Family Group Sheet for Levi Loyal BARNUM, Sr.  WIFE: Sarah CUMMINGS
By Patrick W. Barnum [email protected]  4/17/2007
FGS Index

~~~Family Group Sheet~~~
Husband's name: Levi Loyal BARNUM, Sr.
Birth date and place: 3 Dec 1812 Shoreham, Addison, Vermont
Death date and place: 23 Aug 1854 Iberia, Morrow, Ohio
Marriage date and Place: about 1838
His Father's name was: Levi BARNUM (1786-1854)
His Mother's name was: Mercy A. GRAVES (1795-1880)
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Wife's name: Sarah CUMMINGS
Birth date and place: about 1820 Maine
Death date and place:
Her Father's name was:
Her Mother's name was:
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First Child: Sarah E. BARNUM
Gender: Female
Birth date and place: about 1839 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place: about 1868
Spouse's name: James HINDMAN (1831- )
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Second Child: Samuel A. BARNUM
Gender: Male
Birth date and place: Nov 1840 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place: about 1876
Spouse's name: Belle (1841- )
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Third Child: Albert Preston BARNUM, M.D.
Gender: Male
Birth date and place: 1843 Ohio
Death date and place: 19 Sep 1905 Raton, Colfax, New Mexico Territory
Marriage date and Place: 13 Oct 1867 New Mexico Territory
Spouse's name: Maria Ramona "Ramoncita" TAFOYA Salas (1851-1905)
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Fourth Child: Olive A. BARNUM
Gender: Female
Birth date and place: about 1846 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place:
Spouse's name:
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Fifth Child: Levi Loyal BARNUM, Jr.
Gender: Male
Birth date and place: about 1847 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place: about 1871
Spouse's name: Sophronia (1850- )
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Sixth Child: Fidelia A. BARNUM
Gender: Female
Birth date and place: about 1849 Ohio
Death date and place: before 1860 Ohio
Marriage date and Place:
Spouse's name:
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Seventh Child: Laura A. BARNUM
Gender: Female
Birth date and place: about 1851 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place: about 1872 Ohio
Spouse's name: B. R. FELLOWS (1848- )
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Eight Child: Florence F. BARNUM
Gender: Female
Birth date and place: about 1854 Ohio
Death date and place:
Marriage date and Place:
Spouse's name:
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Supporting sources (optional)
1. U.S. Census of 1900.
2. Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907).
3. Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1904).
4. Barnum, Eben Lewis and Fr. Francis Barnum, SJ, Genealogical Record of the Barnum Family, Presenting a Conspectus of the Male Descendants of Thomas Barnum 1625-1695 (Gardner, MA: Meals Printing Co., 1912).
5. U.S. Census of 1850.
6. Information provided by Lorraine Aguilar <[email protected]>, 04/04/2007.
7. Information provided by Roger O'Shields <[email protected]>.
8. Marriages 1872-1894, Santa Clara Roman Catholic Church, Wagon Mound, New Mexico (LDS film #0017040) p. 123; marriage record for Apolonio Casados and Laura Flores Barnum, witnesses were Alberto Barnum and Sarah Barnum.
9. Information provided by Lydia Uribe <[email protected]>.
10. U.S. Census of 1870.
11. U.S. Census of 1880.
12. Civil War Pension Application.
13. Civil War Soldier's Record.
14. U.S. Census of 1860.
15. U.S. Census of 1910.
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Narrative:
The Barnum Family, 1517-1904 calls the head of this family Loyal Barnum. Levi Loyal Barnum, Sr. and his son Levi Loyal Barnum, Jr. occasionally reversed their given and middle names, sometimes calling themselves "Levi" and sometimes "Loyal". That practice caused confusion both during their lifetimes and also for later family genealogists. For example, in the 1850 census the enumerator seems to have misunderstood the name Loyal L. Barnum and written instead "Lawyer L. Barnum" for Levi, Sr. and "Royal L. Barnum" for his son Levi, Jr.

In the 1850 U.S. Census for Iberia, Morrow County, Ohio the family of Levi L. Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Dwelling #167; Family #169
Lawyer L. Barnum, 36, M, Physician, Real Property $1,200, b. Vermont
Sarah Barnum, 30, F, b. Maine
Sarah E. Barnum, 11, F, b. Ohio, Attended school within the year
Saml A. Barnum, 9, M, b. Ohio, Attended school within the year
Albert P. Barnum, 7, M, b. Ohio, Attended school within the year
Olive A. Barnum, 4, F, b. Ohio
Royal L. Barnum, 3, F, b. Ohio
Fidelia A. Barnum, 1, F, b. Ohio
Susana A. Riley, 35, F, b. Pennsylvania, Unable to read or write
Joseph Watson, 25, M, Medical student, Real property $150, b. Pennsylvania(2-5)

Since her husband died in 1854, Sarah (Cummings) BARNUM appears as the Head of Household in the U.S. Census of 1860 and 1870 for Ohio.

In the 1860 U.S. Census for Washington, Morrow County, Ohio the family of Sarah Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Household #725; Family #723
Sarah Barnum, 40; F; W; Housework; Real property $2,200; Personal property $2,000; b. Maine
Olive A. Barnum; 14; F; W; b. Ohio
Loyal L. Barnum, 13; M; W; b. Ohio
Laura A. Barnum; 9; F; W; b. Ohio
Florence F. Barnum; 6; F; W; b. Ohio

In the 1870 U.S. Census for Washington, Morrow County, Ohio the family of Sarah Barnum was enumerated as follows:
Household #99; Family #99
Barnum, Sarah; 50; F; W; Keeping house; Personal property $5,100; b. Maine
Barnum, Olive; 24; F; W; At home; b. Ohio
Barnum, Levi; 23; M; W; Shoemaker; b. Ohio; Male citizen of U.S. 21 years of age and upwards
Barnum, Laura; 19; F; W; b. Ohio; Attended school within the year
Barnum, Florence; 16; F; W; b. Ohio; Attended school within the year

In the 1880 census Sarah was living in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa with the family of her son Levi Loyal Barnum, Jr.