Lucas Hosea Enoch Barnum was born October 22, 1877, although his WWI draft registration gives the year of 1876. He married Josephine Lightcap and had two children: Agnes and Lorin Eugene Barnum. In 1910, the family was enumerated in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. In 1930, they were enumerated in Washington, Jackson County, Missouri, ED 281, all born in Missouri:
Barnum, Lucas; 53
Barnum, Josephine; 54
Barnum, Lorin; 21; son
Barnum, Jeanette; 22; daughter-in-law
Nida, Agnes; 23; daughter; divorced
Nida, William A.; 6; grandson
According to the California Death Index, Lucas Hosea Enoch Barnum died January 7, 1957, in Los Angeles County, Calif.