History of Washtenaw County, Michigan
F.H. Barnum of the firm of Barnum & Earl, Ypsilanti, was born in Van Buren County, Michigan in 1851. He was educated at Paw Paw in that county. He was reared on a farm, but in 1877 engaged in the jewelry business at Bronson, Michigan where he remained until 1878. In that year he came to this city, and in company with Mr. Frank Earl purchased the business of W.B. Kinne, and opened under the firm name of Barnum & Earl, carrying a general line of jewelry and silverware. He was married in 1872 to Miss Florence E. Gates, formerly from Franklin County, New York. To them have been born two daughters. Mr. Barnum is a member of the Presbyterian Church of this city.
History of Washtenaw County, Michigan
F.H. Barnum of the firm of Barnum & Earl, Ypsilanti, was born in Van Buren County, Michigan in 1851. He was educated at Paw Paw in that county. He was reared on a farm, but in 1877 engaged in the jewelry business at Bronson, Michigan where he remained until 1878. In that year he came to this city, and in company with Mr. Frank Earl purchased the business of W.B. Kinne, and opened under the firm name of Barnum & Earl, carrying a general line of jewelry and silverware. He was married in 1872 to Miss Florence E. Gates, formerly from Franklin County, New York. To them have been born two daughters. Mr. Barnum is a member of the Presbyterian Church of this city.
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