate's Court, White Plains, died at the Greenwich Hospital last night from lung and heart disease. He was 38 years old. He was taken ill last Wednesday at his Summer home at Sound Beach here. Mr. Barnum was the son of the late Frederick Stone Barnum, also a well known lawyer, and former President of the Village of White Plains and District Attorney of Putnam County. Graduated from Columbia College in 1910, Mr. Barnum was admitted to the bar In 1913. He was a member of the White Plains Chapter of the Kiwanis Club, the Sound Beach Golf Club, Riverside Yacht Club, Scarsdale Golf Club, Columbia University Club, White Plains University Club and White Plains City Club, and was a director of the White Plains Rural Cemetery Association. He is survived by his widow, the former Vida L. Standing of White Plains, and two children, Ray Foster Barnum Jr., 9 years old, and Alec Barnum, 5.
Special to The New York Times. White Plains, N. Y., June 26.--Memorial services were held in the Supreme Court here today for Ray Foster Barnum. Charles D. Millard, President of the Westchester Bar Association, eulogized Mr. Barnum at the proceedings held before Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins. Resolutions of condolence will be sent to the widow and two children. Funeral services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, this city, at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be In White Plains Rural Cemetery.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Ray Foster Barnum. Name: Ray Foster Barnum; City: White Plains; County: Westchester; State: New York; Birthplace: New York; Birth Date: 5 Oct 1889; Race: Caucasian (White); Roll: 1819127; DraftBoard: 3; Age: 27; Occupation: Lawyer; Nearest Relative: Wife; Height/Build: Short/Medium; Color of Eyes/Hair: Gray/Light (partially bald).
From the New York Times, 27 Jun 1928: Ray Foster Barnum, Lawyer, Dies at 38. Prominent Member of Bar in Westchester is a Victim of Heart and Lung Disease. Noted as a Sportsman. 1910 Columbia Graduate Eulogized at Memorial Service in White Plains Supreme Court. Special to The New York Times. Greenwich, Conn., June 26.--Ray Foster Barnum of White Plains, N. Y., and Greenwich, a well known attorney and sportsman of Westchester County, who was a partner of Robert P. Smith and formerly clerk of the Surrogate's Court, White Plains, died at the Greenwich Hospital last night from lung and heart disease. He was 38 years old. He was taken iII last Wednesday at his Summer home at Sound Beach here. Mr. Barnum was the son of the late Frederick Stone Barnum, also a well known lawyer, and former President of the Village of White Plains and District Attorney of Putnam County. Graduated from Columbia College in 1910, Mr. Barnum was admitted to the bar In 1913. He was a member of the White Plains Chapter of the Kiwanis Club, the Sound Beach Golf Club, Riverside Yacht Club, Scarsdale Golf Club, Columbia University Club, White Plains University Club and White Plains City Club, and was a director of the White Plains Rural Cemetery Association. He is survived by his widow, the former Vida L. Standing of White Plains, and two children, Ray Foster Barnum Jr., 9 years old, and Alec Barnum, 5.
Special to The New York Times. White Plains, N. Y., June 26.--Memorial services were held in the Supreme Court here today for Ray Foster Barnum. Charles D. Millard, President of the Westchester Bar Association, eulogized Mr. Barnum at the proceedings held before Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins. Resolutions of condolence will be sent to the widow and two children. Funeral services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, this city, at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be In White Plains Rural Cemetery.
A Research Guide to the Genealogy of the Barnum/Barnam/Barnham Family Worldwide
AncientFaces - Family History Photos
©1998, 2022. The format of this website and all original statements and narrative included on it are copyrighted and all rights are reserved. Factual information may be freely quoted for use in private genealogical research when accompanied by a full source citation, including the date of acquisition. Click here to view the format of a citation for an Internet resource. The publication of large extracts from this site in any form requires prior written consent.
Page built by Gedpage Version 2.21 ©2009 on 21 November 2024