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HAVE BEEN MARRIEDu*isI(FOR FIFTY-SEVEN YEARSllitliII-Mi and Mrs A, S Barnum ol MmIbid have just li in I ! Ii« • unusual ami delightful experiemu of cclchraiiu lli«* !ilt\ seventh anniversary «l their• V'amany * xperienccs. aiming which warunning canal boat, ft eight ing coal ontiie York and Erie canal, pioneetinVi;i riton a backwoods farm with onlv outwedillit' , The affair was made tie* neighbor, all .supplies being “backednbioccasion of a plea ant famiB r« union,thought it was necessarily quiet, onaccount ol the poor health ol Mr. Barm lor nine miles, and having part oftheir house swept away by a freshet atitblt;night ami themselves narrowly escapimill)inir tho sanu* fate.?**Mr, ami Mrs. Barnum are pitmee* ot Mayfield, having rt hied on theii farm there for thirty one years, and the;, are among tin* In .t known andIn I St; l with their four children theycame west and settled at Brimflehl,litI mlIB «v the.’ remained thirteentut d highly ilt; pe ted citizen- ul thatlt; .immunity The following sketch oftheir Uvt will be of iuu*r» t to a large circle of friends.\:11 ^. during most of wiiich time Mr Bernum ran a blacksmitli shop at thatplace. Hen* also two chidlren were added t*» them ami the first death in1\\ itheir family occurred, that of theirFOMAlbert Starr Barnum, Iiorn Aug. 2ft, eldest Child, Emily. Continued 111** V*I n*!7. is the ylt; \ lt;»f ;i family ofmmm children. His paints can,-from |;,i:i bury lt;Amn . w ah A bel, theirhealth made Mr. Barnum cleterminedb\to F©ellt; a new horn© and he came tothliie ilraml Traverse region and locatedeldest ehtld, and set i!« d on a lann ona farm of .140 acres at May (hid, moving i s!inlt;•I!oSlt;nrpi10i i \\US(*u. VIhsi»* it*in 11F(Iclt;A. S. B.irruim.Mrs. Marycttc Barnum.Pvthe Nevorsmk r.\tr in Fallshurglr. N. his famiiv lu re in ISTI. lit has beenk^ Hrre the other eh ’ 'lt; u were born engaged in bteckumtihing and famiilijaand Here Albert spent the first fourteen ear. of his life. When fifteenitsince and continued to attend to hisfarm him-elf until Aug. 1L' la-l whenIyear- ot age he became a blacksmith'.-appreiri.-e and learned his trade aho was stricken with para lysis after having Just got into the barn a load'iFull burgh. lie mail ied at the au\ iof oats Since that time he lias beenof twenty. Mis;, Marys’te Hay at M u:p'eello, N Y., April |Ms Miss Ha s fa tin** a so came fn m Connect i cul and her mother was n native* ofehit*fly confined to his chair andStT1«hough not ^ulTering he continues tolt; lt;be v-erv teebkwNew N orlv s; a;» no iai iu*r o? -Mr. Faroum km been a life IonMr. and Mrs. Harnum \. lt;c \cu ransoio a »li learnest republican in politics and during their residence in Indiana the-ltho war of 1S12. Site wa- born March (V:,1!C,„,| ihomsehv* with the Metho-Jib IS27. at Liberty. N. V.. a!id was o of a family of nine children, Fiveof h* r brothers were in tin- armv dnr*vH* *Episcopal church. Their chief in- \forest has been in their home and each^ti tiling the civil war and one was in tinEach 1ms found in the otherain ableis lam in the cares amigovernment s. rvlce as a bridge build- ;abar* of building up a home and reatlior. Owing to an accident Mr. Day was completely disabled and the family wore separated, the mot In r b« ng n.ding a family.si\ children have been\\to keep wit it her only the but young st. Maryettc at tl.e tender age of sixiwent to live among stvang riven them of whom three daughter.-,nd ore son are -’ill living. Mrs. Mary \b rnr eu ef Luton. Iowa, Mrs Win.T Ti veto of St. Bait! Park. Minn., Mi's J- T Whybrew of GladstonecVuA ft • r tin irmarriage the yottugcouple b« gan liousekeoping in Wor sM eb . an ! Pin • Barnum « t Mavficld4:-;Mich. Thiagedcouple have six15bon. ami until tlnir removal t hid gre.mi. hildren and fix1*reu anana, thirteen years later♦ ‘ Vi clchiidr* n
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Traverse City Evening Record
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Sat, Apr 15, 1905
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