chrisman.org · People Search

Mary Jane Barnum

b. 10 Apr 1851 · New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut  |  d. 29 Oct 1910 · New Fairfield Twp., Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Parents

Events

Birth
10 Apr 1851 · New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut[1][2]
Death
29 Oct 1910 · New Fairfield Twp., Fairfield Co., Connecticut[1]
Burial
· Beave Bog Cemetery, New Fairfield Twp., Fairfield Co., Connecticut[1]

Family

Spouse: Charles Edward Williams (1843–1881) · m. 13 Dec 1876 · New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

Children:

  1. Charles H. Williams (21 Jun 1878–18 Dec 1953)
    m. Jennie Cullen (16 Oct 1887–26 Sep 1972) · 29 Sep 1910 · New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
  2. David Barnum Williams (10 Aug 1880–ABOUT 1923)
    m. Grace Lavinia Weller (Jun 1884–1 Aug 1962) · 10 Jun 1903 · New Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
    Children: Doris May Williams (1904–1962); Edith Grace Williams (1914–1990)

Notes

!Census (1900): New Fairfield Twp., Fairfield Co., CT, enum 9 Jun 1900, by Edward H. Pearse E.D. 80, sheet 2: Williams, Mary J., head, white female, b. Apr 1852 CT, age 48 widowed, 2 children/2 living, farmer, employed, reads/writes/speaks Eng., owns farm (34), parents b. CT/CT. ---, Charles H., son, b. June 1878 CT, age 21 single, farm laborer, empl., r/w/s Eng, parents b. NY/CT. ---, David B., son, b. Aug 1880 CT, age 19 single, farm laborer, empl, r/w/s Eng., parents b. NY/CT. BURIAL: !Burial: Tombstone reads: "Charles E. Williams, died Feb 11, 1881 age 37 yrs, 4 mos & 23 ds... A loved one gone Where pain and suffering are ____ shared no more ..... Mary J. Barnum, wife of Charles E. Williams, born Apr. 10, 1851, died Oct 29, 1910." ______ Research leads: * In Beaver Bog Cemetery, New Fairfield, where Mary J. is buried, are several Barnum graves, some of which are of an age compatible with being her parents. Some of the candidates include: - Amasa (1807-1889) & wife Flora (1811-1866) - David S. (1821-1898) & Ruth Ann (1823-1856), his wife. His sec. wife Mary (1819-1883) - George (1818-1882)& Susan A. (1823-1917) .. had son Eliod D. (1847-1849). G&S in Gerow Cem. - Silas P. (1813-1892) & Emiline (1820-1892)

Sources

  1. 1900 U.S. Federal Census
  2. 1870 U.S. Federal Census
  3. New Fairfield, Connecticut Town Clerk Vital Records . LDS Microfilm 1435634 · p. p. 478
  4. Gone but not Forgotten: Beaver Bog Cemetery Transcriptions . http://208.47.164.200/beavbgsz.htm