When Jesse Duncan Barnum was born on 17 August 1835, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Benedict Barnum, was 48 and his mother, Rosanna Minesinger, was 46. He married Emeline Gray in 1853, in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 19 April 1897, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
Do you know Jesse Duncan? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+2 More Children
+3 More Children
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Altered form of English Barnham: habitational name from any of the places called Barnham in Suffolk and West Sussex, or Barnham Broom in Norfolk, all of which were named with the male personal name Beorn or Beorna + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.