Lewis F. Barnum was born April 4, 1849, son of Thomas Barnum and Mary Sigafoose, in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio and he died January 15, 1917 in Columbus Grove. (Ohio Death Certificate). He married Sarah Elizabeth Kidd, daughter of Ezra Kidd and Julia Hooper on June 15, 1871 in Putnam County, Ohio (Ohio Marriages). She was born in Putnam County, Ohio April 4, 1854 and died June 14, 1927 in Columbus Grove, Ohio (Ohio Death Certificate).They had two children: Frances (Fanny), born March 13, 1874 in Putnam County, Ohio, and Alta, February 11, 1876 in Putnam County, Ohio.
All are buried in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove, Ohio. (pictures of gravestones on Find A Grave).