A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
U.S. City Directories (Beta). Name: William Barnum II; Gender: M (Male); Residence Year: 1948, 1949, 1950; Street Address: 49 Goodwives River Rd D; Residence Place: Darien, Connecticut; Occupation: Slsman; Spouse: Mary A Barnum; Publication Title: Darien, Connecticut, City Directory, 1948, 1949, 1950.
U.S. City Directories (Beta). Name: Barnum, William H; Residence Year: 1958; h Black Rock tpk RdgR PO WRdg RD1; Residence Place: Ridgefield, Connecticut; Occupation: liquor Bridgeport; Spouse: Mary Ann Barnum; Publication Title: Ridgefield, Connecticut, City Directory, 1958.
From the Redding (Connecticut) Pilot, 21 December 2009: William H. “Bus” Barnum III died Friday, Dec. 18, 2009, at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, N.H. Mr. Barnum, 92, was the husband of Mary Ann Barnum. He was born in Lime Rock, Conn. on Dec. 8, 1917, the son of Richard Nicholls Barnum and Marion (Cocks) Barnum. He was a graduate of Milford Academy and Kent School in Kent, where he remained an active alumnus for many years. He also attended Yale University where he remained active on the Executive Committee for many years. Mr. Barnum enlisted in the U.S. Army and served his country during World War II as a 1st lieutenant. Captured and held POW at OFLAG 64 in Germany, he escaped to freedom with his comrades in February 1945. Mr. Barnum was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star, POW medal and three Battle Stars. In 1946, he married his lifelong partner, Mary Ann “Sis” (Ainsworth) Barnum. They lived in Redding for many years where he was a Warden of Christ Episcopal Church, a member of the Board of Education, director and football coach of the Redding Boys Club and chairman of the Enrollment and Scholarship Committee of the Yale Club of Eastern Fairfield County. For 41 years, the Barnums lived in Cazenovia, N.Y. where, in addition to many friends, Mr. Barnum enjoyed a successful career with National Distillers and Chemical Corporation as sales manager for upstate New York. During his years in Cazenovia, he was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and the Cazenovia Club. Besides his wife Mary Ann of 63 years, Mr. Barnum is survived by two daughters, Susan (Mike) Koprowski of Boulder, Colo. and Sally (Reginald) Oak of Orleans, Mass.; two sons, Peter (Joan) Barnum of Holderness, N.H. and Seth (Sherry) Barnum of Halfmoon, N.Y.; eight grandchildren, Seth Barnum, Sam Barnum, Faith Barnum, Whitney Koprowski, Brion Koprowski, Brittany Phillips, Andrea Cooper and Sarah Barnum; and many nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his parents, two brothers, Richard and John Barnum, and one sister, Eleanor (Barnum) Walbridge. Private burial services in Lime Rock will be held at a later date.
Social Security Death Index. Name: William Henry Barnum; Last Residence: 12118 Mechanicville, Saratoga, New York; Born: 8 Dec 1917; Died: 18 Dec 2009; State (Year) SSN issued: Connecticut (Before 1951).
Wm. Henry Barnum III was the fourth child, and the last one living, of Richard Nicholls Barnum (1876-1929), a son of C. W. Barnum (1854-1936). Richard N. Barnum and Marion Cocks had 4 children; John C., Eleanor, Richard N. Jr., and Wm. Henry III. Wm. Henry III was born in New York in 1917, worked for the Cortere Company (Distilled and Blended Liquors), lived in Cazenovia, NY and also had a home in New Hampshire, where he died on December 18, 2009. From the time of his death until his burial, his ashes sat on the mantle in the home of his daughter, Sally Barnum Oak. He was buried 18 July 2012 in the Barnum family plot in Lime Rock, Connecticut. A color guard was provided because of his military service and time as a POW in Germany during WWII.
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