Son and daughters of Rev. Samuel Weed Barnum and Charlotte Betts
[Thomas Rossiter Barnum, 80, lexicographer and librarian, died during the night at his home here after a short illness. A native of Phillipston, Mass., Barnum came to this city when a small boy with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel W. Barnum. He entered Yale after attending the Hopkins Grammar School here and was graduated in the class of 1879. Barnum joined the staff of the Astor Library in New York City after receiving his Yale degree, and a few years later was appointed librarian of the University of Vermont. When Webster's International Dictionary was being revised, preparatory to the edition of 1890. Barnum was a member of the staff in charge of the work. He was appointed curator of a special collection of Yale Memorabilia in the Yale University Library in 1918 and remained in that position until his retirement several years ago. He leaves a brother, Rev. Samuel H. Barnum of Groton and a sister, Clara L. Barnum of New Haven. The funeral will be held here tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. with burial in the Grove Street Cemetery. (Hartford Courant, Connecticut, Saturday, January 22, 1938)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713)]
[Thomas Rossiter Barnum, 80, lexicographer and librarian, died during the night at his home here after a short illness. A native of Phillipston, Mass., Barnum came to this city when a small boy with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel W. Barnum. He entered Yale after attending the Hopkins Grammar School here and was graduated in the class of 1879. Barnum joined the staff of the Astor Library in New York City after receiving his Yale degree, and a few years later was appointed librarian of the University of Vermont. When Webster's International Dictionary was being revised, preparatory to the edition of 1890. Barnum was a member of the staff in charge of the work. He was appointed curator of a special collection of Yale Memorabilia in the Yale University Library in 1918 and remained in that position until his retirement several years ago. He leaves a brother, Rev. Samuel H. Barnum of Groton and a sister, Clara L. Barnum of New Haven. The funeral will be held here tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. with burial in the Grove Street Cemetery. (Hartford Courant, Connecticut, Saturday, January 22, 1938)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713)]
Son and daughters of Rev. Samuel Weed Barnum and Charlotte Betts
[Thomas Rossiter Barnum, 80, lexicographer and librarian, died during the night at his home here after a short illness. A native of Phillipston, Mass., Barnum came to this city when a small boy with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel W. Barnum. He entered Yale after attending the Hopkins Grammar School here and was graduated in the class of 1879. Barnum joined the staff of the Astor Library in New York City after receiving his Yale degree, and a few years later was appointed librarian of the University of Vermont. When Webster's International Dictionary was being revised, preparatory to the edition of 1890. Barnum was a member of the staff in charge of the work. He was appointed curator of a special collection of Yale Memorabilia in the Yale University Library in 1918 and remained in that position until his retirement several years ago. He leaves a brother, Rev. Samuel H. Barnum of Groton and a sister, Clara L. Barnum of New Haven. The funeral will be held here tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. with burial in the Grove Street Cemetery. (Hartford Courant, Connecticut, Saturday, January 22, 1938)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713)]
[Thomas Rossiter Barnum, 80, lexicographer and librarian, died during the night at his home here after a short illness. A native of Phillipston, Mass., Barnum came to this city when a small boy with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel W. Barnum. He entered Yale after attending the Hopkins Grammar School here and was graduated in the class of 1879. Barnum joined the staff of the Astor Library in New York City after receiving his Yale degree, and a few years later was appointed librarian of the University of Vermont. When Webster's International Dictionary was being revised, preparatory to the edition of 1890. Barnum was a member of the staff in charge of the work. He was appointed curator of a special collection of Yale Memorabilia in the Yale University Library in 1918 and remained in that position until his retirement several years ago. He leaves a brother, Rev. Samuel H. Barnum of Groton and a sister, Clara L. Barnum of New Haven. The funeral will be held here tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. with burial in the Grove Street Cemetery. (Hartford Courant, Connecticut, Saturday, January 22, 1938)
Contributor: Ferry (46589713)]
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