When Asahel James Barnum Jr. was born on 28 September 1881, in Hebron, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Asahel James Barnum, was 20 and his mother, Martha Ann Pulsipher, was 22. He married Elmira Leavitt on 7 November 1901, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 1 February 1944, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mesquite City Cemetery, Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Historic Boundaries: 1893: Lincoln, Nevada, United States 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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.
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