Phineas Taylor Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum

Male 1810 - 1891  (80 years)


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  • Name Phineas Taylor Barnum 
    Birth 5 Jul 1810  Bethel, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Apr 1891 
    Burial Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thomas Barnum,   b. 1625, Hollingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1695, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather) 
    Irena Taylor,   b. 7 Oct 1784   d. 14 Mar 1868  (Age 83 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I9139  Amling
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2018 

    Father Philo Barnum,   b. 4 Apr 1779   d. 7 Sep 1828 (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Irena Taylor,   b. 7 Oct 1784   d. 14 Mar 1868 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 14 Dec 1808 
    Family ID F3287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charity Hallett,   b. 28 Oct 1808   d. 17 Nov 1873 (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1829 
    Family ID F3286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Nancy Fish,   b. 22 Apr 1850, Blackburne, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1927, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Other Partners: Demetrius Callius Bey;   Lucien Hippolyte Ferdinand Marie d'Alexandry d'Orengiani  m. 1898 
    Marriage 1874 
    Family ID F3927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2023 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus
      legislative sponsor of 1879 Connecticut anti-contraception law