In the 1910 US Census for New Canada, Ramsey, Minnesota she was enumerated as Nepha E. Barnum, divorced and living with her widowed father and her son Mason D. Barnum, age 2. That son was Mayson Dennis Barnum, b. 7 May 1907 in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin to Nepha and Thomas F. Barnum. In the 1920 US Census for Russellville, Multnomah, Oregon Nepha and Thomas were enumerated as married and Mayson, age 12, was living with them.