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The Barnum family

This page brings together the people recorded with the Barnum surname in the current collection. Their biographies and family connections below are drawn from the sources attached to each profile. The history will grow as additional records are checked.

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Nathan Barnum

The Clarks names Nathan Barnum and his wife Mary Wheeler as the parents of Relief Barnum, wife of John Clark born in 1753. The reviewed entry does not give Nathan Barnum’s birth or death dates.

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  1. The Clarks · physical PDF page 3 · printed page 3 Read cited record Family account Printed text visually checked during transcription. This is the compiler’s account, not independent vital-record proof.
  2. The Clarks · PDF page 3 · printed 3 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
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