Barnum, Edwin Wesley 1a

Birth Name Barnum, Edwin Wesley
Gender male
Age at Death 26 years, 10 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 23 Apr 1835      
Census 3 Mar 1856 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States of America G. S. Green Household, 1856 Iowa Census 2a
  Name: Barnum, Edwin W. 2a
  Age: 21 2a
  Sex: M 2a
  Married: / 2a
  Years resident in the state: 0 2a
  Place of birth: Michigan 2a
  Militia: / 2a
Death 7 Mar 1862      
Military Service     U. S. Civil War  
Note

A student at law when the war broke out, he entered the U. S. A. of Vols., and was made sergeant in Co. E, 4th Iowa Infantry. He was killed 7 March, 1862, at the battle of Pea Ridge, being struck in the breast by a six pound ball, when fighting several yards in front of his line.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Barnum, Nelson
Mother Curtiss, Natie
         Barnum, Edwin Wesley 23 Apr 1835 7 Mar 1862

Families

Family of Barnum, Edwin Wesley and Green, Mary Elizabeth

Married Wife Green, Mary Elizabeth ( * 20 Apr 1837 + 14 Jun 1903 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 5 May 1855      
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Barnum, George Nelson26 Nov 1856
Barnum, Lonella Eliza2 Jul 1858
Barnum, Estella Elizabeth2 Jul 1858
Barnum, Edwin Bradley27 Mar 1861about 1921

Family Map

Source References

  1. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight: History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass., The (2 Volumes)
      • Page: 14422-3. i. (II:781-782)
  2. 1856 Iowa State Census
      • Date: 3 Mar 1856
      • Page: Des Moines, Polk county, Pages 164 & 165, Lines 18-25
      • 1856 Iowa Census, Des Moines, Polk county

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